EDITORIAL COMMENT: Housing for all is possible
A lot of Zimbabweans want their own home, so the demand for new housing is high and there are opportunities for mass development schemes that can satisfy this demand.But, as has also been discovered,...
View ArticleDrugs Fuel Work Surge at North Korean Building Site
... workers are being given crystal meth to finish projects faster
View ArticleFunding bottleneck slows infrastructure development in India
What are the main issues when it comes to infrastructure in India?
View ArticleGovernment non-committal on housing scheme
Rajamahendravaram: Former MLA and YSRCP city convener Routhu Surya Prakash Rao said the NTR Housing scheme implemented by the TDP government has failed to take off for lack of proper planning.Speaking...
View Article10,000 housing societies to get basic amenities
SURAT: Around 10,000 housing and industrial societies on reserved land belonging to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) and state government can now hope to get road, water, drainage, light and other...
View ArticleAn Unexpected Second Act for Montreal's Olympic Stadium
On its 40th anniversary, the “Big Owe” is slowly turning into a source of pride.
View ArticleServices sector: UNCTAD suggests imprpovement in five areas
As the services sector is growing, so the trade in services. According to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) data available in the organisation's World Trade Statistical Review 2016, global exports of...
View ArticleBrazil's modern look: Why Olympic viewers should know the name Roberto Burle...
But if you look closely enough, even or perhaps especially on TV, you can get a quick education in modern design anyway. The great Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, who died in 1994 at...
View ArticleA Persian Gulf Shopping Mall for the 1 Percent
In Qatar’s capital of Doha, a new retail center will cater to millionaires.
View ArticleBurning Man Festival buys 3,800-acre swath of Nevada
Burning Man Festival recently purchased the 3,800-acre Fly Ranch, a not-too-shabby swath of desert in Nevada’s far western Washoe County. The nonprofit art group announced the news via blog post: “As a...
View Article'Arch Dakshin 2016' in Hyderabad from Aug 19
The Telangana Chapter of Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) will host the second Southern Regional Conference- 'Arch Dakshin 2016' for two days from August 19, here. Over 800 architects from across...
View ArticleThe 13th talk / Architecture and Society Series. ‘Natural Cities’: Future...
Speaker: Vikram Soni, environmental activist and theoretical physicist. The speaker will illustrate the idea of the 'Natural City' with a design for the Amravati Natural City - the new capital of...
View ArticleSession at CAA: "Design Museums: The New Wave" (New York, 15 - 18 Feb 17)
Designed objects have been collected in museums since the mid-nineteenth century. At that time, they were most often assembled under the rubric of decorative or industrial art and aimed towards...
View ArticleSan Francisco exhibit showcases early 19-century transferware
In an era before photography, over-sized tomes, such as Thomas and William Daniell’s Oriental Scenery (1795-1807), depicted the landscapes and historic architecture of India. Such volumes featured...
View ArticleFSB asks RBI to tighten oversight over NBFCs, housing finance firms
The RBI should also consider revising the use of the term “systemically important” NBFCs in order to align its meaning with that for banks, it s
View ArticleHasina asks development planners to be far-sighted
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the development planners to be farsighted in outlining blueprints for future expansions taking into long-term context of structural works to aver...
View ArticleThe Temple Mount and UNESCO
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is known throughout the world for the many places it designates as World Heritage Sites. There are more than one thousand...
View ArticleSummer School course lacks structure and purpose, say CEPTians
The first issue of CEPT University's in-house newsletter seems to have created ripples among faculty members and students. Probe, the four page newsletter issued on August 15, came down heavily on the...
View ArticleReal estate and construction sector to generate 75 million jobs by 2022: Study
Real estate and construction sector in India is expected to be the third largest globally by 2030, contributing over 15 per cent to Indian GDP and emerging as the largest employer in India providing...
View Article80% of doctors serve only 28% of population: Report
New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Around 80 per cent of doctors and 75 per cent of dispensaries are serving urban India which is home to only 28 per cent of the country's population, a new report said...
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