Has Le Corbusier stopped being an ogre?
The UNESCO process is clearly highly political. Tim Slade’s fine new filmDestruction of Memory (based on Robert Bevan’s book of that title) shows how the organisation stands on the very frontline of...
View ArticleArchitect accused of racial discrimination countersues over gay slurs
A Manhattan architect who designs for celebrities including Calvin Klein is trying to turn the tables on a former office manager who is suing him for racial discrimination — claiming the ex-staffer is...
View ArticleFacebook Is Building Apartments Anyone Can Rent—But There's a Huge Catch
Facebook could be your next landlord. In an effort to drum up support for the controversial expansion of its headquarters, the social media giant is trying to give back to the community by building at...
View ArticleThis Is What the Lower East Side Skyline Could Look Like, More Tall Towers...
Just yesterday, The Lo-Down obtained information through a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request that reveals preliminary plans for two more residential projects that together “would add more than...
View ArticleNever Built New York ARTBOOK
Following on the success of Never Built Los Angeles (Metropolis Books, 2013), authors Greg Goldin and Sam Lubell now turn their eye to New York City. ... Nearly 200 proposals spanning 200 years...
View ArticleDeborah Berke becomes the first woman dean of Yale School of Architecture
Deborah Berke, the first woman dean of the Yale School of Architecture, agrees absolutely that the stereotype of primal male still rules the profession.
View ArticleConf: Z Axis | Charles Correa Foundation
The Charles Correa Foundation is organizing its second annual Z-Axis Conference entitled ‘Buildings As Ideas’, which will focus on buildings and the nature of the questions they raise. The first...
View ArticleIIT joins hand with MIT to preserve Rabindranath Tagore’s Santiniketan
Architecture students from IIT Kharagpur and America’s MIT will soon conduct a joint study on how to preserve the heritage of Rabindranath Tagore’s abode in Santiniketan.The department of architecture...
View ArticleThe basic reason why there just isn’t enough decent housing for the poor
Urban Institute and National Housing Conference recently looked at the financials from a number of housing projects in Denver that sought affordable housing fund loans and tax credits last year. Denver...
View ArticleWill Urban Renewal Ever End?
Can urban renewal powers — infamous for harming neighborhoods and their most vulnerable residents — finally be used in a way that is fair for all communities?Or are they outdated, still prone to abuse,...
View ArticleFrom Gurgaon to Assam and Bengaluru: Why is India struggling with floods...
Over the last week, the monsoon rains, which account for 70% of the country’s annual rainfall, have wreaked havoc across the country, turning roads into rivers and flattening entire villages.
View ArticleMaximum City
The performance, that took place last week, was the result of an intensive 10-day body workshop and residency hosted at HH Art Spaces, Goa, run by Chopra and his wife Madhavi Gore, and was supported by...
View ArticleAs the Olympics approach, stains on Rio's architecture, infrastructure
Two blocks after leaving my hotel, my Uber passed one of these new museums: the MIS (Museu da Imagem e do Som, or “Museum of Image and Sound”).
View ArticleReview of "Modern Architecture British Mandate Palestine"
What they created, the show demonstrates, was something altogether original. It wasn’t meant to distance itself from existing forms, as modernism so often did in Europe, but to create a completely new...
View ArticleIsrael's Biggest Telecom, Bezeq, Wants to Develop 'Smart Cities'
Bezeq, Israel’s largest telecoms group, is investing millions of dollars to help develop cities where internet technology controls street lights and trash collection and monitors parking and air...
View Article"Huge mess city can't just fly over"
While the government is investing crores of rupees in developing the city's flyover network to ease traffic congestion, little thought is being put into how to effectively utilise the space lying in...
View ArticleWill India’s smart city dream ever be feasible?
“Monster traffic jam in Gurgaon is a reminder that we need basic cities before we need Smart cities,” one tweeted. ... Gurgaon has not been included yet in the roll-out, although its exclusion has sent...
View ArticleAPN awards winners
The All Nepal Architectural Student Design Competition – 2015-16 has concluded with the award ceremony. This event is conducted each year, and the students of Bachelors of Architecture can participate...
View ArticleChanging Senses of Sacrality (1.-2.12.2016, Helsinki)
Changing Senses of Sacrality. Objects, Beliefs and Performances from the Medieval to the Early Modern EraRelics and other religious objects have been re-evaluated during recent decades in Medieval and...
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