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India gets its first architectural archives library. Check out the action plan here and leave us your views…

A small community in the Kumaon Himalayas enjoys a sustainable lifestyle on rainwater for seven months of the year. Check out this true story and leave us your views…

Why does a building of commemoration like a monument or a memorial have to be artistic? Do check out the monument-in-the-making in Lucknow and leave us your views…

'Simplification in design can accomplish wonders'; prove Slade Architecture with the design of the Valrhona US headquarters in NYC. Check it out and leave us your views…

Bourgeois/ Lechasseur architects remodel a 1920's home into a trendy contemporary abode. Check it out here and leave us your views…

Classic elements tend to usher in romanticism and luxury into interiors as perhaps none other. Agree? Check out this classically inspired home in Ahmedabad and leave us your views…

Many a time, just one striking feature becomes the identity of the architect and the building. Check out the Das Gerber shopping mall in Stuttgart and leave us your views…

Indian artists showcase at the London Design Festival 2015 standing tall at the India pavilion amidst a host of independent designers. Check out their individualistic works and leave us your views…

The new rehearsal building for the Oper am Rhein ballet company in Düsseldorf blends simple form with experiential ambience. Check it out and leave us your views…

Libraries are spaces meant for interaction and foster progressive thought. Check out this new library in Montreal readied for the 2030's and leave us your views…

What solutions can architecture offer to those segments of the global population that currently has no access to a well-designed environment? Check out the ongoing exhibition at Bengaluru that tugs at some crucial issues and leave us your views…

Design tenets of camouflage, manipulation of depth and repetition cull out a trendy modern hospitable space in the 55-year old Smart Araneta Coliseum in Philippines. Check it out and leave us your views…

The new SP Jain School of Global Management in Mumbai is the epitome of youthful dynamism in the prevailing global plurality of executive schools. Check it out and leave us your views…

Working towards the restoration and conservation of some significant sites of Indian heritage, Kimaya Architects bag yet another UNESCO mention. Check out their work with the Ganeshkhind temple in Pune and leave us your views…

Especially curated shows and loads of design-oriented and design-conscious outfits overwhelm one's senses to establish the London Design Festival as UK's strongest platform for newly established design talent. Check out the review and leave us your views...

Subtle changes in the design program effect profound changes in the psychology of wellbeing - especially so in the design of medical facilities. Check out this pharmacy in Montreal and leave us your views…

There is a wealth of meaning and strong postulates in the study of the ancient Indian practices. Greg Shand Architects use just one -the step wells - to contextually design the Indian Heritage Centre in Singapore. Check it out and leave us your views...

What is preferred for a theme-based design experience? A contextual reinterpretation or a replicative exercise? Check out these two new European themed restaurants in Mumbai and leave us your views...

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek, akaThe Elvis of cultural theory, is given the floor to show of his polemic style and whirlwind-like performance. The Giant of Ljubljana is bombarded with clips of popular media images and quotes by modern-day thinkers revolving around four major issues: the economical crisis, environment, Afghanistan and the end of democracy. Zizek grabs the opportunity to ruthlessly criticize modern capitalism and to give his view on our common future. We communists are back! is the closing remark of Slavoj Zižeks provocative performance. Our current capitalist system, that everyone believed would be smoothly spread around the globe, is untenable. We find ourselves on the brink of big problems that call for big solutions. Whatever is left of the left, has been hedged in by western liberal democracy and seems to lack the energy to come up with radical solutions. Not Zižek. Interview: Chris Kijne Director: Marije Meerman Production: Mariska Schneider /Pepijn Boonstra Research: Marijntje Denters/Maren Merckx Commissioning editors: Henneke Hagen/Jos de Putter

When I started writing this essay I thought to summarize my views of hyperconnectivity as they coalesced in the past year, in relation to the emergence of the polytopia project, however as my writing progressed, it appeared that the area that I wished to cover was getting wider and broader, deeper and larger than I had anticipated. I therefore decided to divide the paper into a number (unknown at present) of consecutive essays under the collective title of: the rise of the Cyber Unified Civilization. (please bear with me as I try to disentangle and re-entangle my thoughts on this fascinating topic.)