Japan announces Fukuoka Asia Cultural Prize for Pakistani female architect
The Fukuoka Prize was established by Fukuoka city which is known as Japan’s cultural gateway, in 1990 as an award which is presented annually to honor the outstanding work of individuals, groups and...
View ArticleThe tragedy and triumph of a British architect in New Delhi
Shoosmith designed one other building in Delhi, the Lady Hardinge Serai, a simple hostel for travellers. Then, in 1931, with capital and church complete, he returned home, to a country in the grip of...
View ArticleNationwide IoT network to link up South Korean smart cities
A partnership between South Korean firms Samsung Electronics and SK Telecom that will build a nationwide IoT friendly network.
View Article‘Smart cities’ are closer to reality than we realize
First came “smart growth,” the planning and land development antidote to suburban sprawl. Then came “smart buildings,” with digital technology and the “Internet of Things” enabling automated monitoring...
View ArticleInside the Architecture of Shenzhen's Urban Villages
Buildings were constructed so close to one another that it gave rise to “handshake architecture.”
View ArticleNo more weird architecture in Philadelphia: a retroactive manifesto for the...
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View ArticleH. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship
Purpose: The Society of Architectural Historians’ prestigious H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship will be offered for 2016 and will allow a recent graduate or emerging scholar to study by travel for...
View ArticleNeMLA 2017: Comics and Graphic Novels in a Transnational Perspective
National literatures are not isolated from artistic production in other areas of the world, and graphic narratives are no exception. Either directly through personal relations (transnational artist...
View ArticleReading the Walls: From Tombstones to Public Screens
From dedicatory inscriptions on Greek architectural monuments to the three-dimensional lettering affixed to the façade of the Bauhaus, the neon signs of Las Vegas, and the unofficial marks left by...
View ArticleVenice Biennale awards Golden Lions to Spanish Pavilion and Gabinete de...
Curated by architects Iñaqui Carnicero, co-founder of Rica Studio, andCarlos Quintáns, it features 80 examples of buildings that demonstrate an optimistic spirit and approach.The jury praised it for...
View ArticleHousing crisis: affordable homes vanish as developers outmanoeuvre councils
Experts warn that Sadiq Khan’s pledge to boost levels could stall development entirely
View ArticleOpen Call for Submissions: "Privacy"
Privacy: just the word is probably enough to elicit a cringe. Boundaries transgressed, information accessed, space trespassed—whether digitally or spatially, our private selves are vulnerable in more...
View ArticleIn a Resurrected Skate Palace Outside DC, Roller Skating is Still Alive—And...
Skating had its heyday in Washington in the 1970s, when everyone used to meet at “Kalorama Road”—the National Roller Skating Rink at 17th and Kalorama in Adams Morgan. African-Americans who had honed...
View ArticleErasing Isis: how 3D technology now lets us copy and rebuild entire cities
Imagine Palmyra rebuilt as if Isis had never..., or Kathmandu restored to its pre-quake glory. As the V&A’s special pavilion at the Venice shows
View Article--- DO NOT PUBLISH --- [in-enaction] UN calls for public policy to promote...
http://www.enterpriseinnovation.net/article/un-calls-public-policy-promote-ict-innovation-building-smart-cities-471807788 UN calls for public policy to promote ICT innovation in building smart cities
View Articlephotography+(con)text — Photography in Academic Research
'photography + (con) text' is pleased to announce a call for papers and visual submissions for a conference on 'Photography in Academic Research' to be hosted by UCL Museum and Heritage Studies,...
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