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 | Focus on Hyderabad |
A new architecture guide to the city of Hyderabad in India is now available to the public, courtesy of AKPIA at MIT.
A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad, by author Omar Khalidi, includes hundreds of entries on secular and religious structures within Andhra Pradesh's capital city and surrounding areas. Sites appearing in the guide were built between Hyderabad's late 16th Century founding and the decade following Indian Independence. Entries include socio-historical write-ups, drawings and photographs, as well as suggestions for further reading.
The publication inaugurates a series of guides aiming to document the built environment in Indian cities with Islamic cultural presence. The series is a project of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT.
Download A Guide to Architecture in Hyderabad in pdf format.
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| Archnet-IJAR, Volume 2, Issue 2: Multiple Voices in Architecture and Urbanism |
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This issue of Archnet-IJAR marks the birth of a new round of debate where 13 refereed papers—by scholars from 10 countries including Bahrain, Egypt, Germany, Malaysia, New Zealand, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United States—present timely and pressing issues. They focus on architectural education, design pedagogy, person environment interaction, professional practice, and sustainable urban development. Reviews and non refereed trigger articles include discussions on the future of African cities, and futuristic visions and theories on sustainable design.
To submit articles for possible publication in future issues, contact Professor Ashraf Salama, Chief Editor, at ijar@mit.edu.
Visit Archnet-IJAR in our digital library.
To download Archnet-IJAR Vol. 2, Issue 2, click here.
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| Infinitely India |
From June 17, 2008 until March 8, 2009, the Musée Albert-Kahn in Paris will be presenting Infinitely India – a major exhibition of early color photographs and films of the Indian subcontinent. A detailed press release (in French) is available in the Digital Library.
A book, The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn: Colour Photographs from a Lost Age, published by BBC Books in association with the Musée Albert-Kahn, has also just been published.
The Musée Albert-Kahn is home to a collection of 72 000 autochromes, the first color photographs, of about 50 countries, taken from 1909-1930 by the reporters of the Archives de la Planète, created by the banker Albert Kahn and directed by the geographer Jean Brunhes.
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