Mass Customization and Design Democratization Symposium
International Symposium Friday & Saturday, May 12-13, 2017 Philadelphia / Organized by The Penn State Stuckeman School
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Studio sP+A wins global contest to bag the prestigious project.
View ArticleFrom Dust Till Dawn: Moscow Renovation Plan to Tear Up City Center
An ambitious renovation program in the center of Moscow steamrolls streets and promises utopian changes.
View ArticleBuilding the Communist dream
Imagine Moscow, an exhibition at London’s Design Museum, captures an architectural future that never was.
View ArticleIs There Any Way to Stop a Billionaire-Backed Megaproject?
If you were looking to cast the villain in an urban development battle, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better candidate than Bidzina Ivanishvil
View ArticleNoise pollution exceeds permissible limits in 7 cities Govt
The data from these cities indicate that average noise pollution levels generally exceed the permissible limits. The data includes noise due to horns of vehiclesThe average level of noise pollution...
View ArticleBuilders body to float 352 schemes to build 203,851 affordable houses
Builders' body Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (Credai), will build 203,851 low-cost homes, in the price range of Rs15 lakh to Rs30 lakh, in 53 cities across 17 states in...
View ArticlePrewar Is So Last Year
Prewar charm in New York City is defined by original details like crown moldings, built-in bookshelves, coffered ceilings and fireplaces, some more decorative than others. But driven by design trends...
View ArticleHow Committed is the Government To Urban Development?
The government claims to have improved urban development, with a multiplicity of schemes to address a number of issues. But the numbers tell a d
View ArticleWhy Building New Capital Cities Might Not Be Such a Bad Idea, After All
In a recent book, the academic Vadim Rossman argues that it can be a smart move, under certain circumstances.
View ArticleA Painting on the Opening of the Paththirippuwa (The Octagon)
Sri Dalada Maligawa in 1802
View ArticlePost-truth Age, issue of Antennae
On the 16th of November 2016, ‘Post-truth’ was officially declared 'word of the year' by Oxford Dictionaries. Following closely on the unexpected results of the US election, the adjective relates to...
View ArticleIdentities and the Cities: Urban Transformations, Transition and Change in...
Call for papers for the 6th Euroacademia International Conference ‘Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities’
View ArticleDiscreet Violence. Architecture and the French War in Algeria
Exhibition at : ETH Hönggerberg
View ArticleThis Is The Most Complex Architectural Structure In History
....But his latest project for the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Digital Grotesque II, takes the concept of algorithmic architecture beyond the scope of human–or even computer–comprehension.
View ArticleProf. Vinodh Vijayakumar, Director, Chennai Academy of Architecture and...
CHENNAI ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN ToThe Ministry of CommerceNew Delhi, IndiaRespected Sir/MadamSub: Letter of acknowledgement — Architectural Significance of Hall of Nations & Nehru...
View ArticleBreakthrough as Saudi woman becomes dean of design college
Meet Dr. Sumaya Bint Sulaiman Al Sulaiman, Saudi Arabia's first female dean of a design college
View ArticleLetter of Recommendation: Berliner Fernsehturm - The New York Times
In the grand tradition of young mopes in Europe, I began taking walks. Whenever I got lost or confused, I would find the TV tower to orient myself. This had the effect of reconfiguring me spiritually...
View ArticleItalian Team Posits That 2 Portraits Show the Architect Andrea Palladio
Over the course of two years, a research team scoured archives and galleries for documented depictions of Palladio — some with labels saying they portrayed the architect — and whittled those down to...
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