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The Royal Palace in the Europe of Revolutions

International symposium organized by Basile Baudez and Adrián Almoguera Centre André Chastel, Paris

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PR: In the Memory of Charles Correa, Ambuja Neotia Group Organized an Annual...

KOLKATA, India, June 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --The architect-fraternity of Kolkata and the Ambuja Neotia Group paid tribute to the legendary architect Mr. Charles Correa through the first 'Charles Correa...

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Government Is Building Homes That The Poor Do Not Want

Over 10 years, the central government spent Rs 21,482 crore ($3.2 billion) building houses for the urban poor but 23% of them are vacant, according to this May 2016 answer to the Lok Sabha.The...

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Utopia and Fashion

Special issue of Utopian Studies (28.3, 2017)

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The Hidden Security Bugs in Architecture That You Never Noticed

The Hidden Security Bugs in Architecture That You Never Noticed

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Lucas abandons plan to build museum in Chicago after lawsuit

The filmmaker said in a statement he would take his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to his home state of California, but he did not name a specific location. He blamed Chicago's Friends of the Parks...

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UD ministry, UGC come together to develop smart cities curriculum

The University Grants Commission (UGC) wants universities to teach smart city planning and urban development ministry will be helping UGC prepare a curriculum. School of Planning and Architecture is...

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Cranbrook hosts “Hippie Modernism”

“Hippie Modernism,” which just opened at the Cranbrook Art Museum, takes a serious look at the impact of 1960s counterculture on the worlds of art, architecture and design. But if that sounds like an...

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One year of housing for all: At this pace, it’s indeed a dream by 2022

Housing activists say that a heavy reliance on private sector is the prime reason for poor pace of implementation of the PMAY

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Housing sales decline 2.2 per cent to 1.58 lakh units in FY16

NEW DELHI: Housing sales fell 2.2 per cent to 1.58 lakh units in seven major cities last fiscal, but the market is expected to improve by next March on the back of lower interest rates and fall in...

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Call for thematic issue to be published in CLARA’s 5th volume, expected for...

La revue scientifique annuelle CLARA Architecture/Recherche lance un appel international à dossier thématique pour le numéro 5, à paraître en 2017. Elle accorde une place privilégiée aux méthodes de...

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The Architect as Active Reader

30th international conference on the history of architecture

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Demolition of CEPT buildings sparks social media outcry

CEPT UNIV DEMOLISHES STUDENTS’ ‘FREE ZONE’

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How MR’s Architect Spun A Web Of Lies

Muditha Jayakody who is alleged to be a close associate of the Rajapaksa family was offered the main architectural consultancy work for the proposed defence headquarter project in Akuregoda by the...

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Apocalypse now: Miniature scenes from the end of the world

Traveling is overrated. Just ask New York creatives Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber, who explore otherworldly places from the comfort of their apartment, making dioramas of settings devoid of humans....

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Achieving urban transformation

Within a year of the Smart City Mission launch in June 2015, 33 cities have been selected through the Smart City Challenge, in which 97 cities competed on clearly defined rules and transparent...

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Divided they stand: Andhra Pradesh topples Telangana dreams, to hold on to...

Cherukuri Kutumba Rao, vicechairman of Andhra Pradesh State Planning Board, told ET, "Andhra Pradesh government will shift most of its staff from Hyderabad to Amaravati region shortly. However, we will...

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Palace Museum Orders Destruction of Modern Buildings in Forbidden City

South China Morning Post reported on Tuesday that the Palace Museum ordered the destruction of all modern buildings and structures in the area to preserve the ancient character of the landmark. That...

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Michael Graves’s Residence, Rejected by Princeton, Is to Be Sold to Kean...

Kean University, home of the nascent Michael Graves College for architecture and design, has received permission from its board of trustees to purchase three of Graves’s properties in Princeton, N.J. —...

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The lost art of Pakistan

IT was the annoyance of a president that led to the completion of the National Art Gallery in Islamabad. As news records from the time reveal, soon after Gen Pervez Musharraf moved to his presidential...

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