How the World's First Cities Got Started
A 12,000-year-old “Stonehenge on steroids” transformed nomadic humans into members of complex societies.
View ArticleJane Jacobs and Robert Moses star in “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City”...
The historic feud between Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses is hitting the silver screen in “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City”, a fairly new feature-length documentary directed by Matt Tyrnauer and...
View ArticleZaha Hadid's seminal artwork makes its Hong Kong debut
Presenting Hadid's work in Hong Kong for the first time, the exhibition shows her paintings, calligraphic drawings, and rarely seen private notebooks with sketches that illustrate the complexity of her...
View ArticleThe issue with the median as indicator of housing affordability
The standard yardstick for judging housing affordability is to look at the median level of rents or home prices. As we all remember from statistics, the median is the observation in the middle of the...
View ArticleThe Art of Ornament. Meaning, Archetypes, Forms and Uses
The topics suggested for proposals for participating in this Conference are generically the following, although others may be considered if they are deemed pertinent and relevant:
View ArticleThe Politics of Display: Collateral Events and Pavilions at the Venice Biennale
During the late 1990s, the structure of the Venice Biennale underwent a dramatic overhaul, expanding into the Arsenale buildings that once housed the city’s shipyards and armouries. Its interconnecting...
View ArticleWobbly skyscrapers may trigger motion-sickness and depression, warn experts
Now a team of engineers, medics, physiologists and psychologists from the Universities of Exeter and Bath will explore claims that people experience motion sickness, fatigue, depression, poor...
View ArticleIDEA journal_17: The Provocation DARK SPACE_ the interior
Reading Junichiro Tanizaki’s highly evocative essay ‘In Praise of Shadows’ (1977) has the effect of ‘switching on‘ more of the body’s physiological and psychological sensibilities. Tanizaki writes, for...
View ArticlePhotography in the theater: plays, theory, performance and programming since...
This conference will look at the way our relation to photography since the 19th century has been played out and negotiated in the theater, both in theory and practice. To what extent does photography —...
View ArticleIsland Cities and Urban Archipelagos 2017
This conference brings together researchers from across the globe to explore urban life on islands and archipelagos.
View ArticleJohn Hejduk’s work portrayed in new light at Cooper Union exhibition
....Nader Tehrani, incumbent dean at the school of architecture, expanded on the influence of Hejduk’s teaching style.Nader Tehrani, incumbent dean at the school of architecture, expanded on the...
View ArticleCentre junks old agenda, plans new urban reforms
NEW DELHI: After casting aside the UPA-era urban reforms agenda, the Narendra Modi government has reworked its own urban development agenda. Barely one-and-a-half years after it initiated Atal Mission...
View ArticleBadnore opens Pierre Jeanneret museum
The museum is dedicated to the contribution of Jeanneret to Chandigarh that has been set up on the ground floor of the house, whereas three bedrooms on the first floor are proposed to be made into...
View ArticleCould Algorithms Best Architects in Designing Variety for the Suburbs?
"American architects have masterminded dozens of suburban housing styles," writes Diana Budds to introduce a radical, technology-enabled departure from that suburban tradition.
View ArticleLargest capstone unearthed in South India
Excavations were carried out in Nemeretta village following the discovery of Megalith burials in Pullur Banda village near Siddipet.
View ArticleBehold The Big Bend - the incredible U-shaped New York skyscraper dubbed the...
The race to build the world’s most spectacular skyscraper has reached new heights - and taken a turn in direction.
View ArticleSuperstudio in 8 Moves
Cristiano Toraldo di Francia will offer a rereading of the work of the Italian collective Superstudio, which he co-founded in 1966. Cristiano will discuss the strategic role of text and images in the...
View ArticleThe Theatre Of Apparitions by Roger Ballen
One of the most influential and important photographic artists of the 21st century, Roger Ballen’s career spans over forty years. His strange and extreme works confront and challenge viewers to...
View ArticleHRD Ministry fighting to hold on to architecture schools
NEW DELHI: Human resource development ministry is making last ditch attempts to keep control of architectural schools in the country, even as the urban development ministry has all but wrested the...
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