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WAN AWARDS Healthcare and Hotel of the Year Longlists released

We've had some incredibly intelligent and inspirational designs for the WAN AWA...

Yalu River Highway Bridge project won by CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd

CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd. has won the construction project of a 1...

Installations revealed for 2012 FIGMENT Interactive Sculpture Garden on Governors Island

It’s that time of year again where Governors Island in New York prepares itse...

EVENTS

17.11.2011 

Contemporary Galleries 

This new installation in the Contemporary Galleries on the second floor features art from   ...read more

23.04.2012 

Expo Conferences 

The main object of the national and international events organized by Abplus events and th  ...read more

27.04.2012 

Article 25 lectures 

Jon May, author of the book Hand-Made Houses and Other Buildings will be giving a presenta  ...read more

27.04.2012 

ZAHA HADID exhibition at the BUCHMANN GALERIE 

The Buchmann Galerie is pleased to announce its third exhibition with the architect Zaha H  ...read more

The Charter Cities concept takes hold in Honduras, but what role will architects play?
This vibrant image depicts a few hundred metres of lush green foliage in the Honduran Rainforests, acres upon acres of verdant flora growing up over the region’s rolling hills; beautiful scenery that masks a plethora of underlying urban issues. The political problems in Honduras are well known. A republic in Central America, Honduras has been tested by turbulent politics and spiralling levels of crime that have thrown a painful percentage of its population into crippling poverty. The road to recovery appears to have no end. One man is campaigning for a new direction. Paul Romer is a Professor of Economics at the NYU Stern School of Business and in 2009 he presented the concept of Charter Cities at a TED event. Romer suggests that a plethora of regions like Honduras could benefit from the construction of new cities on unused land, governed by an entirely independent political syst

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