Bengaluru lake fire: What ‘smart cities’, Swacch Bharat, AMRUT, PM Modi?...
Bellandur lake in Bengaluru has now gone from foam to fire as toxic smoke choked the whole city. Is India failing its old cities and planning n
View ArticleBrash abominations or architectural evolution?
Adity Chakravarti’s labour of love documenting old houses in her blog has finally been “immortalized” in print with the release last week of Reha’ish: At Home in Lucknow. She has done her mite to...
View ArticleCredit ratings for all 72 urban local bodies in Telangana
All 72 urban local bodies (ULB) in Telangana would go for independent credit rating assessment through noted credit rating firms to assess their financial status, administrative initiatives, and funds...
View ArticleSHAHABUDDIN AHMED in residence at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Internationally-acclaimed Bangladeshi painter Shahabuddin Ahmed today secured the distinction of becoming the first foreign artist to live in the hallowed precincts of Rashtrapati Bhavan here as an...
View ArticleCEPT University convocation: Too many regulations cause more damage than...
The committee comprised members from the Niti Aayog focused on reforming the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, which regulated medical education
View ArticleUAE plans to build 'mini city' on Mars by 2117
The Mars 2117 Project will start with an Emirati scientific team and will be extended to include international scientists and researchers.
View ArticlePMO meeting today to look at Pragati Maidan face-lift
Sources said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed all departments to ensure that the project is completed before 2019.
View ArticleDelhi’s Pragati Maidan undergoes historic makeover, may host G20 Summit
Widely known for hosting country’s signature event, the India International Trade Fair, Pragati Maidan is undergoing a historical makeover. The venue is set to get an Integrated...
View ArticleThe Case Against the Los Angeles 'Neighborhood Integrity Initiative'
Planetizen has been covering the genesis of the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative since its earliest days—specifically, November 2015.
View ArticleDelhi's deadly dust: how construction sites are choking the city
The Indian capital’s inherently dusty air is made worse by countless unregulated construction sites – and the production of bricks and concrete
View ArticlePakistan: Can a three-day conference really save Mohenjodaro?
Researchers archaeologists & journalists were present in numbers at the site in Pakistan. But are discussions what the 4000-year-old site needs?
View ArticleThe Other World: A letter from the Jordan-Syria border.
We were pulling away from the border when a sandstorm came on, fast and hard. In front of the car was swirling sand; behind, the sky was clotted black. Everything went red, and then dim, as though we...
View ArticleThe Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Inner Mongolia
Zhao Liang’s film, Behemoth provides a ring-side seat to the effects of rapid development, commerce, and pollution in this autonomous region
View ArticleHistory of the Present: Mexico City
An unpopular president, a myth-making architect, and a multibillionaire tycoon are building an oversize airport in a nature preserve.
View ArticleSmart Cities – Where Have I Heard This Before?
“Smart Cities” have all the trappings of modernist urban renewal, so why are urbanists jumping on the bandwagon?
View ArticlePanel: European Urban Transformations, Transition and Change in European...
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers
View ArticleRethinking Pei: A Centenary Symposium
Organized by M+ with the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University; and the Faculty of Architecture, the University of Hong Kong
View Article'Forest cities': the radical plan to save China from air pollution
Stefano Boeri, architect famous for his plant-covered skyscrapers, has designs to create new green settlements in a nation plagued by pollution
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