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15 Nov 2020 Cité Radieuse

Italian independent artist Stefano Meneghetti from Venice, Italy, just finished an unreleased “Radieuse” Tech EP.

Stefano Meneghetti with his team, makes the album Cité Radieuse & Cité Radieuse RE:RE:MIX as a tribute to the admired Le Corbusier, innovative architect and urban designer, who built in Marseille a model of urban planning designed for its inhabitants to live harmonious relationships.

The songs were composed by Stefano Meneghetti who brought musicians of the calibre of Giuseppe Azzarelli, Massimiliano Donninelli, Yannick da Re and Cristian Inzerillo to work together with him.

Deeply interested in architecture, music, and design, Stefano Meneghetti and his friends wanted to name this album La Citè Radieuse out of admiration for Le Corbusier, the legendary Corb, multifaceted and innovative architect, designer and urban planner, who created his city-like housing project in Marseille with the aim of fostering harmonious relationships among its inhabitants.

Sound research and experimentation are the focal points of this musical partnership. The album develops an architecture of electronic sounds, which incorporates eclectic influences.

Stefano Meneghetti, graphic artist and video maker, is a long-standing collaborator of musicians such as Gary Numan, Franco Battiato, Byetone, Lorenzo Palmeri and many others.

As Giuseppe Azzarelli says: “A city is not only an environment of spaces and forms. Inevitably, it also expresses its dimension through sounds: every environment has its own acoustic imprint reflecting human activities, their relationships with the world and with each other. The idea of a Cité Radiuese, ideal and utopian city within a city, conceived by Le Corbusier for people and their needs, immediately enthralled me by its “humanity”, drawing me closer to a world of sound that can underline or accentuate possible emotional meeting points in the multifaceted reality of the modern city.”

Interview with Stefano Meneghetti:

“Music has helped me build parallel worlds; through this reciprocity with music I have created scenarios and stories, experiencing the world without being part of it, as if I lived observing it from a car (train?) window, through binoculars or a microscope.”

“Over the course of my life, I have felt a natural affinity for certain musical textures as well as personalities: from Gustav Mahler to Brian Eno, Alva Noto to Franco Battiato, and Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld to Georges Ivanovic Gurdjieff.”

“With his Cité Radieuse Charles-Edoard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as Le Corbusier, was simply the gravitational field where everything started.”

“The inhabitants of the same building live just a few centimetres away from each other, separated by a simple partition wall, and share the same spaces whose pattern is repeated on each floor. They do the same things at the same time: turn on the tap, switch on the light, set the table, a few dozen synchronized lives which are repeated on floor after floor, from one building after another, from one street to the next.”

“Like an anthropologist or an archeologist, I wandered discreetly around the Unité d’Habitation de Marseille to observe the lives of individuals, families and groups which are still unfolding in the radiant city.”

From the EP

Cité Radieuse Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF2F1StpGAzbXeW97J4LSUA

Stefano Meneghetti / Music Producer stefano.meneghetti@icloud.com

21 Sep 2020 Le Corbusier’s early drawings. 1902-1916 Curated by Danièle Pauly

Dates: September 19, 2020 – January 24, 2021 Location: Teatro dell’architettura Mendrisio, 6850 Mendrisio, Switzerland Phone: +41 58 666 50 00

Exhibition promoted by Fondazione Teatro dell’architettura With the collaboration of the Accademia di architettura – Università della Svizzera italiana

Le Corbusier’s early drawings. 1902-1916

18 Nov 2017 Villa Le Lac, Corseaux, Switzerland

An abstract impression of the wall of Villa Le Lac by Le Corbusier (Route de Lavaux 21, CH-1802 Corseaux, Vevey, Switzerland)

Le Lac by Jan Theuninck, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 100 cm, 2017 image courtesy of Jan Theuninck

Jan Theuninck met Albert Jeanneret, the brother of Le Corbusier, who lived in the villa until 1973, in the village of Finhaut around 1970. Albert Jeanneret was a musician, composer and violinist. He helped developing the Dalcroze Method in Hellerau, Germany. The Dalcroze Method or simply eurhythmics, is one of several developmental approaches including the Kodály Method, Orff Schulwerk and Suzuki Method used to teach music to students. When Theuninck met him, he was experimenting with sound recordings of daily life noises which he called “bruits humanisés”.

