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View ArticleToo many crooks spoil the broth in Namma B’luru
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View ArticleA sexy show: Exhibit explores link between Playboy and modern design
Yet that begs a larger, and far more fraught, issue: What kind of modern architecture was Playboy championing?
View ArticleArt activists challenge museum Botticelli sketching ban
The news broke after the Guardian’s Architecture and Design critic Olly Wainwright tweeted a picture of the sign and wrote an article suggesting the "draconian" ban was due to audience control...
View ArticleOver-Underground: 'Raise/Raze' at Dupont Underground, Reviewed
Dupont Underground still has serious challenges, but "Raise/Raze" does its level best to meet them head-on.
View ArticleHeritage terrorism holds South Mumbai's urban renewal to ransom
Successful world cities have historically struck balance between legacy and development, says expert
View ArticleNehru Place mess: Govt seeks report from DDA
New Delhi: Days after TOI reported the pathetic condition of Nehru Place , one of India's largest computer goods markets, the Union urban development ministry has sought a report from the Delhi...
View ArticleSound, Ethics, Art, and Morality
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View ArticlePatna Collectorate unique, as important as Golghar: Historians
Patna, May 15: Amid a raging debate on heritage versus development, noted historians have urged the Bihar government to preserve the Patna Collectorate, saying the over 200-year-old building complex is...
View ArticleThree Iranian projects competing for Aga Khan Award for Architecture
The projects are the Manouchehri House in the central Iranian city of Kashan, the Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge and the 40 Knots House, both located in Tehran.The Manouchehri House is a restored 19th...
View ArticleCustomization of the Smart City Idea in Indian Context is the Best way to...
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View ArticleThe New Mayor of London's Housing Manifesto (via Planitezen)
Sadiq Khan created a housing manifesto while on the campaign trail. Its support of affordable housing would be unique on this side of the pond.
View ArticleNice Museum. Where’s the Art?
... behavior of museum visitors has changed. Today many aren’t there just to gaze; they’ve come for selfies.
View ArticleBook Launch "The Structure: Works of Mahendra Raj" edited by Vandini Mehta,...
As this book shows, many of his structures can be seen as monuments narrating the history of architecture in post-independence India.The Structure features twenty-eight of Mahendra Raj’s buildings in...
View ArticleLong distance affair? Port Blair college wants PU affiliation!
Chandigarh: Panjab University with its headquarters in Chandigarh - the foothills of the Shivaliks - believes it can sustain a long distance relationship. It is for this reason that it is looking...
View ArticleDisruptions and Genealogies of the Digital in Architecture
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View ArticlePosters of City Life in a Fading USSR
A traveling design show toured the U.S. 25 years ago to shed light on Soviet city life under a failing but reforming government.
View ArticleSmart cities efforts so far: ‘very diverse but mostly clueless'
Planning, standards and change management all need to be improved agree panellists at Computing's IoT Business Summit
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