A Maestro of Designs
It was through this man's single handed effort that Bangaldesh saw the beginning of modern architecture. Eyes were turned when this maestro designed the Institute of Fine Arts and the Central Public...
View ArticleObit: Chandigarh’s first chief architect MN Sharma passes away
Born on August 4, 1923, Sharma joined the capitol project in June 1950 and worked with the American team for the first master plan and in 1951 joined the team of the architects led by Le Corbusier....
View ArticleNDA govt’s flagship ‘housing for all’ program fails to impress UP, Delhi
The NDA government’s ambitious program to build houses for the urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) has failed to find takers in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.Over a year after...
View ArticleMeet the Vaastu consultant who gives shape to Telangana CM KCR’s dreams
...“I am, perhaps, the first Vaastu consultant appointed as adviser by any state government in the country. It’s an honour,” Teja, 50, told HT.“I am, perhaps, the first Vaastu consultant appointed as...
View ArticleMN Sharma, ‘Salman Khan from Sialkot’ who became Chandigarh chief architect
“Not many know that MN Sharma was also known for his muscular body with adorable biceps. We used to call him the Salman Khan of the city’s architecture sector,” says SS Bhatti, former principal of...
View ArticleA fresh take on ‘tropical modernism’
Contemporary ideas and local accents at SLDF’s interior design exhibition
View ArticleCleantech Rebrands as ‘Smart City’ to Attract Venture Dollars
The sector is seeking a VC revival after the solar power flop in the 2000s.
View Article'Psycho' and the Anxiety of the Interstate Highway System
The slasher flick is an essay about the greatest infrastructure project in modern times.
View ArticleThe basic is a given, what's interesting is the plus
Aga Khan Award winner Kashef Chowdhury talks about his work.Tell us about your thought process behind the Friendship Centre
View ArticleVolume: Reception and Transformation of Ancient Sea Power
The reception of antiquity in the Middle Ages and especially the Early Modern period has been extensively studied. Sea power and thalassocracy are familiar topics in the fields of classics and ancient...
View ArticleMinar-e-Pakistan gets major facelift
Although several minor repair works on the monument have taken place in the past, work being carried out at present is the greatest effort to restore the original shape and colour of Minar-e-Pakistan....
View ArticleBosch ready to tap opportunities in Smart Cities space
German auto components major Bosch is all set to tap the opportunities to be generated by the government's Smart Cities initiative, a top official said today. "We expect the RFPs (request for...
View ArticleJoel Kotkin's Plea for Local Government Control
For Kotkin, excessive top-down planning isn’t just an academic concern—it’s a scourge on the American ideal of community-based self-reliance. In “Restoring Localism,” a sprawling new report from the...
View ArticleDead spaces: Architects rethink the afterlife
Crematoriums, morgues, funeral homes. These buildings, all of which are involved in rituals around death, often look as mournful as they sound.Designed to be discreet, they are usually cold and...
View ArticleCornell University seeks new architecture department chairperson
The Department of Architecture in the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University invites applications for the position of department chairperson.
View Article[in-enaction] cfp: Immaterial Materailities (28-30 Nov 2012 in Sydney)
2012 Interstices Under Construction Symposium The University of Technology Sydney, Schools of Architecture and Design28–30 November 2012 keynote speakers: Professor Jonathan Hill, The Bartlett -...
View ArticleEuropean Real Estate Society 20th Annual Conference
The European Real Estate Society welcomes participants to the 20th Annual Conference to be held on the 3rd-6th July 2013 in Vienna, Austria.
View ArticleCFP: 9th Annual ERES Education Seminar
Future Challenges for International Real Estate Education and Practice in 21st Century European Economies Slovak University of Technology,
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