Nanocity- the idea of a sustainable city ‘with world class infrastructure and to create an ecosystem for innovation leading to economy, ecology and social cohesion’ is taking place near another architecture paradise- Chandigarh, which was commissioned by first prime minister of independent India to reflect new nation’s modern and progressive outlook. Nehru famously proclaimed Chandigarh [...]
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Nanocity: Looking at the future
Posted in Architecture, Green Architecture, News Ink, Peoples' Places, tagged Architect, Architecture, Building, Bussiness, Chandigarh, Cities, Culture, Energy, Environment, Future, Green Architecture, Idea, Life, news, Places, Politics, Sustainable, Technology, Thoughts, Time on February 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Worst Building is on the Wall of Shame
Posted in Architecture, News Ink, Peoples' Places, tagged Architecture, Building, Bussiness, Cities, Culture, Demolition, History, korea, Life, news, People, Places, ryugyong, ryugyong hotel, Skyscraper, Thoughts, Travel on February 3, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This week while China was in the limelight with its ‘blue box beating with a green heart’- the Water Cube ‘National Aquatics Centre in Beijing’, Korea’s one-hundred-and-five-story Ryugyong Hotel got a severe blow in the architecture world. It was declared the ‘worst building ever’. Esquire says ‘Picture doesn’t lie.
‘the one-hundred-and-five-story Ryugyong Hotel is hideous, [...]







