A message by Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, CSU President Fifth Edition of CSU NEWS This question, that at first innocent question that all parents know will eventually turn into an exasperating experience might well be applied to our current circumstances. The presumption is that the destination will be worthy of the journey to get there. […]

by Sarbuland Khan Fifth Edition of CSU NEWS Here is a key Covid-era takeaway: “ Everything that can be represented digitally will be digitized and our lives will become increasingly digital.” A digital revolution has thus begun even in the staid world of finance, with Bitcoin leading the charge and no end in sight. Home-bound […]

by Daniel Biau A collective tribute Alioune Badiane was not yet 66 years old when he left us on 31 July 2020 in Dakar, swept away by the Covid-19 pandemic. A brilliant international civil servant, Alioune was for two decades one of the most influential Directors of UN-Habitat, the United Nations City Agency. He was […]

By Antonieta Castro-Cosío, PhD. It has now been over a year since we have been coping with the threats, risks and restrictions imposed by the virus. With the deployment of the vaccine across countries, we are beginning to see some hints of light coming back to cities and communities, which were the battlegrounds where the […]

By Mohamed Momtaz Hegazy “Egypt is building a 45 billion USD New Administrative Capital (NAC) to house 6 million citizens to the east of Cairo!” “16 billion USD shall be invested in Transport projects in FY21-22, half of which in public transport, mostly in Cairo!” The pace of change in the 21 million citizen metropolis […]

by Donald Watson, FAIA Emeritus Innovations in planning, design and construction offer a compelling vision of a world of resilient communities: Ecological planning was set forth by Ian McHarg’s Design with Nature in 1969. It represents a visible and understandable process needed to gain support of complex conservation and development choices.Built projects ranging in scale […]