"Inhabited space in the Dâr al-Islâm", Paris, INHA, 15-17 December 2016
"Inhabited Space in the Dâr al-Islâm", International colloquium organised by Prof. Alastair Northedge, Dr Sterenn Le Maguer and Apolline Vernet. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne/Laboratoire Islam...
View ArticleMaking Space in the Maghrib
The American Institute for Maghrib Studies invites scholars to submit papers for an interactive conference to be held in Tunisia on the theme of “Making Space in the Maghrib.” The aim of this...
View ArticleWide Support for Designation of Early Postmodern Hotel Interiors
At its meeting on November 22, 2016, the Landmarks Preservation Commission heard testimony on the potential designation of two interior spaces on the first floor of the United Nations Hotel at 1 United...
View ArticleIIA raises anomalies in Panjim ODP
IIA Goa Chapter Chairman Manguesh Prabhugaonkar in his letter to North Goa Planning and Development Authority (NGPDA) Member Secretary R Pandita has suggested that the requirements of the Smart City...
View ArticleWhy Iran Is Opening Its Doors to Bold Architecture
“Right now, the massive trend in Iran is to design and build structures with the goal of being recognized by the media,” says Hooman Koliji, associate professor of architecture, planning, and...
View ArticleMaharashtra to ask Centre to relax CRZ norms for housing on salt pans
As the state government’s plan to unlock parts of 5,379 acre salt pan land in Mumbai to construct affordable housing has hit a roadblock, it is now planning to approach Centre to relax Coastal...
View ArticleThe Russian Avant-Garde Rising in ‘A Revolutionary Impulse’
For visitors of a certain age, the sight of works in different media so thoroughly mixed and contextualizing one another at the Modern is a startling thrill. You wonder what took so long. The museum...
View ArticleNew York's latest skyscrapers are disrespectful says Richard Meier
Anna Winston: Since you started out in New York in the 1960s, what's been the biggest positive change in architecture and is there anything that you're not comfortable with?Richard Meier: I think the...
View ArticleNational accolade for architects
The Kozhikode chapter of the IIA has bagged the IIA’s best performer award for undertaking various service-oriented projects
View ArticleRare pieces from Le Corbusier, Jean Prouvé, and more go up for auction
Co-founding partner, along with the late Peter Shelton, of the award-winning, New York-based architecture and design firm Shelton Mindel & Associates, Mindel began collecting pieces over thirty...
View ArticleHoles Over India's Cities Could be From the Heat Island
The holes appear similar to hole-punch clouds, which occur when super-cooled liquid clouds are disturbed, usually by the particles in airplane exhaust. The exhaust triggers a cascade of freezing: ice...
View ArticleThe Manufacturing-Industries Map of New York in 1919
Here’s (most) of the sprawling map, which is part of the new exhibit “Mastering the Metropolis: New York and Zoning, 1916–2016” at the Museum of the City of New York. Cross hatches indicate areas with...
View ArticleFrench court rules on the moral rights of well-known architect Jean Nouvel
On 5 September 2016, the French Court of Jurisdictional Conflicts (Tribunal des Conflits) issued a decision with respect to the extent of the authority of competent courts to hear disputes related to...
View ArticleWhy Trump’s Use of the Words ‘Urban Renewal’ Is Scary for Cities
When Mr. Trump announced plans on Monday to nominate Ben Carson to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, he said the two men had “talked at length about my urban renewal agenda.”
View ArticlePhotographing the Bus Ride to Rikers Island
Around six months ago, the photographer Salvador Espinoza began spending a lot of time riding the Q100 bus through Queens, New York. The bus departs from Queens Plaza in Long Island City, winds north...
View ArticleHere's how IBM is using Watson to promote smart cities in India
The makers of IBM Watson and its multiple deep neural branches were in India today, and spoke about how IBM has been collaborating with the Government of India, along with private institutions, to...
View ArticleReimagining Public Space in Mexico (Cambridge, 20 Jan 17)
Anti-monuments, ephemeral interventions in the city, and collectivized rituals of mourning are rapidly changing the notions of the public and public space in today's Mexico. A country with a strong...
View ArticleAA Women and Architecture in Context 1917-2017 (London, 2-4 Nov 17)
AA XX 100 is the project to commemorate the centenary of women's admission to the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London in 1917. To date it has comprised a raft of complementary...
View ArticleOn The Black Skyscraper: An Interview with Literary Critic Adrienne Brown
Adrienne Brown’s forthcoming book The Black Skyscraper teaches us how early “sky-scrapers” shifted our perception of race in America. I met Brown in her office at the University of Chicago, where’s...
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