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Urban
Planning
in
the 4th Century
BC
The Arthashastra
of Kautilya is
an ancient
Indian
treatise on
statecraft,
economic
policy, and
military
strategy,
written in
Sanskrit. The
text was
influential
until the 12th
century, when
it
disappeared.
It was
rediscovered
in 1904 and
was first
published in
English in
1915. The
wealth of
information on
statecraft and
military strategy
have been
widely studied.
Mr. Nelson
will take on a
portion of
this ancient
document that
has been
largely
neglected: its
designs and
recommendations
for urban
planning.
Tuesday,
March 31
5:30-8:30 pm
The Lounge at
Iwan Ries
19 South
Wabash
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Cocktails at 5:30,
presentation
6:00-6:30 followed
by discussion and
more cocktails.
$40 includes
drinks, two
cigars, and
sandwiches.
Reservations
are
required.
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 John Nelson is a Fellow of the
American Institute of Architects,
a consulting architect in Chicago,
and teaches architecture at the
Illinois Institute of Technology.
Mr. Nelson was the
founding member and President of
Environ, Inc. Architecture,
Design & Planning in
Chicago. During his tenure
at Environ, his responsibilities
included business development,
project design and
coordination. In 2003
Environ merged with Harley Ellis
Devereaux, a national firm, and
he became the managing principal
of the Chicago office. Mr.
Nelson obtained extensive
experience as a designer and
project director for several of
Chicago’s leading architectural
design firms, including Bertrand
Goldberg, RMM, Inc., and Graham,
Anderson, Probst and
White. At Harley Ellis
Devereaux he also served as one
of the Corporate
Executives. In 2010 he
formed UhlirNelson Consulting to
collaborate with other leading
professionals on unique planning
and design projects.
Mr. Nelson’s
experience includes an expansive
range of architectural and
interior design planning
services related to a variety of
corporate, governmental,
institutional and residential
projects. He specialized in
programing and planning and
preliminary design concepts for
both new and adaptive re-use
projects
He is a past
President of the American
Institute of Architects, Chicago
Chapter, and has served as a
member of the Chicago Plan
Commission and the Mayor’s
Landscape Advisory Task Force.
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About
the Cigar Society of
Chicago
ONE OF THE OLDEST
AND greatest traditions of the
city clubs of Chicago is the
discussion of intellectual,
social, legal, artistic,
historical, scientific, musical,
theatrical, and philosophical
issues in the company of
educated, bright, and
appropriately provocative
individuals, all under the
beneficent influence of
substantial amounts of tobacco
and spirits. The
Cigar Society of Chicago
embraces this tradition and
extends it with its Informal
Smokers, University
Series lectures, and Cigar
Society Dinners, in which
cigars, and from time to time
pipes and cigarettes, appear as
an important component of our
version of the classical symposium.
To be included in the Cigar
Society's mailing list, write to
the Secretary at curtis.tuckey@logicophilosophicus.org.
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