Gaudi’s Lost Manhattan Tower
Antoni Gaudí left behind designs for a monumental Manhattan hotel that was never built.
View ArticleRace and real estate: how hot Chinese money is making Vancouver unlivable
“Here’s one,” says Melissa Fong. She’s browsing online real estate listings in a cafe near Vancouver’s City Hall. Behind her, the mountains of the North Shore – the view that launched a thousand...
View ArticleHow a Century-Old Zoning Law Shaped the Manhattan Skyline
Skyscraper design must contend with the problem once described by architectural historian Francis Morrone as “oppressive fenestration.” No one’s going to rent space in a building without natural light,...
View ArticleBANGKOK BRUTALISM
In Bangkok, the emergence of New Brutalism architecture took place between the 1960s and 1970s. It was a time when the country’s development took place under American influence during the Cold War....
View ArticleCurator's Tour: Bhupen Khakhar
Assistant Curator Nada Raza leads an hour-long tour of Bhuphen Khakhar, which brings together his work from across five decades and from collections around the world. Following the tour guests are...
View ArticleThe Israel Museum Looks Back at Modernist Architecture’s Spread to 1930s...
Social Construction: Modern Architecture in British Mandate Palestine
View ArticleLAGOS: From the Pepperfarm to the Megacity (and Beyond)
An Interdisciplinary Conference on Space, Society, and the Imagination of an African Crossroads
View ArticleThe houses Laurie built: Remembering the genius architect in his centenary year
For Laurie Baker, a house was more than brick and mortar, it was a living thing. The British architect made India his home and its terrain inspi
View ArticleMhada officers may visit your home to sell PMAY
....The locations identified for the visit include western and central suburbs of the city, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivali, Bhiwandi, Mira Road-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar, Ulhasnagar, Badlapur and Ambernath. The...
View ArticleThe Philippine Star editorial: Smart Cities
Seeing Manila rated 145th among 181 cities in terms of smartness or strategic planning was not surprising. Those who spend four hours daily commuting to and from work or school, enduring smog,...
View ArticleSeoul architects’ ship comes in
An old cargo freighter becomes art - and a rest spot for museum visitors
View ArticleChefs Take on Boston's Problems With Edible Data Visualizations - CityLab
With Jell-O shots representing fecal-coliform levels in the Boston Harbor, this edition of food visualizations is as strange as ever. ... When the first “data cuisine” workshop kicked off in Helsinki...
View ArticleKuala Lumpur's Controversial Plan to Develop the Last of Its Low-Rise Villages
Kampung Baru, a rustic hamlet in the middle of the Malaysian capital, has staved off development for decades. Can it continue to hold out?
View ArticleApartment in Le Corbusier’s Brutalist Classic Gets Postmodern Revamp - Curbed
Alessandro Mendini has become the latest designer to restyle an apartment in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille.
View ArticleManga greats’ old apartment to be rebuilt as a museum by 2020
An apartment building known as the “holy land of manga” due to its famous former tenants is to be rebuilt and opened as a museum of manga and anime in Tokyo’s Toshima Ward.Tokiwaso, which was...
View ArticleExploring India’s megalithic culture, a riddle set in stone
Massive stone structures dotted across the subcontinent provide a fascinating glimpse into India’s prehistoric past
View ArticleSub-regional road plan hits Bhutan’s happiness index speed bump
Concerns over a large number of vehicles entering Bhutan after it ratifies the pact have given rise to many stakeholders protesting against the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) initiative.The...
View ArticleUrban Planning: Buildings, Planning, and Networks of Medieval Cities
AVISTA sponsored session at ICMS (International Congress on Medieval Studies), Kalamazoo, MI, May 11 - 14, 2017
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