City 21: Special AIA Edition DVD

City 21 arises from a worldwide learning journey that was transmuted into cinematic composition illuminating some of the key perspectives and initiatives that are reshaping the ethos of the 21st century city. A new film with multiple episodes, City 21 presents perspectives on shaping urban futures, sparking dialogue on planning and design.This special edition is available with support from the American Institute of Architects.

Themes include:

• The Emergence of Life:
Loren Eiseley on Cosmogenesis

• The Sacred Origins of the City:
Arnold Toynbee on the origin of Civilization/City Plans through time

• The City as Memory Theater:
Mythic design wisdom transmitted through the generations with David Mayernik

• Biospheric Design:
Nature and Architecture, the transformation of the Biosphere2 Project into Eco-Village design with Architect Phil Hawes

• The Creative Green City:
The Lighthouse Project in Glasgow, Scotland

• Energy Independence:
The White Gold of the North/Renewable Energy in Iceland

• Creating Eco-Villages:
The Findhorn Experiment in Scotland

• Magical Architecture:
The intentional Eco-Community of Damanhur, in Northern Italy

• Utopian Imagination:
Poetry and Architecture/The Open City Project in Ritoque, Chile

• Cities and Time:
The Long Now perspective with writer/futurist Stewart Brand