Decor and Architecture in the 17th & 18th centuries (Lausanne, 24-25 Nov 16)
During the Early Modern Period, décor was considered to be one of the most fundamental elements of architecture. Thanks to décor, architecture could elevate itself beyond simple masonry and claim a...
View ArticleExhibition: "City Fragments" by Gautam Bhatia
Exhibition: "City Fragments" by Gautam Bhatia at the Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.2nd - 9th November, 2016
View ArticleArchitecture & the Modern Subject (Los Angeles, 21-22 Apr 16)
Architecture has long been viewed as a civilizing mechanism: museums make publics, boulevards make populations, housing makes citizens. Under modernity, architecture has assumed an important place in...
View Article‘Disaster Paintings’ exhibition features industrial architecture, destruction
In his speech at the opening for the exhibition on Sept. 29, Sultan recalled how this move inspired him. “I got fascinated with how we live and how these huge architectural structures can die,” Sultan...
View ArticleUnion Ministry of Urban Development signs MoU with NBCC (India) Ltd & CPWD
The Union Ministry of Urban Development on 25 October 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Buildings Construction Corporation (India) Ltd and Central Public Works Department...
View ArticleSearch for your world in architecture: BV Doshi
“Buildings are not dead boxes,” he begins. “They are as important as us,” he adds. As BV Doshi, celebrated architect and planner, takes you through his presentation on the Art of Architecture in...
View ArticleIndia, the UN vote, the Temple Mount and Ayodhya - Opinion
Hindu-Jewish ties date back over 2,500 years. It is believed that Jews arrived in India after the destruction of the First Temple by the Babylonians in 587 BCE. Jewish waves of migration to India took...
View ArticleMake humans centre of architectural designs: Doshi
Architect BV Doshi first came to Chandigarh in 1955. It was early morning, around 4 o’ clock. He asked a rickshaw-puller about his views for the place. The light — coming from a dhaba nearby — was dim....
View ArticleChandigarh: Balkrishna Doshi describes his association with Le Corbusier
As the evening set on the Capitol Complex, the fading sunlight created a dance of different shades on the lighted buildings of the complex and the Pit of Contemplation, under the Open Hand, pulsated...
View ArticleUNESCO Approves Resolution on Jerusalem That Israel Says Denies Judaism's...
The US Ambassador to UNESCO condemned as "inflammatory" a resolution approved Wednesday by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee on the status of conservation of the Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls, a...
View ArticleOne doesn’t build a room but a space to live, buildings are as important as...
While speaking about the human and humane face of architecture, spaces that can create memories, moments, events and structures that are simple, yet timeless, Professor B V Doshi celebrated the “Art of...
View ArticleUNESCO nihilistic decision to change history By John Phaltual
The Temple Mount compound has been a repeated flash-point for clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces. Here the third Israelite ruler, King Solomon built the First Jewish...
View ArticleVacate Secretariat, CS Rajiv Sharma directs officials to move to Hyderabad
Barely 24 hours after Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao met Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan seeking allotment of AP Secretariat blocks to TS, Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma on Monday held a high-level...
View ArticleInternational Congress "Onto the table: food production, processing and...
The food supply chain has been a serious concern of the contemporary society. With the Industrial Revolution, the food supply paradigm suffered a profound change, both nutritionally and in the...
View ArticleUnion Ministry of Urban Development signs MoU with NBCC (India) 0Ltd & CPWD
The MoU was signed for the redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colonies in New Delhi.Highlights of the MoU
View ArticleSIEF 2017 - Materializing Exile: Production of Difference and Diversity in...
The 20th and 21st centuries have witnessed several mass displacements of people - across cities, regions, countries, and continents. These movements have necessitated a renegotiation of what "home"...
View ArticleCFP: An Ending of Sorts: Disappearance and Disenchantment in Modernity
The Graduate Students of the Humanities Center of Johns Hopkins University are pleased to announce a conference to be held on March 3 and 4, 2017. We are honored to host keynote speakers Peter Gordon...
View ArticleUNESCO, Israel, and Cain and Abel
UNESCO recently voted to deny any historic Jewish links to Jerusalem. Of the 21 countries eligible to vote, 2 opposed the resolution, 8 abstained, 1 was absent and 10 voted “yes.” These 10 countries...
View ArticleReport finds that more than 40 percent of British housing is substandard
Housing charity Shelter has marked the 50th anniversary of its founding by issuing a report on the standard of housing in Britain today. ... They came up with five basic parameters or “dimensions”:...
View ArticleMumbai: Only 20% of salt pan land to be used for affordable housing
As the Maharashtra government assigned Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) to prepare a Master Plan to unlock the salt pan land in the MMR, initial report suggests that only 20% of...
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