CFP: Assembling Values: Architecture and Political Economy - 6-7 May 2016,...
Language English Since the global financial crisis of 2008, a landscape marked by foreclosed homes, empty luxury towers, divided cities, and occupied streets has provoked debates concerning...
View ArticleInterdisciplinary Thinking and Planning: Sharing Good Practice and Learning...
Language English This meeting will explore the nuts and bolts of the processes of interdisciplinarity. We need to delve into the distinctions between inter-, multi-, cross- and trans-disciplinarity. In...
View ArticleInvite: The Social Production of Domestic Spaces
Language English Architecture and Society Series. A monthly series with architects & allied practitioners highlighting the relevance of architecture in terms of current social and professional...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Why Cities Need the 'Poor Door
Language English Drawing on a distinction between equality and equity, Rick Jacobus argues that so-called 'poor doors' are a necessary compromise to promote affordable housing and neighborhood...
View ArticleIDC shortlists smart city analytics suites -- GCN
Language English In order for smart cities to choose the best business intelligence and analytic platform, IDC Government Insights studied business intelligence and analytic tools and applications from...
View ArticleTijuana architecture school teaches the nuts and bolts of building too - LA...
Language English Within view of the U.S.-Mexico border, inside a bland, three-story office building that once housed a medical clinic for sex workers, the Escuela Libre de Arquitectura (Architecture...
View ArticleUnion Minister For Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu launches India's First...
Language English The growing Indian Real Estate and Infrastructure sector received a significant addition when Honourable Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and...
View ArticleMinistries agree on streamlining approvals for urban construction projects
Language English New Delhi: The Central Government has decided to come out with necessary notifications by the end of next month for streamlining approvals for construction projects in urban areas....
View ArticleHousing Scheme Stings TRS MLAs - The Hans India
Language English Hyderabad: The ruling TRS MLAs are in ‘self imposed exile’ from their Assembly constituencies in Telangana as they fear backlash from people over the allocation of only four...
View ArticleOpinion: Is one of the largest real estate deals in American history a...
Language English It’s easy to overlook the brick residential towers of Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village on Manhattan’s East Side. ... Blackstone Group LP and Ivanhoe Cambridge, Inc announced they...
View ArticleThinking about the Tokyo Olympics: City marketing and branding
Language English Speakers:Dr. hab. Magdalena Florek, Adjunct Professor at Poznan University of Economics, PolandDr. Nancy Snow, Pax Mundi Professor of Public Diplomacy, Kyoto University of Foreign...
View Article'Smart' maths factors in better infrastructure - The Times of India on Mobile
Language English Samir Sharma, the national mission director of Smart Cities Project said the cities becoming a part of the mission would have the option of introducing user charges.People would have...
View ArticleCONF: The Matter of Mimesis (Cambridge, 17-18 Dec 15)
Language English This interdisciplinary conference aims to bring together scholars from the sciences, social sciences and humanities in order to address material practices of mimesis. Aristotle, in one...
View ArticleEssay: New Babylon
Language English Constant built a future out of offcut plexiglass and bicycle spokes.Later he would say that his marvelous models of New Babylon were appreciated in much the same way as African masks...
View ArticleCFP: Building Bridges: Cities and Regions in a Transnational World - 3–6...
Language English Regional Studies Association Annual Conference 2016The Regional Studies Association1 is seeking applications from Early Career Researchers (within 5 years after finishing their PhD) to...
View ArticleCFP: Hermeneutics of Symbol, Myth and "Modernity of antiquity" (Milan, 1-2...
Language English The "First International Conference on Hermeneutics of Symbol, Myth and "Modernity of antiquity" in Italian literature and the Arts from the Renaissance up to the present day"...
View ArticleCFP: #out-onomy: critic|all II - International Conference on Architectural...
Language English The Critic|all Conference is a place and an event. A place because it is an academic meeting point for researchers, teachers and architects interested in architectural culture and...
View ArticleSaviours, Cons - Intach plans to save Delhi's 'modern heritage' - The Times...
Language English NEW DELHI: In their endeavour to preserve the city's modern heritage, India National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (Intach) has submitted a detailed presentation to Delhi Urban...
View ArticleThe Woman and the Blacksmith: Rarely seen Le Corbusier tapestry on display at...
Language English Le Corbusier's La femme et le marechal ferrant (The Woman and the Blacksmith) was a gift from France to mark the opening of Parliament House in 1988.It usually hangs in a stairwell in...
View ArticleCFP: PHILOSOPHY OF DESIGN: AN EXPLORATION - Pieter Vermaas & Stphane Vial...
Language English Pieter Vermaas & Stphane Vial (Eds.) for the new Springer book series Design Research Foundations edited by Ilpo Koskinen and Pieter Vermaas.
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