Smart Cities mission well on track, gains Rs 1,200 cr
CHENNAI:An allocation of Rs 1,200 crore has been made for the ‘Smart Cities Mission’ for which the Municipal corporations of Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur and Vellore were included in 2016-2017, while...
View ArticleWhen Cities Went Electric
You might know about Tesla vs. Edison. In cities, it was Edison vs. Westinghouse.
View ArticleLondon's First Mies Van Der Rohe Building Is Only Five Feet Tall
The model is part of a new exhibition posing questions about building afresh in historic settings.
View ArticleCabinet nod to housing-for-poor promise
BHOPAL: The state Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Housing Guarantee Bill — CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan's brainchild — that promises every landless person in Madhya Pradesh a plot of land to build a home.
View Article2 Postdoc-Positions "Translocations", TU Berlin
The research cluster “Translocations” at the Institute for Art History and Historical Urban Studies at the Technische Universität Berlin is seeking to hire two postdoctoral researchers...
View ArticleHistories Built, Carved, and Written: A Symposium in Honor of Tod A. Marder
This symposium is organized on the occasion of Tod A. Marder’s retirement from active teaching. A generous and insightful scholar, mentor, and colleague, Tod has been a significant influence on the...
View ArticleArchitecture, Citizenship, Space: British Architecture from the 1920s to the...
How did individuals and groups concerned with architecture and the built environment respond to, and seek to shape, the challenges and opportunities of twentieth-century life? Engaging with themes such...
View ArticleIndia needs to work towards faecal sludge management: Expert (BS)
India needs to move beyond the current drive for open defecation-free cities and work towards faecal sludge management for a safe urban environment without any risk to land and rivers, said an expert...
View ArticleAugmenting the Invisible - Jakob + MacFarlane, Paris
The studio's approach is a permanent attempt to reinterpret the context of a project. Each of their interventions witnesses an extreme interest and research for the site in order to develop a richer...
View ArticleLandscape as Evidence: Artist as Witness: A Staged Hearing Before the...
Khoj International Artists’ Association and Zuleikha Chaudhari; with Anand Grover, Navjot Altaf, Norma Alvares, Ravi Agarwal, Sheba Chhachhi
View ArticleHow punk changed cities – and vice versa
From New York to Jakarta, punks have long fought for their rights to the city. But just how much have they achieved – and will we ever see ...
View ArticleYoung architects win the Restricted Design Competition for new school of...
The winner was announced at an event 17 March at Aarhus School of Architecture where, among others, the Danish Minister for Transport, Building, and Housing Ole Birk Olesen and Mayor of Aarhus...
View ArticleMind Landscapes: Studio Zhu-Pei, Beijing
Zhu Pei is one of the leading architects in China providing substantial solutions to urgent challenges and questions of ongoing urbanization within the country. The rapid rate of urban growth, as well...
View ArticleTo win recognition, China's smaller cities bet on starchitecture
From egg-shaped concert halls to skyscrapers reminiscent of big pairs of pants, China’s top cities are famously full of curious monuments to architectural ambition.
View ArticleSlums are more expensive per square foot than Gulshan
'Around 44% of Dhaka's residents are poor and yet they are denied basic access to their rights,' architect Iqbal Habib says
View ArticleThe ‘Mind Landscapes’ of architect Zhu Pei to go on show in Berlin
BERLIN, March 20 — Beijing-based Zhu Pei is part of a new generation of Chinese architects offerings solutions to the country’s urbanisation. An upcoming exhibition in Berlin will look at the...
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