Society for Environment and Architecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkLpCFmDKbM

Dharavi - a Look Inside. Dharavi - a Look Inside. A view into Dharavi not from the outside but inside.

Have you read your Jane Jacobs? Remebering the great urbanist and her ideas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEg7tChDrk

Remembering Jane Jacobs An appreciation of the great urban critic and author Jane Jacobs. This aired on Channel Thirteen the week following Jacob's death in 2006. Produced and shot ...

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/feb/20/cities-in-motion-mumbai-air-terminal-rails

Cities in motion: why Mumbai's new air terminal has gone off the rails Sharing the name Chhatrapati Shivaji, the airport and train terminus have much in common: both were once the future

Interesting !
https://news.scroll.in/article/why-the-worlds-largest-cement-company-is-targetting-indian-slum-dwellers?id=656756

Why the world's largest cement company is targetting Indian slum dwellers The 93 million people who live in slums are an enormous market for the French company's products.

"In 1970, legendary urbanist and professional people-watcher William “Holly” Whyte formed a small, revolutionary research group called The Street Life project and began investigating the curious dynamics of urban spaces. At the time, such anthropological observation had been applied to the study of indigenous cultures in far-off exotic locales, but not to our most immediate, most immersive environment: the city, which hides extraordinary miracles of ordinary life, if only we know how to look for them. So Whyte and his team began by looking at New York City’s parks, plazas, and various informal recreational areas like city blocks — a total of 16 plazas, 3 small parks, and “a number of odds and ends” — trying to figure out why some city spaces work for people while others don’t, and what the practical implications might be about living better, more joyful lives in our urban environment. Their findings were eventually collected in The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces (public library) in 1980 and synthesized in a 55-minute companion film, which you can watch below for some remarkably counterintuitive insights on the living fabric of the city." - BRAIN PICKINGS
(http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/22/the-social-life-of-small-urban-spaces-whyte/)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UpC8F9g4yI

Charles Halka - Street - (soundtrack) for clarinet and percussion Street (2012) was conceived as a soundtrack to an excerpt from "The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces," a film by William H. Whyte. As a social study and doc...

Also dont forget to check out the art if you happen to be inside.
http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/02/12/mumbais-new-airport-terminal-turned-gallery/

Mumbai’s New Terminal Turned Gallery Mumbai’s new international terminal opens to the public on Wednesday with an art display that would make most museums envious.

Have you been to the Newest addition to Mumbai - our very own T2 opened to public today - with the new road leading to the T2 also being inaugrated. Do post a drive by video if you have or will.
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mumbai-take-elevated-road-to-terminal-2-from-tomorrow-1961001

Mumbai: Take elevated road to Terminal 2 from tomorrow | Latest News & Updates at DNAIndia.com Mumbai: Take elevated road to Terminal 2 from tomorrow - If your international flight is scheduled to depart after 1pm from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (MIAL) on Wednesday, be careful which road you take to the airport. The old terminal will shut operations and will shift to the new Te...

A really interesting take on the Mumbai Monorail. We would love to know your feedback, comments, pictures on the ongoing transportation projects in the city.
http://scroll.in/article/new-mumbai-monorail-doesnt-connect-very-much-but-opens-lucrative-possibilities-for-real-estate-developers?id=655243

Why Mumbai's new monorail seems to be built for real-estate developers rather than commuters Mumbai's new monorail system, which opens on Sunday, carries too few people to solve the congested city's transport woes.

We are really happy to announce that one of our founding members Neera Adarkar has been awarded an honorary doctorate from KU Leuven. CONGRATULATIONS !!!
More info on http://www.kuleuven.be/english/news/a-good-architect-is-empathetic

"A good architect is empathetic" – KU Leuven I visited Leuven with my partner, who was also an architect, and we also had the wonderful pleasure of receiving a delegation of architecture students from Leuven in Mumbai.

Congratulations to our Trustee Pankaj Joshi

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Pankaj Joshi, one of our trustees is nominated for his contribution to the city. Vote for Pankaj by sending an sms before the 20th.

Mumbai Awards