INDIA WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE LIVEABILITY OF ITS CITIES WITHIN THE...
´Smart cities´ is the new term used for urbanisation in India. How do you view the success of this government-promoted initiative?
View ArticleGautam Bhatia reviews Chandigarh is in India
The eccentric offering of Shanay Jhaveri’s book is its greatest asset — a book on art that is a work of art
View ArticleSAH Publication Awards
The Society of Architectural Historians is accepting nominations for its 2017 Publication Awards. The program includes five awards that will be presented at the Society's 2017 Annual International...
View ArticleConcrete trends: How Brutalism came back into architectural fashion
This Brutal World by by Peter Chadwick
View ArticleInternationale Tagung KUNSTHALLEN. Architectures for the Continuous...
Im Juli 1968 umhüllen Christo und Jeanne-Claude die Kunsthalle Bern anlässlich ihres fünfzigjährigen Bestehens und im Rahmen der Ausstellung „12 Environments“ mit 2‘430 m2 weissen...
View ArticleA Colloquium on Ficto-Critical Approaches to a Writing Architecture
Abstracts are sought from those wishing to participate in a colloquium exploring ficto-critical approaches to a ‘writing architecture’.
View ArticleGroup Suing to Stop Lucas Museum Outlines Settlement Options
Chicago (AP) -- A group suing to block construction of "Star Wars" filmmaker George Lucas' museum on Chicago's lakefront is willing to negotiate a settlement to allow the project to proceed, but only...
View ArticleArchitecture's Sprawling Influence Manifests Itself in an Exhibit
The relationship between artist and architectural space is the point of departure for Ecco Domus, a group exhibition at Jersey City’s Art House. In collaboration with The Dorado Project, the show...
View ArticleThe Palace of War - One Building Bears Battle Scars From Every Afghan War
Should it be preserved as a reminder, or rebuilt to help Kabul move forward?
View ArticleThe 12th talk / Architecture and Society Series. Screening of An Outpost Of...
Architecture and Society Series. Screening of An Outpost Of Delhi (Hindi/English/52mins) by Dir.Sidharth Srinivasan. The film tells the story of urbanization in Indian cities, epitomized by three very...
View ArticleNalanda blame game begins
The Telegraph reported in its "Dossier damper on Nalanda tag" report on Wednesday that the International Council of Monuments and Sites, a professional agency that offers advice to Unesco on World...
View ArticleAuschwitz really happened — and this artsy architecture exhibit proves it
An example of how forensic architecture can be used to set the record straight is on display at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale. Titled “The Evidence Room,” it runs though Nov. 27.
View ArticleNavi Mumbai - the capital we did not build
What kind of city do we want? In those years, actually, the question was: What kind of India do we want?” says Shirish Patel.
View ArticleMuseums and Their Publics at Sites of Conflicted History
International conference, 13-15 March 2017 at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland
View ArticleEffect and Affect: Designing and making with data-integrated techniques
IJAC 2017: Special ACADIA Edited Issue
View ArticleFrom Monty Python to Children of Men: Battersea Power Station in films
As London’s landmark former power station is redeveloped, the memory of its famous towers and desolate post-industrial image will live on in the movies, from the Beatles’ Help! to The Dark Knight
View Article‘The Evidence Room’: Architects Examine the Horrors of Auschwitz
The most striking elements of the room, which will remain on view here until Nov. 27, are three full-size reproductions, or “monuments,” as the team calls them: the gas column, a fragment of wall from...
View ArticleThe Typewriter Industry Is Still Hanging On in India
A small repair shop in Panjim has tinkered with the machines for over four decades.
View ArticleOldest running photo studio in the world shuts down
One of the world’s oldest running photo studios ‘Bourne and Shepherd’ here has closed shop after 176 years of rich legacy, finally succumbing to the advent of digital technology.Established in central...
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