Why the Jane Jacobs vs. Robert Moses Battle Still Matters
A Q&A with Matt Tyrnauer, director of Citizen Jane: Battle For The City.
View ArticleA craving for knowing about the urban space we reside in
Complaining about the city we live in is perhaps a normal phenomenon. However, as we complain about the city we live in, do we really ponder on what is wrong about our city and how to turn it into a...
View ArticleFacades and Fashions in Medical Architecture
This evening is an introduction to the architectural remains of medical care in the city. While many sites of New York’s medical history have been lost, especially interiors and equipment that we can...
View ArticleFluctuating alliances: art, politics, and diplomacy in the Modern Era...
In January 1722 after a few days of heavy rain in Rome the ephemeral “macchina d’artificio” built to celebrate the wedding between the Prince of Asturias and Isabel d’Orleans was finally burnt before...
View ArticleRiverfront development key factor in PCMC ‘Smart City’ project
PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: Pawana riverfront development, accessibilty improvement at BRTS stations, the city's first surveillance control centre, Wi-Fi hotspots, citizen support centres, streetscaping and...
View ArticleLiving Heritage at Risk
Searching for a new approach to development, tourism, and local needs at the grand medieval city of Hampi - JOHN M. FRITZ and GEORGE MICHELL
View ArticleThe Retail Apocalypse Is Suburban
Cities will weather this concentrated economic downturn because they went through it 50 years ago. Their neighbors may not be so lucky.
View ArticleGovernment may extend central aid to spur private investments in housing: Naidu
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said that to promote private investments in affordable housing on a large scale, his ministry...
View ArticleWhy Is Affordable Housing So Expensive?
Limited city budgets and rising building costs create a recipe for disaster.
View ArticleNational urban rental housing policy to be announced soon: M Venkaiah Naidu
The policy aims to encourage investments in social rental housing with government support and market driven rental housing without supervision
View ArticlePlea against demolition of Hall of Nations rejected
HC Bench says petition moved by architect Raj Rewal doesn’t challenge heritage panel guidelines
View ArticleStreet Fighter: 'Citizen Jane: Battle for the City' chronicles the life of...
What makes cities thrive? For author and activist Jane Jacobs, the answer could be found in crowded neighborhoods filled with shops and pedestrians. In the Sundance Selects documentary Citizen Jane:...
View ArticleUCLA's Hitoshi Abe and USC's Qingyun Ma on the ugliness of L.A. architecture,...
In a basic sense, what did you set out to accomplish at each of your schools and how successful do you think you were?
View ArticleJinnah succeeded in creating Pakistan but failed at another onerous task –...
The lawyer-politician’s magnificent South Court is a monument to the frailty of human beings.
View ArticleBauhaus in Sachsen: Experimentelle Gestaltung gestern und heute
Kolloquium mit Vorträgen, Podiumsdiskussionen und Mediencollage
View ArticleFantasy in Reality: Architecture, Representation, Reproduction
Organised by Dr Marie Collier: The Courtauld Institute of Art
View ArticleHall of Nations: Why have expo centre in middle of Delhi? asks high court
NEW DELHI: A last ditch attempt to stall demolition of Hall of Nations in Pragati Maidan was made on Friday in the Delhi high court by an architect who had designed one of the buildings. Raj Rewal's...
View ArticleThe stories maps tell
As Pilar Maria Guerrieri’s groundbreaking work, “Maps of Delhi” takes shape, the scholar talks about the relevance of these timeless reference t
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