Mobilising the Periphery. Focus China - Invitation to the Symposium on Friday...
Language English The government and the population in China are challenged by rapid urbanisation. The amount of arable land in the urban regions is shrinking at high speed and is therefore a valuable...
View ArticleCFP: Poetics of the Algorithm (Liege, 16-18 Jun 16)
Language English Poetics of the Algorithm: Narrative, the Digital, and 'Unidentified' MediaAn International Conference organized by the ACME Research GroupUniversity of Liège (ULg), BelgiumIntroduction
View ArticleCritic|all. II International Conference on Architectural Design and Criticism
Language English The Critic|all Conference is a place and an event. A place because it is an academic meeting point for researchers, teachers and architects interested in architectural culture and...
View ArticleWorld’s top architects shortlisted for Amaravati - The Times of India
Language English HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who wants to build Amaravati as a world-class capital, has zeroed in on three of the world's leading architects to...
View ArticleIndia court orders action on crematorium near Taj Mahal
Language English NEW DELHI — India’s Supreme Court has ordered a state government to remove a wood-burning crematorium from near the Taj Mahal to protect the monument from pollution damage.The judges...
View Article2,28,000 houses for urban poor cleared under Housing for All Mission
Language English Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation today approved construction of 2,28,204 houses for urban poor in five states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and...
View ArticleDebating Schumacher's Chicago Biennial Criticism - The Architect's Newspaper
Language English The final question of the Dean’s Panel at the 2015 ACSA Fall Conference was a doozy. The symposium took place at the Syracuse University School of Architecture and was organized by...
View ArticleCFP: Blended Learning in Architecture and Design Education - Special edition...
Language English The aim of this special issue is to elucidate current practices and experiences of mixing traditional, physical, location-specific and face-to-face modes of learning with online...
View ArticleIt's time to rethink the entire role and language of architecture | Cities |...
Language English As architects, we are living at a time of shifting paradigms. In the past, the scale of our designs grew large, but how many people were we really engaging with? Today, we understand...
View ArticleScripts, Factories for the Information Age: Elon Musk Powers Up: Inside...
Language English "I think we’ve really struck a note, without salespeople or advertising," Musk tells me. "With that you can do anything." "Do you know the difference between power and energy?""Uh," I...
View ArticleWhy Urbanism Is Considered to be ‘Liberal’ - The Urban Edge
Language English In his paper “Moral Intuitions and Smart Growth: Why do Liberals and Conservatives View Compact Development so Differently,” Arizona State University professor Paul G. Lewis draws on...
View ArticleInvite: 'Architecture of Indian Modernity: The Case of Madras' on 24th...
Language English Chennai Architecture Foundation has organised a talk by Dr. Sitalakshmi on her book - 'Architecture of Indian Modernity: The Case of Madras' on 24th November at 5.30pm at Spaces.
View ArticleCFP_PSi Performance+Design Working Group Symposium Tasmania 2016
Language English CALLING ALL PERFORMANCE DESIGNERS (architects, artists, theorists, scenographers etc.)PREAMBLE TASMANIAN CLIMES BEFORE ATTENDING THE PSi#22 CONFERENCE IN MELBOURNE 2016As a global...
View ArticleTerror Attacks Threaten the “New Urban Agenda” – Next City
Language English As one of 200 experts and the sole American on the National Urban Policies unit, I was in Paris last week to meet with my group. I flew to France filled with unbridled optimism about...
View ArticleDesign Futures in Sub-Saharan Africa: Post-Western Perspectives (PoW) Launch...
Language English This 2-year project, led by Cher Potter, is being developed through a partnership between the University of the Arts London (UAL) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). We hope...
View ArticleArchitectSpeak: "Architecture is a field of repression": Daniel Libeskind on...
Language English In conjunction with the exhibition Childhood ReCollections: Memory in Design (until 23rd January 2016) at the Roca London Gallery, and Death and Memory: Soane and the Architecture of...
View ArticleCFP: Possessed: The Material Culture of Ownership - 22-23 April 2016,...
Language English 14th Annual Material Culture Symposium for Emerging ScholarsWe seek papers that investigate the possessability of objects and ideas, that explore the nature of ownership, and that...
View ArticlePragati Maidan to get world-class makeover, with helipad in the mix | The...
Language English “The current master plan envisages the convention centre on a raised platform, with floor-to-ceiling height of 12-15 m and break-out areas. There will be a grand entrance… The design...
View ArticleLord Foster (glad about Lord Adonis): ‘I have no power as an architect, none...
Language English “The reality is that all society is embedded in mobility. You’re going to take that flight. You’d be better to take the flight out of an airport that is driven by tidal power and which...
View ArticleDoes architecture need to be original? | Art and design | The Guardian
Language English There was one lawyer in the audience of Law x Copy, a symposium held at the Center for Architecture as part of Un/Fair Use, an exhibition on architecture and copyright law earlier this...
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