Essays
AR report on India
The AR reports on how India’s architects are dealing with the modernist legacy of Corb and Kahn, evolving new pronciples, returning to craft, and celebrating the everyday. Photography by Rob Gregory
Investigating the redevelopment of India’s most famous informal settlement, Dharavi
Following a visit to Mumbai’s largest informal settlement, the AR reports on the government’s plan to displace residents when it redevelops Dharavi
Grand plans are afoot in Earls Court as Terry Farrell reveals his masterplan
Masterplanning is not big architecture, as Terry Farrell’s winning proposal for the competition to redevelop London’s Earls Court illustrates
Medieval roots meeting modern interventions add piquancy to Ghent's urban condition
Flemish practice Robbrecht en Daem is applying a sense of pragmatism and delight to its major renovation of ghent’s public squares
Las Vegas, USA – MGM's $8.5 billion development, CityCentre
The most expensive development in US history tries to redefine junkspace urbanism on the strip
Wouter Vanstiphout of Crimson Architectural Historians on how Rotterdam’s Biennale is giving impetus to a new set of urban plans
Maakbaarheid, a uniquely Dutch concept of social improvement through architeture, has given impetus to a set of new urban proposals for the Rotterdam Biennale
New York practice WORKac takes 49 urban designs back to the drawing board
A New York practice standardises some of the most famous urban design proposals in history, with eye-opening results
Florian Beigel's proposals for Saemangeum, a new metropolis in South Korea
An ideas competition in Saemangeum in South Korea has seen Florian Beigel’s ideas expressed on an epic scale, envisage a city of islands reclaimed from a lagoon
Exploring Eye: West Africa's vernacular architecture
The relationship between climate, construction trends and human influence in West African vernacular architecture
The Casbah in context: World Heritage Site under threat
The Casbah in Algeria’s capital Algiers is a World Heritage Site steeped in History, but overcrowding and neglect now threaten this ancient neighbourhood
The fabulous diversity of vernacular architecture along the west coast of Africa
The AR travels through three climatic zones on the West coast of Africa to discover the region’s myriad strands of vernacular architecture
A personal look at the Hauz Khas complex in Dehli
Stumbling upon Delhi’s Hauz Khas complex, the AR finds a marriage of medieval architecture and modern consumerism
Marginalia
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Learning from Delhi by Maurice Mitchell
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Miami Modern Metropolis edited by Allan T Shulman
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Dreamlands − Paris, France
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Max Dudler's Art Archive Beeskow − Germany
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Fascismo Abbandonato by Dan Dubowitz
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Luigi Moretti: From Rationalism to Informalism, Rome, Italy
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Der Urbane Code Chinas by Dieter Hassenpflug
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Moss Your City by PUSHAK, London, UK
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De Chirico, Max Ernst, Magritte, Balthus: A look into the Invisible, Florence, Italy
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Visual Planning and the Picturesque by Nikolaus Pevsner – Edited by Mathew Aitchison
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Johannesburg Transition: Architecture & Society from 1950 by Clive M Chipkin
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Architectural exhibition at the new Pompidou, Metz, France
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Rendering Speculations, London, UK
