Affordable housing: The untapped business opportunity for developers -...
Demand for affordable housing in India is vast and the need enormous. However, this segment is not explored to the best possible extent by the developers. Given the developers’ tendency to focus on...
View ArticleIn Charts: All-India housing price index records highest growth in 14 quarters
The all-India Housing Price Index (HPI) has exhibited a positive growth of 5.5% in first quarter of 2016-17. This, incidentally, is the best growth rate in the last 14 quarters. Kochi has seen its...
View ArticleIndore tops in implementing Swachh, flagship schemes
Indore tops the list of districts performing well in the implementation of government's flagship schemes, Swachh Bharat Mission, 'Housing for All' and CM Helpline, while the state capital needs to...
View ArticleArchitecture in Bangladesh: Then and now
Architects argue that 'space' is the most purest and irreducible substance of architecture; a property that sets it apart from all other artistic practices. Space is also viewed as an apparatus through...
View ArticleRes Publica / Public Thing (Chicago, 28 Apr 17)
In the decade since Bruno Latour published “From Realpolitik to Dingpolitik: Or how to make things public,” his call for a politics that is “no longer limited to humans,” that is radically inclusive,...
View ArticleSanitation will be an election issue in upcoming polls: M Venkaiah Naidu
Sanitation will be an election issue in upcoming polls as people living in cities and towns will vote for those who vouch for hygiene and such a political implication will help in effective...
View ArticleSmart city project to show results soon, UP lagging, says Venkaiah
Implementation of the Smart City project in 60 towns will entail an investment of Rs 1.35 lakh crore and 20 cities have started rolling out their schemes, says Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah...
View ArticleBefore Orientalism: The "images" of Islam, 15th-17th c. (Madrid, 18-19 May 17)
In recent years, the study of religious otherness has experienced a significant surge. Regarding the perception of Islam in Europe, the Romantic dichotomous vision between the orientalist attraction...
View ArticleIndia’s quest for urbanisation
To one’s surprise, India was more urban in 1950 than China as about 17% of Indian population lived in cities, compared with 13% in China.According to Census data, Indian population in urban areas grew...
View ArticleGeorge Lucas' museum designs for L.A. and S.F.: a first look at competing plans
Lucas is hoping that the third or the fourth time will be the charm. He’s decided to bundle those efforts together, simultaneously unveiling two different museum designs this week for a pair of...
View ArticleRegulatory confusions
Any discussion of what holds India back focuses on inefficiency and corruption, bureaucracy at all levels, lack of coordination, centralization of power, and non-delegation to municipalities and...
View ArticleState-of-art library near Arera on anvil
BHOPAL: It is a development that is sure to come as a music to ears of bibliophiles. In this digital age, the city would get a state-of-the-art library.
View ArticleHow to finance a smart city project
Federal funding is one option for U.S. cities seeking to become smarter. The White House announced in late September that it would make an investment of $80 million for smart cities, expanding upon an...
View ArticleCity of Sydney Insights: Visualising a ‘Smart City’
Kate Deacon, Smart City Lead at the City of Sydney, believes that contrary to popular belief, a successful smart city should revolve around its citizens, not technology.During her presentation at...
View ArticleEAHN Fifth International Meeting (Tallinn, 13-16 Jun 18)
European Architectural History Network (EAHN) is organising its fifth pan-European meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, from June 13-16, 2018. In accordance with its mission statement, the meeting aims to...
View ArticleSingle body should oversee urban planning, Prothom Alo roundtable told
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday stressed the need for more coordination among different stakeholders for the implementation of urban planning in the capital and elsewhere of the country.They said...
View ArticleMumbai port authority shortlists six firms to plan eastern sea-front facelift
Looking to open up a portion of Mumbai’s eastern waterfront, until now locked away from the public for port operations, the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) has shortlisted six design firms from across the...
View ArticleHome Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi delivers keynote address at seminar on Risk...
New Delhi: The National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) in collaboration with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) organised a workshop on “Risk Governance & Investing...
View ArticleKejriwal government says no to Modi's initiatives, halts Delhi's development
Delhi has not built a single household toilet over the last two years under Swachh Bharat Mission. The target for the cleanliness mission for Delhi is 1.25 lakh individual household toilets till 2019....
View ArticleThe public life of women
Till recently Aditi Veena, a 27-year-old independent musician and architect, was busking—employing public spaces like streets and gardens to perform music—across three countries. Her preoccupation with...
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