Cons: Experts bat for vibrant Walled City
AHMEDABAD: Experts who gathered to discuss the Walled City's bid for a World Heritage City status with visiting ICOMOS expert Dr Adel Farhangi Shabestari, said in unison that the Walled City needs to...
View ArticleGlobal call against razing Hall of Nations
Heritage lovers say the structures represent India’s first ‘modern’ architecture and must be preserved
View ArticleAedificare: New Journal of Construction History
The first issue of the new construction history international journal, Aedificare, will be published in January 2017. Aedificare is a multilingual journal with two yearly issues, available both printed...
View ArticleArt and Archeology of the Silk Road (Portland, 12 Oct 17)
We invite papers that explore the portable arts and built environment of the Silk Road from its beginnings through the period of its fragmentation under the Mongol Empire. Papers may investigate case...
View ArticleFulfill education sector needs, stakeholders say
AURANGABAD: While educational projects proposed at Aurangabad, including the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA) and National Law University (NLU), have languished those for Nagpur have got...
View ArticleEuropean Court Culture & Greenwich Palace, 1500-1750: Queen’s House...
Royal Museums Greenwich and the Society for Court Studies are pleased to announce this call for papers, for a major international conference to mark the 400th anniversary year of the Queen’s House,...
View ArticleIndian towns fare poorly on basic infra, socio-economic indicators
A first of its kind study on the state of India’s small towns – those with a population of less than one lakh – has come up with a grim picture of these mushrooming urban settlements.Though the numbers...
View ArticleJournal of Computer Games and Communication
The scope of the journal includes the study of a variety of different Computer-Mediated Communication Systems, such as game design, technical knowledge, artificial intelligence, psychology of gaming,...
View Article"The Archipelagic Turn and the Future of Literary and Cultural Studies"—...
A panel to be held at the 2017 meeting of NEMLA (Northeastern Modern Language Association), titled "The Archipelagic Turn and the Future of Literary and Cultural Studies."
View ArticleSri Jayewardenapura University receives US grant of $ 100, 000 to document...
The US has granted $ 100,000 in support of the work undertaken by the University of Sri Jayewardenapura to document historic buildings within the Galle Fort, create a strategy for long-term...
View ArticleCurrents in Indian Architecture: Contemporary Practice + Discourse
Preston Thomas Memorial Lecture Series"Currents in Indian Architecture: Contemporary Practice + Discourse" brings to Cornell a lineup of esteemed speakers who will elaborate on architectural practice...
View ArticleStardom in Contemporary Bollywood
Popular Hindi films stars are a vast but still largely untapped area of academic interest. Within film studies, a number of articles and book chapters have probed the significance of stars as...
View ArticleRemembering and Being Remembered: Monuments, Memorials, and Legacies - 60th...
Monuments, memorials, and legacies encompass the multiple ways in which individuals and societies remember their past and strive to be remembered, from the monumental complex of Stonehenge to the era...
View ArticleMuseum Exhibit Spotlights Architecture Of Refugee Camps
Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter, highlights the many different kinds of structures used to house these nationless peoples.
View ArticleHappy cities need smart services: Panel
Top officials of Dubai’s energy, municipal and roads sectors say a happy city depends greatly on smart services infrastructure which underpin a mega city’s high quality of life.On the final day of the...
View ArticleAs smart cities take shape, MoUD seeks Rs 6, 400-crore push
In the second year of the Smart Cities Mission, the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) is seeking a Rs 6,400 crore push to one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet initiatives.With 60 cities in...
View ArticleRuin Porn: Essays on the Obsession with Decay (Edited Collection)
The newly-coined term ‘ruin porn’ provokes both obsession and criticism; signalling the eventual decay to which we will all invariably succumb, contemporary ruins inspire fascination and fear, a...
View ArticlePlanning And Building Smart Cities In India - Government, Public Sector - India
Article by Rohit Kochhar and Priyanka Gupta
View ArticleIndia's biggest urban makeover in Mumbai means free homes for 20, 000 - The...
The area, known as Bhendi Bazaar, will rehouse 20,000 people crammed into 250 crumbing buildings in a Muslim enclave in south central Mumbai, just north of the British-built train station formerly...
View ArticleSteel Ministry plans low cost, long-lasting affordable housing, says Minister...
Union Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said on Wednesday that the steel ministry will promote recycling of scraps to increase in-house production and also provide affordable homes made of steel,...
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