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Don't you think projects like the one dealt with here, have the ability to display 'The Power of One', in propagating Green Culture? Go through the article and leave us your views.

It's easy to forget that urban design is not a new concept. Ancient examples of carefully-planned and designed cities exist in Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas, and are particularly well-known within classical Chinese, Roman and Greek cultures. The pioneer of urban planning, Hippodamus of Miletus, planned ancient cities of Rhodes, Miletus and the harbour-town Piraeus at Athens as early as the fifth century BC.  In England, many ninth century towns were designed on a grid plan, and by the twelfth century, urbanisation was seen as a means of stimulating economic growth and generating revenue throughout Western Europe. One of the earliest international contributions made by Australia to urban planning theory and practice sprang from the international competition held between 1911 and 1912 to design Australia's new federal capital, Canberra.

Photography: Courtesy Karim Noorani & Co. Modern corporate canteens require new interpretations of design. Ar. Biswas & Kumar Associates articulates this fact via an exigent kitchen facility in Mumbai... Corporate culture has seen a sea-change in recent times.

Photographs: Courtesy Olson Kundig Architects Ar. Jim Olson's residential dwelling in a Californian hillside exudes his archetypal communiqué with site and surrounding, climate and culture... "Peacefulness and harmony are radical in today's world because they have become so rare. I want to bring harmony and love of nature back as an everyday experience."

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