1 Sep 2017 Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau in Bologna

The restyling of the Esprit Nouveau Pavilion in Piazza Costituzione in Bologna has started and is due to complete in October 2018.

The building will be cleaned and painted, with replacement of the windows and refurbishment of the awnings and the access path, report www.platform-ad.com.

The Esprit Nouveau Pavilion consists of two parts:

– “cell-unit” of the “Immeubles Villas” housing project

– Diorama: a “roundabout” for the exhibition of projects and theoretical statements

Designed separately in 1922, the two sections were combined and integrated in 1925 at the international exhibition of Decorative Arts held in the park around the Gran Palais in Paris.

This building was constructed in 1977. Construction of the replica was based on period documents and photographs.

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20 Jul 2016 Le Corbusier Buildings Added On UNESCO World Heritage List

Istanbul, Turkey, 17 July — The World Heritage Committee this morning inscribed four new sites on the World Heritage List: the transnational serial site of The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland), along with sites in Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil and India.

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland) – the 17 sites comprising this transnational serial property are spread over seven countries and are a testimonial to the invention of a new architectural language that made a break with the past. They were built over a period of a half-century, in the course of what the architect described as “patient research”.

The Complexe du Capitole in Chandigarh (India), the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo (Japan), the House of Dr Curutchet in La Plata (Argentina) and the Unité d’habitation in Marseille (France) reflect the solutions that the Modern Movement sought to apply during the 20thcentury to the challenges of inventing new architectural techniques to respond to the needs of society.

These masterpieces of creative genius also attest to the internationalization of architectural practice across the planet.

The Curutchet House, La Plata, Argentina, is not very well known compared to the other three metnioned above. It was commissioned by Dr. Pedro Domingo Curutchet, a surgeon, in 1948 and included a small medical office on the ground floor. The house consists of four main levels with a courtyard between the house and the clinic. The building faces the Paseo del Bosque park. The main facade incorporates a brise soleil. Construction began in 1949 under the supervision of Amancio Williams and was completed in 1953.

Website: Le Corbusier Buildings on UNESCO World Heritage List

Loving Le Corbusier 3 Jun 2016 – A new novel ‘Loving Le Corbusier’, tells the story of Yvonne, the wife of architect Le Corbusier.

In doing so, it naturally references many of Corb’s buildings as well as gives great details on France in the first half of the twentieth century.

Book cover:

‘When I visited Le Corbusier’s apartment in Paris I was surprised to find that there was not a single photograph of his wife. In most books she was mentioned only in passing as a model. I wanted to know more.’

Unité d’Habitation, Marseille, Southern France, celebrated work by Corb: photo from Colin Bisset

This publication is a tale of love and loss set against the great events of 20th century Europe.

Villa Savoie scanned photo © Isabelle Lomholt

The book follows the life of the young woman from Monaco who captured the heart of a man who became one of the most influential and divisive architects of the twentieth century. Spanning the period from the end of the Great War to the Riviera chic of the 1950s, Yvonne witnessed the fun of the Jazz Age and the desperate loneliness and displacement of Occupied France in World War Two.

Yvonne, the architect’s wife: photograph © Fondation Le Corbusier

The novel is peopled by some of the most creative characters of the century, and set in France’s most stunning locations, from Paris in its Art Deco heyday to the glittering sunlight of the Côte d’Azur. As Corb’s fame grows, so, too, does the distance between him and his wife. This is a portrait of a love affair that defies the odds, and of a country in flux.

The architect’s grave – designed by himself – in the south of France: photo from author Colin Bisset

Colin Bisset was born in the UK but now lives in Australia. He is a regular architectural and design commentator for ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). He has a degree in History of Art, specialising in modern architecture, and he is the author of the novel ‘Not Always To Plan’ (Momentum/ Pan Macmillan).

Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp, France: photograph from Colin Bisset

Website: Loving Le Corbusier Book

Colin’s novel is available on Amazon, iTunes, Kobo and other e-retailers.

