Small talk: Drawing a new plan
Even as he grapples with Mumbai's endless struggles, from public health care to civic facilities, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner, Ajoy Mehta, remains focused to build a...
View Article[in-enaction] AI Symposium : The Hindu - Mobile edition
HYDERABAD: Did Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) avert a repeat of last year’s heat wave tragedy? Telangana’s IT Secretary Jayesh Rajan attributed few deaths this year to an SMS...
View ArticleAdaptive artificial intelligence must for smart cities
HYDERABAD: For India's smart city initiative to succeed there is a need to build artificial intelligence (AI) systems that are adaptive in nature. This was the theme set at the “Artificial intelligence...
View Article‘Identify modern structures that need to be preserved’
Chennai: Modern heritage is often misunderstood and considered an anomaly. The misconception associated with it is why a large part of architectural and cultural history may remain unrecorded. Anything...
View ArticleField Excursions: Globally inspired playhouse exhibit at Cheekwood in Nashville
I first visited Cheekwood in 2012 at the launch of their summer exhibit,"Treehouses: Great Works of Literature." Nashville-area architects dreamed up seven treehouse structures inspired by great works...
View ArticleWill urban India have enough houses by 2050?
It is expected that by 2050, 60% of the population will be living in urban areas. This, in turn, means that the demand for houses will shoot up in urban areas.Eleven tier-II and tier-III cities are...
View ArticleWhen Abysmal Civic Amenities Are Accepted As Normal
Since February, when Latur went dry, Indian Railways ran over 100 water trains from Miraj. And then, suddenly, there was good news: it rained, and the two sources which feed Latur were filled, and...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence helped minimise heat wave deaths
Speaking at a day-long symposium on AI at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) here on Saturday, Mr. Ranjan said the State used weather data to identify around 200 micro-climate...
View ArticleChina’s emerging ‘smart cities’ defy doomsayers
We are standing in a reception room on the outskirts of the western Chinese city of Chengdu, looking at a model of the Tianfu New Area, a hi-tech “science city” of the future.The room overlooks a...
View ArticleQipao Town Promotion & International Architecture Design Competition Press...
Zhang Zhifeng, founder and chief artistic director of well-known domestic fashion brand NE·TIGER, brought his latest qipao or cheongsam products to the Wujiang China -- Qipao Town Promotion &...
View ArticleClassic Turkish novel inspires architecture installation at London festival
Sabahattin Ali's bestselling classic, "Kürk Mantolu Madonna"
View ArticleCompetition for robotics and autonomous systems
Projects could focus on technical feasibility, industrial research or experimental development.
View ArticleLost cities #1: Babylon – how war almost erased ‘mankind’s greatest heritage...
In the first of a 10-part series, Justin Marozzi tells the story of this once-mighty city in Iraq – a microcosm of human history.
View ArticleWar-zone tourism: turning holidays into dangerous adventures
“Visiting conflict zones and off-the-beaten-path destinations is so much more rewarding than the usual global tourist destinations,” declared John Milton, who has already visited Afghanistan, Somalia...
View ArticleBlah City: Where Have all the Great Urban Places Gone?
Newly built urban places leave a lot to be desired, according to this article in Governing.
View ArticleUnesco visit: Encroaching embarrassment for ASI
With barely two weeks to go before a team of the Unesco's think tank, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), visits Ahmedabad's Walled City to inspect whether Ahmedabad deserves the...
View ArticleShivaji memorial: 'Maharashtra not bound to appoint winning firm as architect'
The Bombay high court on Wednesday dismissed the plea of an architecture firm that asked that the Maharashtra government appoints it as the architects for the ambitious Chhatrapati Shivaji memorial...
View ArticleWill Rio Be a 'Smarter' City After the Olympic Games?
The city installed expensive new technology for the event, but a recent study finds the investment might not pay off in the long run.
View ArticleHow Do You Add to Versailles? Bravely
In 2011, the archmodernist Parisian architect Dominique Perrault won a closed competition to transform the Pavillon Dufour and the attached Old Wing flanking the Royal Courtyard into a proper reception...
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