NY Times obit on Oscar Niemeyer - Architect Who Gave Brasília Its Flair nyti.ms/11Htl3c

China to flatten 700 mountains for new metropolis in the desert gu.com/p/3cbnz/tw via The Guardian

Why scream about copying Zaha Hadid’s design in China? Many more in history. Museum of Copying in Biennale offered a nuanced reflection.

Ada Louise Huxtable, pioneer of architecture criticism died on Jan 7. goo.gl/bQvBP goo.gl/7Y73X

Cameron: UK would develop the 1000km Mumbai- Bangalore corridor.Build £16 billion worth projects tinyurl.com/acmpr6l

Japanese architect, Toyo Ito wins Pritzker Prize – equivalent of Nobel in architecture nyti.ms/132sSvZ

Designs of the year: impressive, must look bit.ly/YEMHRj bit.ly/V5PZ55

Rijksmuseum is reopening after 10 years to favourable reviews. Would National Museum Delhi ever redeem itself? nyti.ms/10juhJI

Charles Correa has donated about 6000 drawings and other materials to the RIBA archive bit.ly/17Hbppp. Wake up IIA and COA

The Guardian editorial in praise of Zaha Hadid, one of the admired contemporary architects bit.ly/12d3iQX

Guardian’s exaggerated account of Charles Correa. Among the best but certainly not the greatest Indian architect. bit.ly/138VltT

China to move 250 million residents to cities. Indian urban policy, which is no different, cleverly never states it. nyti.ms/1bIGzyN

Join in The Hindu's My Chennai, My Right campaign for a better city thne.ws/10tD5yg via @thehindu

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Detroit files for bankruptcy. Would Chennai still like to be known as the Detroit of India? bit.ly/13ofRL0

Mega cities are islands of prosperity.London is an example says this Guardian piece. Same everywhere bit.ly/16RyFUF

Must watch. NY Times interactive documentary on the short history of the highrise nyti.ms/19bbOnR

Guardian:11mn homes vacant inEurope Shame cannot be used when 4mn arehomeless No differentin India 9.43mn homesvacant bit.ly/1h2GFqQ

Shigeru Ban, architect known for his disaster relief work in Rwanda and Haiti, wins the Pritzker Architecture Prize pritzkerprize.com

‘Towards an architecture for India’: on the elusiveness of meaningful Indian architecture bit.ly/1SLEqxf