6 Apr 2016 Cité de Refuge, 12 Rue Cantagrel, 75013 Paris, France photo by Rory Hyde Cité de Refuge Building in Paris

30 Mar 2016 Corb Tapestry at Sydney Opera House, New South Wales, Australia

photo from www.smh.com.au

Sydney Opera House – Le Corbusier tapestry titled ‘Les Dés Sont Jetés’ (‘The Dice Are Cast’), commissioned by Jørn Utzon. The building is of course a masterpiece of 20th Century architecture that is admired internationally and treasured by the people of Australia.

Latest Le Corbusier Buildings added

Pavillon Philips, Exposition Universelle de Bruxelles, Belgium – added 14 May 2013 Date built: 1958 Design: with Iannis Xenakis photograph © Archive famille Xenakis Iannis Xenakis was a Greek-French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. After 1947, he fled Greece, becoming a naturalized citizen of France.

Villa La Roche, Paris, France – added 12 Jun 2011 Date built: 1925 Design: with Pierre Jeanneret photograph © Karavan Villa La Roche

Key Le Corbusier Project

Featured House by Corb

Villa Savoie, Poissy, north west of Paris, France Date built: 1929 building image © Karavan Villa Savoie – key Modern French building This famous Modern house demonstrates the ‘Five Points’ that Corb placed central to his work: these are piloti, fenetre longeur, free plan, active roof space and the free facade.

photo © Victor Gubbins Villa Savoye : photos of this famous Le Corbusier house as a ruin.

11 Feb 2012 Le Corbusier News – Cité Radieuse Fire On Thursday evening, three apartments (eight apartments noted in one report) in the Cité Radieuse were destroyed in a fire and around 35 others were seriously damaged. The Cité Radieuse is located in Marseilles, France.

The nine storey housing block was designed by Corbusier and completed in 1951/52. The cause of the fire is still unknown.

The Radiant City building was classified as a historic monument in 1995.

Cité Radieuse – report in The Guardian : external link

Le Corbusier Exhibition

Le Corbusier Show : The Interior of the Cabanon interior photo : Andrea Ferrari Le Corbusier Exhibition : RIBA, London A reconstruction of Corb’s beach hut Cabanon, which is designed and built in 1952 for his holidays at Cap-Martin. The Cabanon design by Corb is a 15 square metre ‘pied a terre’ made of rustic wood in 1952 and the only structure ever built for his own use.

Key Buildings by this Architect in Paris

Maison Ozenfant / Ozenfant House & Studio – Date built: 1922

Pavilion L’Esprit Nouveau / L’Esprit Nouveau Pavilion – Date built: 1925

Pavilion Suisse / Swiss Pavilion Cité Universitaire Dates built: 1931-32

Cité de Refuge, Paris Date built: 1933

Weekend House –

Paris project

Plan Voisin for Paris Date built: 1925

Le Corbusier buildings close to Paris

Villa Savoie, Poissy, north west of Paris Date built: 1929

Villa Stein, Garches Date built: 1927

Maisons Jaoul, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris Dates built: 1954-56

RIBA Gold Medal Winner 1953

Le Corbusier’s real name is Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris. He worked as an architect in Paris from 1917. Popularily known as Corb by architects.

Corbusier Buildings not in the Paris area

Unité d’Habitation, Marseille, France 1952 Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France 1955 La Tourette Monastery, Lyon, France 1957 Unité d’Habitation, Berlin, Germany 1959 Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, USA 1963 Pessac housing, Bordeaux, France 1926 Centrosoyuz, Moscow, Russia 1936

Unité d’Habitation, Berlin scanned photo © Isabelle Lomholt German Unité d’Habitation Berlin Le Corbusier building

American Le Corbusier building – UN Building New York

More Corb Architecture projects online soon

Posthumous Le Corbusier building

Saint-Pierre church, Firminy, France Date: 2007

Other Le Corbusier Buildings

Villa Le Lac, Corseaux, Vevey, France 1924 Villa La Roche, Paris, France 1925 Villa Jeanneret, Paris, France 1925 Maison Planeix, Paris, France 1928 Maison Clarté, Geneva, Switzerland 1932 Casa Curutchet, La Plata, Argentina 1954 National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo 1959 Heidi Weber Pavilion, Zurich, Switzerland 1965 Espace Corbusier, Firminy, France 1967 Chandigarh – various buildings, India

