GLOBAL UPDATE
News from global architecture, design and development.

PROJECTS
SAUDI ARABIA : Inner Sanctuary
Al-Rajhi Bank Headquarters in Riyadh

CHINA : Tomorrow Sq.
The Tomorrow Square Development inb Shanghai

LEBANON : My Little Black Box
Black Box/ Aizone in Beirut, Lebanon

EGYPT : Another GEM
An alternative design for the Grand Egyptian Museum

INDIA : Himalayan Affair
THe multi-award winning Ananda (in the Himalayas) Resort

BIG STORY
PAKISTAN : Surviving Another Earthquake
Six months after the earthquake that left over 80,000 dead and another 4 million homeless, we examine the approach by the relief organisations, and how more effective it could be if their approach involved local groups and organisations like KAPIT to build locally sustainable & seismic resistant shelter.

PAKISTAN : Earthquake Zone
Proff. Greg Weiss accounts his experience of the affected area during his visit soon after the earthquake

PAKISTAN : Scene of Contrition
GSA students recall their trials and tribulations in helping the survivors

IN HOUSE
CANADA : Precarious Stability
INDIA : A Touch of Bali

INTERIORS PLUS
TAIWAN : Individualism
SLOVENIA : Soft as Chocolate
USA : Inner Beauty
GERMANY : Eyes Eide Open

ARTS ETC
Portraits : Yousseff Nabil
Un/ Written : Golnaz

OUTDOOR ACTIVE
AUSTRALIA: Life After Death
USA : Nostalgic Ventures

GENIUS LOCI
SAUDI ARABIA : TA Gateway: On the Road to Dammam

SMART ENVIRONMENTS
NORWAY : Operatically and Architecturally Au Fait Through Wood
VIENNA : The Tree House

BACK 2 BASICS
PAKISTAN : Conserving Cultural Landscapes Through Heritage Assessment
MALAYSIA : The Little Malay House
CHINA : Monastic Ambitions

PEOPLE & PRACTICE
Industry news

ASPIRING ARCHITECT
Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow University
Nadia Al' Lawati: Pakistan, My Journey
Charlotta Celvin: Pakistan Relief Aid, A Finnish Girl's perspective