Agents of Change 2017: Wang Shu -- Shaping cities and villages of the future
On stage, Wang Shu carries himself with confidence, whether he is speaking in English or Mandarin. He is accustomed to making public appearances and to being the center of attention. At 53, he is...
View ArticleChina Launches Public 'Toilet Revolution' to Boost Tourism
In what’s been dubbed the “toilet revolution,” the country is investing $290 billion over the next four years to upgrade 100,000 public toilets, according to Reuters. It’s all part of a grand plan to...
View ArticleFairy Tale Architecture
“Fairy tales have transfixed readers for thousands of years with the promise of a magical home,” writes Kate Bernheimer. “How many architects, young and old, have been inspired by the hero or heroine,...
View ArticleMuseum galleries are centres for research
A museum is a “permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public which acquires conserves, researches communicates and exhibits for the purposes of study,...
View ArticleSydney Opera House roof gets special soundcheck
One million brilliant white tiles clad the 65m-tall precast concrete roof of the 43-year-old Sydney Opera House—Jørn Utzon’s Modernist tour de force overlooking the Australian city’s harbour. The...
View ArticleCities are cutting transportation service because they think Uber will fill...
Obviously, taxis will never be able to substitute for the people-moving power of high-capacity subways and bus corridors. Anyone who argues otherwise is being disingenuous.But even for high-subsidy...
View ArticleSociety for the Academic Study of Social Imagery (SASSI) conference Call for...
THE IMAGE OF REBIRTH in Literature, Media, and Society. For 25 years, a popular conference (Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery - SISSI) was held every spring in Colorado Springs,...
View ArticleBank of Indonesia Museum: Securing a National Treasure
The edifice was built at an interesting time considering the on-going development of architecture styles in Indonesia; it was built shortly after 1879, the where the Dutch Parliament sanctioned two...
View ArticleSunday Book: Nadeem Aslam - The Golden Legend
Elegant literary romance and contemporary jihadism are unlikely bedfellows. Yet British-Pakistani novelist Nadeem Aslam has now written a third novel combining the two. While The Blind Man’s Garden...
View ArticleReforms halted, Re saw all-time low in 2016
The country’s biggest indirect tax reforms GST, which almost looked like a reality by August when Parliament passed a constitution Amendment Bill, ended the year with an uncertain future breaching the...
View ArticlePlans to improve unplanned settlements in high gear
A plan first made public in October 2015 on how unplanned slum settlements can be turned into quality condos in accordance with the City of Kigali’s master plan is within reach, officials told The New...
View ArticleRethinking the dialectics of Rural and Urban in African Art Scholarship, ECAS...
This panel seeks papers that address the rural and urban dialectics in African art historical scholarship. How might we consider the dynamics of space, place and belonging; how they shape social...
View ArticleHow China Built ‘iPhone City’ With Billions in Perks for Apple’s Partner
The well-choreographed customs routine is part of a hidden bounty of perks, tax breaks and subsidies in China that supports the world’s biggest iPhone factory, according to confidential government...
View ArticleTown planners to tap into government's urban missions
All these missions represent clear vision and intent of government for development of cities in the country. "To realise orderly development of cities for all citizens, we need to pave the way for...
View ArticleA Boom Interview: Mike Davis in conversation with Jennifer Wolch and Dana Cuff
Dana Cuff: You told us that you get asked about City of Quartz too often, so let’s take a different tack. As one of California’s great urban storytellers, what is missing from our understanding of Los...
View ArticlePM's sops to help us tap the base & middle of pyramid: Harshil Mehta, DHFL
Interest rate cut alone will not trigger demand, but a cocktail of right moves will help spur home loan demand, said Harshil Mehta,, chief executive officer ofDHFL in an interview. What's prompting...
View ArticleAn Ancient City Emerges in a Remote Rain Forest
The revelation of an ancient city in a valley in the Mosquitia mountains, of Honduras, one of the last scientifically unexplored regions on Earth, was a different story. This was the first time a large...
View ArticleDamaged by War, Syria’s Cultural Sites Rise Anew in France
An architect by training, Mr. Ubelmann, 36, had worked in Syria before the country was engulfed by war. But now there was special urgency for the kind of work his youthful team of architects,...
View ArticleThe rediscovery of urban India
Till 2014, every project needed for a city was being appraised and approved in Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi. With this ‘top-down’ planning, there was no sense of involvement in and ownership of new...
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