CFP - Spaces and Places of Leisure, Recreation and Sociability in Early...
This conference looks at practices of leisure, recreation and sociability in pre-modern societies and how these were reflected in and shaped by spatial practices. As is the case today, sociable,...
View ArticleCFP: Environment, Space, Place call for submissions
The interdisciplinary journal Environment, Space, Place (ESP) is seeking submissions for its Spring 2016 edition. There are two fundamental criteria for articles published in ESP. First there must be a...
View ArticleCfP: Extended Deadline "International Conference on Urban Planning,...
The past two decades have witnessed an array of critical debates and perspectives on the role modern urban planning has played since its birth in the industrial city in the late nineteenth century in...
View ArticleCopenhagen : The Villages of India by Gianni Berengo Gardin at the David...
Gianni Berengo Gardin was fascinated by Mahatma Gandhi while still at school. When he had an opportunity to travel to India in 1977, he was inspired by Gandhi’s statement that the real India is to be...
View ArticleHousing sector gets leg-up as RBI to lower minimum risk weight - The Economic...
Banks will be able to free more funds to lend for affordable housing as the Reserve Bank today proposed to lower the minimum risk weight on housing loans from the current 50 per cent."With a view to...
View ArticleIndia And The Universe Through 18 Beautiful Maps Across Centuries
There’s a lot that maps can tell you – not only about a place, but also about our perceptions, experiences and dreams. Take the 18 stunning maps below from the ongoing exhibition Cosmology to...
View ArticleCFP: Regional Urbanism - University of Huddersfield
This international conference explores the changing face of regional urbanism, asking if the environmental, economic and social challenges facing many parts of the world will provide new opportunities...
View ArticleHow Our Evolving Brains Can Shape Cities - Citylab
.... As a species, humans are what Ellard calls “infovores.” That means we, like other animals, tend to select habitats that give us information about our surroundings. “Animals look for locations to...
View Article[in-enaction] Architect Licensing Needs a Gut Rehab - WSJ
The housing industry is making a comeback: A Sept. 17 Commerce Department report revealed that contractors are continuing to build homes at a furious pace. The U.S. is on track to add more than one...
View ArticleMangaluru: Smart City - District administration laments lack of public response
Mangaluru, Sep 30: The district administration on Wednesday September 30 urged the citizens to participate in the Smart City challenge and give their suggestions for the proposal to be sent to the...
View ArticleS.F. Mayor Ed Lee proposes deal to spur more low-cost housing - San Francisco...
Mayor Ed Lee this week proposed a density bonus policy that would help the city build approximately 16,000 new units of housing, including 5,000 affordable units along select transit corridors. (via...
View ArticleINTACH renews efforts to save Delhi's modern architectural heritage | Daily...
Three years after the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) drew up a list of ‘modern architectural heritage’ in Delhi and called for its protection, it has pledged to renew its...
View ArticleCall for book chapter contributions - Mediated Cities Book series
This is a call for contributions to the Intellect Books series of publications, ‘Mediated Cities’.The series is a cross disciplinary investigation of the modern, technologically laden, urban experience...
View ArticlePortal to save old houses from demolition - The Times of India
A group of citizens concerned about rampant destruction of architecturally beautiful houses in Kolkata have proposed that a portal be set up for alerting buyers and sellers about properties that will...
View ArticleInside the Real-Life “Hunger Games” City: A Decaying Parisian Utopia
Photographer Laurent Kronental has spent four years photographing the postmodern Parisian housing estate of Noisy-le-Grand, erected after the Second World War to house rural refugees and foreign migrants.
View ArticleSwachh Bharat way off target in urban areas
As on September 2015, just a fifth of the targeted 25 lakh individual toilets for a year and a fourth of the targeted 1 lakh community and public toilets have been built. (Source: Prem Nath Pandey)As...
View ArticleUNESCOSpeak: Need public participation to preserve Hooghly’s heritage | The...
Heritage buildings and neighbourhoods of Kolkata can only survive if the process of regeneration pays for itself, said UNESCO officials during a two-day workshop organised by it along with the state...
View ArticleArchitecture Students Draw Inspiration From Le Corbusier - The Cambodia Daily
[In 1920s] Le Corbusier’s own plans for such an apartment block, which he called Immeubles Villas, were never executed, many other architects have drawn inspiration from his idea. Now, nearly 100 years...
View ArticleSmart cities or smart pilots? | Business Standard News
The National Democratic Alliance government's ambitious Smart Cities programme will at best be able set up only 100 pilot projects in the first five years. Contrary to general perception, no 'smart...
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