TURKISH CULTURE AND ART LECTURE SERIES   Prospect on the Future of Istanbul   Prof. Dr. Doğan Kuban Istanbul Technical University TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015, 17:30-18:30 Conference will be held in English at TCF.   In this lecture, Prof. Dr. Doğan Kuban will share his insights about the future of Turkey′s megalopolis Istanbul. According to Dr. Kuban, the future of a vast human agglomeration is impossibility. Istanbul is home to one fifth of the population of Turkey. All known paradigms are useless for the planning of such a large megalopolis. For the new paradigms of survival, we need a new concept for human future. Dr. Doğan Kuban is  Professor of Ottoman Architecture and History at Istanbul Technical University. After graduating from the Department of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University in 1949, he went to Italy and studied Renaissance Architecture. In 1962, Dr. Kuban received the Fulbright Fellowship and went to Michigan University as a tutor. Between 1964 and 1979, he spent several years as a research fellow of Harvard at Dumbarton Oaks. Dr. Kuban gained professorship in 1965, and served as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University between 1974 and 1977. Prof. Kuban founded the Institute of Architectural History and Restoration at the Faculty of Architecture in 1974, and served as its director. He is the author of  over 70 acclaimed books, including Ottoman′s Istanbul (2013), Domes: A Journey Through European Architectural History (Istanbul, 2012), Sinan′s Art and Selimiye (Istanbul, 2011), Istanbul: An Urban History (Istanbul, 2011), Ottoman Architecture (Istanbul, 2010), Ottoman Palaces (Istanbul, 2010), The Miracle Of Divriği: Am Essay on the Art of Islamic Ornamentation In Seljuk Times (Istanbul, 2001) and Vanished Urban visions: Wooden Palaces of the Ottomans (Istanbul, 2001). He has also published numerous articles on Turkish, Islamic and Anatolian Architecture and Arts. Prof. Dr. Kuban also served as a member of the executive committee for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.     TURKISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION ISTANBUL OFFICE Cumhuriyet Cad. Cumhuriyet Apt. No: 17/3 Taksim - Istanbul Seating is limited and registration is required. R.s.v.p. by April 20, 2015 to 212-297-4038 or lecture@turkishculture.org www.turkishculturalfoundation.org