Conference on Housing, Sociology, Politics
HOUSED by CHOICE, HOUSED by FORCE - Homes, Conflicts and Conflicting InterestsThe need to be housed is basic and yet, the forces that produce it in any city of the world are complicated, multiple,...
View ArticleMumbai: BDD chawl revamp moves ahead, 13 firms shortlisted to chart plan
The long-delayed revamp of the British-era Bombay Development Department (BDD) chawls in central Mumbai has moved a step further.As many as 13 architectural firms have been shortlisted to prepare a...
View ArticleMonsters and demons: largest Hieronymus Bosch exhibition ever opens in 2016 -...
The Noordbrabants Museum in Den Bosch will organize next year the block-buster exhibition ‘Hieronymus Bosch – Visions of a genius.’ With an expected 20 paintings (panels and triptychs) and 19 drawings...
View ArticlePITTSBURGH IN THE MAKING: CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART EXAMINES THE BUILDING BLOCKS...
Carnegie Museum of Art is hosting an experimental presentation to untangle the evolution of modern architecture and urban planning in Pittsburgh. Titled HAC Lab Pittsburgh: Imagining the Modern,...
View ArticleCFP: Images as Agents (Kiel, 28-30 Jan 16)
In global visual cultures, images become increasingly charged with political and religious messages. This happens not only for provoking personal emotions, public debates, and new ideologies, but also...
View ArticleCFP: Russian Art: Bridges Between East & West (Bremen, 26-27 Nov 15)
“Russian Art: Building Bridges Between East and West In Memoriam Dmitry Sarabyanov”Russian Art and Culture Group - Third Graduate WorkshopGuest Speaker: Dr Rosalind Polly Blakesley MA DPhil, University...
View ArticleArchitect Sir Peter prefers the anti-natural art of building | The Asian Age
Opposites fascinate me. I find the dichotomy between the inward and the obviously outward mesmerising. Nowhere is it more obvious than in India where the most experimental people are outwardly...
View ArticleInvite: Architecture and Society
Architecture and Society Series. A monthly series with architects & allied practitioners highlighting the relevance of architecture in terms of current social and professional concerns. Aap ki...
View Article"An Angry Passion": Round-Up of Global Tributes to Charles Correa | News |...
Although memorial tributes are rarely upbeat, an unusual tenor of melancholy pervades the world's reaction to Charles Correa's death late Tuesday at age 84. ... In a tribute titled "Charles Correa...
View ArticleCFP: Reading Architecture (Stirling, 5 Dec 15)
An AHRC-Funded Interdisciplinary ConferenceThe organisers of this one-day multidisciplinary conference seek to solicit proposals for 20-minute papers that consider the creation, expression and...
View ArticleSmart Cities’ plan like wearing tie over kurta pyjama, says Akhilesh Yadav |...
Unveiling the plan for a 1,150-acre high-tech city in trans-Yamuna area of Allahabad, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday took potshots at Centre’s Smart Cities plan saying it was like wearing a...
View ArticleTadao Ando: Ichigoni 152 The lionized Japanese architect takes us through his...
For his first-ever building in the city, the Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando will bring his signature combination of poured-in-place concrete, galvanized steel and glass to the...
View ArticleThe Urban Internet of Things | Data-Smart City Solutions
The Internet of Things is everywhere, with sensors and communication technologies embedded in all the materials of daily life. Today, the idea of the Internet of Things (IoT) is also everywhere: it is...
View ArticleDIFFERENT URBANISATIONS - Invitation to the Public Debate on 18 September...
Different Urbanisations / Critical Dialogues Series: The New Urban Agenda 'on the ground'This is the second event in the Critical Dialogues Series conceptualised by Katleen De Flander, Institute for...
View ArticleTHE FUNAMBULIST MAGAZINE | Politics of Space and Bodies
THE FUNAMBULIST is a bimestrial printed and digital magazine complemented with a blog and a podcast (Archipelago) edited by Léopold Lambert. Its subtitle, “Politics of Space and Bodies,” expresses it...
View ArticleOn the Bock: Bob Hope's legendary Lautner home on the market for $50m
It’s difficult to find a home with a mixture of celebrity heritage, design pedigree, and desirable locale. And when properties that check these three boxes do hit the market, they tend to inspire a...
View ArticleShipwrecks Under Istanbul - The New Yorker
When it came to choosing the exact location of the first tunnel spanning the Bosporus—the narrow strait that divides the European and Asian sides of Istanbul and links the Black Sea with the Sea of...
View ArticleRural growth story still intact: IMRB data
In the first half of this calendar year, the volume of household consumption of FMCG products in rural areas grew 5.5 per cent over the same period a year ago. By comparison, the rate of growth in...
View ArticleWölfflin Lectures: Gerhard Wolf (Zurich, Sept–Dec 15)
For the second Heinrich Woelfflin Lectures, Prof. Dr. Gerhard Wolf has been invited to hold a lecture series at the Institute of Art History of the University of Zurich. The six lectures analyze the...
View ArticleReturn of the prefabs: inside Richard Rogers' Y:Cube homes for homeless people
“I still can’t quite believe that the same architects who designed Terminal 5 and the Cheesegrater have designed my house,” says Wendy Omollo. “To have people as grand as that doing low-cost housing...
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