Meet 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 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 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 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 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 ArticleOn the meaning of "Europe" for architectural history
On the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the EAHN, we invite scholars to join us in rethinking one of our founding questions, namely, how to interpret the inextricable ties between knowledge and...
View ArticleLocating Mehrauli Ecologically- Urban Workshop
Considered possibly the longest continuously inhabited settlement in the world, Mehrauli holds within itself various secrets and possible learnings.A settlement that precedes the existing ideas and...
View ArticleReflections on Architecture, Society and Politics - Special Issue Call -...
This is a call for articles that develop themes highlight in the book, Reflections on Architecture, Society and Politics - Social and Cultural Tectonics in the 21st Century.
View ArticleOrnamentum: Raumausstattung, Bildprogramme (Einsiedeln, 25-29 Jun 17)
At the beginning of the sixth book, dedicated to ornament, of his De Re Aedificatoria, Leon Battista Alberti remarks that, of the three requirements for building - including utility and stability - the...
View ArticleA Look at Louis Kahn: SDMA retrospective celebrates famed Modernist architect
“Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture” is the first retrospective of Kahn’s work in more than 20 years. Originating at the Vitra Design Museum in Germany four years ago, it has traveled to Rotterdam,...
View ArticleOnline submission of house applications by urban poor from Thursday
The government on Wednesday announced that online submission of applications by the urban poor for affordable houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) will be enabled from Thursday.An...
View ArticleNew draft housing policy: Maharashtra appoints panel to suggest revamp solutions
Two months after the state government announced a new draft housing policy focussing on repairing and revamping old buildings in the suburbs, the government has now formed a committee of legislators to...
View ArticleThe secret to success for India's woman architects: unconventional ideas and...
Mistri, who came from a prominent Parsi family in Bombay (now Mumbai), is widely believed to have been the country’s first qualified woman in the profession. In 1936, she graduated with a diploma in...
View Articlehousing schemes: Housing schemes come a cropper
VIJAYAWADA: The state government has left the homeless poor in the lurch as it has failed to complete even a single house in the last 30 months. Notwithstanding the chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu's...
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