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Former contractor claims trial to cheating Melaka architecture museum

MELAKA: A former contractor claimed trial in the Ayer Keroh Sessions Courts here today to a charge of cheating the Melaka Architecture Museum by submitting false documents in relation to invoice on...

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Rural India starts to go nuclear, urban families grow in shrinking space

Contrary to the perception that urban Indian families are going nuclear, data released by the central government Tuesday show that the proportional share of nuclear households has dipped in urban...

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Under PMAY, now even millennials can apply for home loans

To encourage the millennials to invest in real estate, the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (urban) Housing for All Mission guidelines have been amended to include any adult earning member irrespective of...

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Master plan: Thiruvananthapuram Corp in a race against time

Thiruvananthapuram: The civic body, which has been jittery towards formulation of master plan for the city owing to protests which had rocked previous council following the publication of draft master...

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Forum wants PwC out of projects

A group of whistle-blowers has questioned the Narendra Modi government’s move to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in key projects and even the investigation into black money.The Citizens Whistle...

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Cuba love hotels to make comeback, state announces

State-run "posadas", or love motels, disappeared during Cuba's economic crisis in the 1990s, when they became hurricane shelters.Private householders filled the gap in the market, but at exorbitant...

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PR: Esri CityEngine 2017 Makes Urban Planning More Efficient

July 5, 2017—Esri, the global leader in spatial analytics, today announced the release of Esri CityEngine 2017. This latest version of Esri's 3D modeling software offers new features that let planners...

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Unnithan cremated in city

Jaipur: Long before the era of 'Smart Cities', in 1973, Jaipur was twinned with Canada's Calgary to foster a shared culture and interest in manufacturing. It is thanks to that twinning that Jaipur now...

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After two-year ban, RHB set to construct houses

JAIPUR: After facing a ban of nearly two years on construction of new housing projects, the Rajasthan Housing Board (RHB) was provided relief by the urban development and housing (UDH) minister...

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French North Africa and the Architecture of Counterinsurgency - CAA 106th...

The French invasion of the Regency of Algiers in 1830 marked the onset of a long era of colonization of North Africa. In French Algeria, and the French protectorates of Morocco and Tunisia, French...

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Divine Restoration: Vatican Conservators Identify New Figures Painted by Raphael

Painted by Raphael’s workshop, the frescos in the Vatican Museums’ Hall of Constantine tend to receive less attention than those in the three other famed Raphael’s Rooms executed by the Renaissance...

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An Inclusive Documenta Succeeds Despite Curatorial Failures

Under this edition’s title “Learning from Athens,” the curators, led by artistic director Adam Szymczyk, have made Athens their home for the last few years, while they worked with local institutions...

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Pablo Escobar's Tulum mansion becomes art-filled boutique hotel

Located in the Mexican beach resort of Tulum, Casa Malca was renovated and turned into a hotel by New York-based Lio Malca – who deals contemporary works by the likes of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Kaws.

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Govt sets ball rolling to merge urban development and housing ministries

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mantra of “minimum government” has kicked off in the urban sector.The Centre has started the process to merge two Union ministries – urban development (UD) and housing...

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Colombo Port City picks architect for key section of project

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), one of the world’s largest architecture, interior design, engineering and urban planning firms, was judged the winner of the International Conceptual Urban Design...

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How Finland Helped Shape American Midcentury Modernism

One is Finland 100: The Cranbrook Connection, a straightforward and succinct display of Finnish design in the gently modern, limestone art museum. The other is an amplification of the domestic...

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Review: 'Integral Man, ' a documentary by Joseph Clement

One of Integral Man’s most impressive and paradoxically least artistic shots is a staggering time lapse look at the multi-year process of building Stewart’s home. A symbiotic marriage of concrete,...

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Efficient beauty: The Japanese House

An estimated 4.2 million houses were ruined in Japan during World War 2, causing a critical post war housing shortage. The Japanese House: Architecture and Life after 1945 examines how Japan dealt with...

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'Architecture Of An Asylum' Profiles St. Elizabeths Hospital, From State Of...

St. Elizabeths is now the subject of an exhibition at the National Building Museum; Architecture of an Asylum explores the links between architecture and mental health.Dorothea Dix, the 19th-century...

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Two out of every three jobs in the informal sector are in services

Two out of every three jobs in India’s informal sector, not counting units engaged in agriculture and construction, are in businesses engaged in trade or providing services. Likewise, about two-thirds...

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