Future Urbanisms, Genetic Cities - Invitation to the Symposium, Saturday, 24...
On the occasion of the exhibition Houston: Genetic City Envisioning a Future Post-Industry, Post-Oil, Post-Sprawl at Aedes Architecture Forum
View ArticleToronto’s Little India is Undergoing an Urban Transition with the Vision To...
Gerrard Street is changing, but the area hopes to maintain its Indian culture. ... Singh said Gerrard Street was the mecca of anything South Asian in North America, including fashion, food, grocery,...
View ArticleColumn: ‘The New Urban Crisis’ is a crisis of capitalism, writ large
A PBS NewsHour two-fer: an interview of urbanologist Richard Florida conducted in a walking tour of New York's famed High Line in the gentrifying West Chelsea neighborhood, a fitting backdrop for his...
View ArticleUrban Arts Collective to kick off 2017 Hip Hop Architecture Camps for...
Non-profit organization Urban Arts Collective is about to kick off their 2017 youth Hip Hop Architecture Camp, a one-week experience that introduces under-represented youth to architecture, urban...
View ArticleDigital Tool Aims to ID Urban Planning’s Winners, Losers
This tool from Sidewalk Labs lets planners draw upon vast quantities of data to create agent-based models, simulating who gains and loses when changes are made.11. Source: Planetizen
View ArticleThe hidden ways that architecture affects how you feel
While it might appear as common intuitive knowledge, humans are strongly influenced by their context. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in studies on the connection between...
View ArticleHalal tourism: Kuala Lumpur welcomes the Muslim travellers others didn't want
“A common misconception is that ‘Muslim tourism’ means people going to do Muslim things. But in reality, they go to do the same things – they may want a shopping experience, or a beach experience, or a...
View ArticleFarewell Ajoy Choudhuri
One by one, the buildings and the builders of Modern India, fall. Ajoy Choudhuri, who died this week, was one of the quieter doyens of the generation of architects that began to bring India to...
View ArticleGeorge Tucker, America's First Urbanist
Nearly two centuries before Edward Glaeser or Richard Florida, there was George Tucker.
View ArticleHousing demand slows despite good loan deals
CHENNAI: Top eight cities witnessed residential launches of about 25,800 units in the first quarter of 2017, registering a 16% decline from the corresponding period last year, said Cushman &...
View ArticleFirst House Built by Antoni Gaudí Will Become a Museum
Casa Vicens, built between 1883 and 1885 in the Barcelona neighborhood of Gràcia, will open in October as a museum following a major two-year restoration led by a trio of Spanish architects. ......
View ArticleExploring the Evolution of Diagrams at El Segundo Museum of Art
Since being named Artist in Residence at the Getty Research Institute (GRI) in 2012, Matthew Ritchie has been collaborating with the GRI on an ambitious exploration of the diagram throughout human...
View ArticleNarendra Modi government to scrap UGC, AICTE soon with HEERA
The University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) will soon be a thing of the past as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre is planning...
View ArticleInfrastructure financing: Narendra Modi government mulls merger of IIFCL,...
Just like in the banking sector, the government is looking at consolidation in the infrastructure financing space.
View ArticleYear 2022 – and not 2019 - is India’s new milestone
The government wants to provide housing and electricity to everyone by 2022, three years beyond its current tenureThe Narendra Modi government seems to have shifted its focus from 2019 and is now...
View ArticleLights designed by Le Corbusier withdrawn from Paris auction at last minute
More than 100 light sconces designed by the French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris) were withdrawn from a sale at the Paris-based auction house Artcurial last week (30...
View Article‘Ornament is Crime’ book celebrates the best of modern architecture
Written by Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill—co-founders of London-based luxury modern real estate agency The Modern House—the book brings together some of the world’s most architecturally significant...
View ArticleRoads and Musings: Around the Parliament
The national parliament building, Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, is not just an iconic architectural edifice of Bangladesh; it is also a symbol of democracy. This week on 'Streets of Dhaka', we visit the roads...
View ArticleThrust on ensuring quality accreditation services in BD's construction sector
Speakers at a seminar Thursday stressed the need for creating more testing labs, quality assessment firms and improving the quality of existing ones to provide quality accreditation services mainly to...
View Article“Fearless Girl” Was Originally “Wall Street Cow,” a Life-Size, Bronze Bovine
The contentious statue on Wall Street known as “Fearless Girl” would never have existed at all if her creators had executed their original idea — a cowpat of a plan that was bound to sow its own...
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