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Future Cities Will Move And Change Shape
Every day millions of people all over the world go to the office to work at the same location. It is another work day at the same address in the same office building. The structure may be old or it may be new, but... Big archaeology find in Egypt
While it has been historically difficult to get access to dig and study ruins in Egypt, a University of Chicago expedition has discovered a large administration building and silos dating back to early Egyptian... 'Vancouverism' lauded at London architecture festival
What in the sam hill is Vancouverism, you're asking. Vancouver's city planning philosophy is such a hit with architects they've come up with a new name for it. Apparently we're good at building a dense city that... Learning to be British and Muslim
I'm not a believer in state schools being religious - Christian, Muslim, whatever. I feel that state run schools are best being secular. If a parent wants something different then by all means but not on the state....Vancouverism
Vancouverism, sounds good but personally after living for eight years in alpine mountains I have had my fill of freezing winters and I'll get my dose of snow from greeting cards...... Could we have some photo's from...Janion Hotel up for Heritage Designation
The landmark Janion Hotel in Victoria BC is in the news again; tonight City Council will decide whether to designate the building as Heritage, preventing the owner from demolishing the well-loved but run-down building. Dubai to get 'moving' skyscraper
Surely I'm not the only one who thinks that living in a building that rotates would be an absolute nightmare! "Construction of the world's first moving building, a 80-storey tower with revolving floors which give it... Faces of Bali - Uluwatu Temple
"Pura Uluwatu (temple of the stone head) or Pura Luhur Uluwatu temple is located in the edge of stone cliff in southern part of Bali. This ancient temple is dedicated to the spirits of the sea. Built in the eleventh... Plans for World's First Rotating Skyscraper Unveiled
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the world's first rotating skyscraper will be built in the futuristic desert metropolis of Dubai. The second rotatoscraper, however, will be located in Moscow a city, apparently, in dire need... Tel Aviv (Israel) skyscrapers
Besides the "classical" Bauhaus architecture in Tel Aviv you may find lots of good, nice and very interesting modern architecture. The Modern Art Museum, numerous hotels (mainly along the beach) and a lot of... The Koran: Words beyond worth
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHaving read the Koran cover to cover and being Catholic having the Bible drilled into me as a child the comparisons are eeriely similar, both preach tolerance, benevolence,... London Festival of Architecture
London becomes a huge installation site as of this weekend, thanks to the London Festival of Architecture. Visitors can marvel, and residents can look at their city anew. lectures, demonstrations, installations,... Airport scoops architecture prize
Madrid's Barajas Airport has won the UK's most prestigious architecture award, the £20,000 Stirling Prize.
The colourful 1.2km-long Spanish airport building was designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership.
It is... Do the Mussolini in Sabaudia...Beaches and Architecture from the Fascist Era
I do not recall being taught in my history classes about the new towns built in Italy during the fascist era. One of them was Sabaudia which I discovered thanks to Sun, Sand and Mussolini (by Elizabeth Rosenthal) on Globespotters.The city was inaugurated in April 1934.As for... Female Workers Break Stereotypes in Karachi
NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep writes about the contradictions of Karachi. "As many as half of the Pakistani city's 15 million or so residents live in squatter homes, even as foreign firms pour money into...
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