After protests, landowner gives Kampung Mutiara villagers three months to vacate
Kampung Mutiara residents have been given three months to vacate their village after final discussions with the landowner to postpone today’s eviction.The residents will be shifted to temporary housing...
View ArticleTrace the history of alternative housing in “Together! The New Architecture...
“Together! The New Architecture of the Collective” is an exhibition that traces the long history of collective housing in a variety of projects, as well as experimental case studies, in Europe, Asia,...
View ArticleExhibition 004: Mapping Ahmedabad's Historic Places
School of Architecture of CEPT University was established in 1962 and is now Faculty of Architecture that forms one of the five faculties at the University. During these five decades, the students of...
View ArticleAI ki Kaya: Beyond Intelligence, Yours Artificially!
Throughout human history, technological revolutions of various kinds have fundamentally impacted human endeavour. Of late, from the Industrial Revolution (1760-1840), followed by the Transport...
View ArticleLeading architects, writers and historians back bid to save Southwark tube...
A group of leading historians, writers and architects is urging the Secretary of State for Culture Karen Bradley to assess the architectural quality of 11 modern Jubilee Line tube stations – all opened...
View ArticleThe stratigraphical signature of the Anthropocene in England and its wider...
‘Omnipresent’ signs demonstrating the effects of human impact on England’s landscape have been revealed by researchers from the University of Leicester.Concrete structures forming a new, human-made...
View Article‘Govt tried to influence UNESCO spending people’s money’
The leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Natural Resources and Power and Port on Monday alleged the ruling Awami League government tried to influence the decision of the UNESCO over the...
View ArticleArchitecture and Society Series- August 17th - Within its Sacredscape: Ganga
The talk will focus on the belief, histories, traditions, arts, and cultures of India that emanate from Ganga - as a river and a Goddess, and its role in making of the region’s diverse and rich...
View ArticleA(n) Office conceive of their small architectural studio like a publication
Why were you originally motivated to start your own practice?VMM: We had both been doing work in exhibitions and publications—both formats where you collaborate with a number of people extensively for...
View ArticleClamour grows for Maharashtra housing minister Prakash Mehta's resignation
The clamour for Maharashtra Housing Minister Prakash Mehta's resignation is growing. Mehta is the second BJP minister after Eknath Khadse to have been embroiled in a controversy over real estate.Chief...
View ArticleWork starts on MVRDV’s “woven” offices in Sri Lanka
Ground breaking has taken place at the site of Dutch architect MVRDV’s Veranda Offices, its first project in Sri Lanka.The company is collaborating with local architects ACS Integrated and PWA...
View ArticleHousing for All: After Smart City Challenge, government all set for similar...
After the success of Smart City Challenge, the Union government is ready to introduce a similar technology competition to give fillip to the Housing for All programme. The competition – to be called...
View ArticleRoyal Institute of British Architects launches 'RIBA Members Sri Lanka'
Royal Institute of British Architects on Thursday launched the 'RIBA Members Sri Lanka, the second RIBA membership group to be formed in the Asia Pacific region.At an event to mark the occasion at the...
View ArticleIndia’s hair-raising urban myths: From the monkey man to child-eating wolves
After Rajasthan and Haryana, multiple cases of mysterious hair chopping have been reported in Delhi too. Women in at least four Delhi villages have complained that their braids were cut by someone...
View ArticleNow in the heart of Bengaluru, it’s Namma ‘Guggenheim’
Come 2020, Kasturba Road will be home to the Museum of Art and Photography, a state-of-the-art cultural hub. ... Spread out over 3,000 sqm, complete with a research library with an extensive collection...
View ArticleLandscape Foundation Students' Design Competition 2017
Landscape Foundation Students’ Design Competition 2017 is an attempt to encourage students to explore and visualize surrounding areas around monuments and heritage precincts with radical and fresh...
View ArticleS/P #61: Husos Architects trace the role of remittances on migratory urbanisms
For this installment of our recurring series Screen/Print, we are featuring an excerpt from the book Urbanisms of Remittances by Husos, which traces the role remittances have in the built environment...
View ArticleOld Secretariat to house Hyderabad government offices
The existing buildings will not be demolished after the construction of a new Secretariat and Assembly building and the international convention centre at Bison Polo Ground. The authorities are...
View ArticleSoundscapes in the past: Adding a new dimension to our archaeological picture...
Chaco Canyon was the center of ancestral Puebloan civilization. It’s famous for its great houses – large, multistoried structures, some the size of football fields – built and used from approximately...
View ArticlePassing: Fashion in American Cities
The idea of ‘passing’ and the issues it raises in relation to contemporary and historical notions of self-fashioning and identities is of central importance in a period of political, social and...
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