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Discussion: Simple Forms of Building in the Third World
Nowhere are simple forms of building more important than in the cities of the Third World, where the majority of the earth’s rapidly increasing popul...
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Discussion: Village Renewal versus Megacities – Self-Help Project in India
With a billion inhabitants, India is the most populous country in the world ahead of China. Seventy-five per cent of the population lives in rural a...
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Discussion: City Centre and Township - South Africa Needs Design
Much has been written about urban conditions in South Africa, about the division between races under apartheid and the division between classes in a ...
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Discussion: Living, Planning and Building in the North of Canada
The Kluane First Nation Launderette was built in Burwash Landing, a remote community on the Alaska Highway. Every year, large numbers of Europeans in ...
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Discussion: Simple Forms of Construction in Switzerland
How can one build simply and still satisfy the needs of users? In a series of schemes, the architects, who have specialized in housing construction i...
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Five Courtyards in Munich
In 1994, the HypoVereinsbank held a competition for the redesign of an entire street block in the centre of the city. The winning scheme, by the archi...
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