The Heidi Weber Pavilion forms the Centre Le Corbusier

Villa Savoie, France – classic Modern building that features in many world histories of architecture building image © Isabelle Lomholt

Location: 35 rue de Sèvres, Paris, France

Le Corbusier Paris – Practice Information

Former architect studio based in Paris, France – world-famous Modernist architect

Corb had his architect studio at 35 rue de Sèvres from 1922 with his cousin Pierre Jeanneret.

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Modern Houses Famous 20th Century architecture by architects such as Philip Johnson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, Eero Saarinen, Mies van der Rohe, Adolf Loos and Antoni Gaudí. Homes featured include the Farnsworth House, USA; Arango Residence, Acapulco ; Tugendhat Villa, Brno; and Casa Mila, Barcelona.

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Events 9.6

394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later. 1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. 1522 – The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world. 1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.) 1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1634 – Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces. 1642 – England's Long Parliament bans public stage-plays. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory. 1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. 1861 – American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth. 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina. 1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807. 1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification. 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. 1914 – World War I: The First Battle of the Marne, which would halt the Imperial German Army's advance into France, begins. 1930 – Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established. 1939 – World War II: The British Royal Air Force suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire. 1939 – World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany. 1940 – King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania. 1943 – The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America. 1943 – Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others. 1944 – World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces. 1944 – World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia. 1946 – United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany. 1952 – A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board. 1955 – Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots. 1962 – The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill. 1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London. 1965 – India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration. 1966 – Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting. 1968 – Swaziland becomes independent. 1970 – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan. 1971 – Paninternational Flight 112 crashes on the Bundesautobahn 7 highway near Hamburg Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, killing 22. 1972 – Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day. 1976 – Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted. 1983 – The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace. 1985 – Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 crashes near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing all 31 people on board. 1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services. 1991 – The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. 1991 – The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1. 1995 – Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years. 1997 – The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 21⁄2 billion watched around the world on television. 2003 – Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister. 2007 – Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria. 2009 – The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued. 2012 – Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands. 2013 – Forty-one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans, by poachers in Hwange National Park. 2018 – Supreme Court of India decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands.

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Alps Wellness Retreat design competition

Alps Wellness Retreat design competition by Switch, Architecture Contest 2021

Alps Wellness Retreat Design Competition by Switch

26 Apr 2021

Alps Wellness Retreat design contest Winners

Alps Wellness Retreat Architecture Competition Winners News

1st Winner – Peran Guillaume, Camille Desplanques (France)

2nd Winner – Matthew Cox (United States)

3rd Winner – Stefani Fariawati Hasan, Muhammad Agus Ali Ridho, Gregorio Eben Heizer (Indonesia)

Honorable Mentions:

Jakub Wichtowski, Jan Zieliński (Poland)

Li Han, Siyi Pan, Jingxiao Ma (China)

António Rebelo, Bruno Graça, Luís Martins (Portugal)

An Heesung, Park Minjoo (South Korea)

Nora Ravanidou (Switzerland)

Ole Flatebø, William Horstad (Norway)

Xianglei Ding, Haoran Ma, Siwei Xu (China)

Marta Adamik, Patrycja Raszka (Netherlands)

Tony Li, Jocelin Chan (United Kingdom)

Arup Tiwari, Poornima Verma, Sarthak Wadhwa (India)

5 Jan 2021

Alps Wellness Retreat design contest by Switch

Alps Wellness Retreat Architecture Competition News

The fast pace of 21st century has led to a very distorted work-leisure balance among urban settlers. This has caused numerous lifestyle-related mental and physical issues like stress, depression and other chronic ailments.

This has shifted the focus on wellness and its importance in leading a happy and fulfilling life. We are getting aware and more conscious of the fact that wellness is more than the absence of disease and is a careful holistic balance of the mind, body and spirit. The dialogue has been initiated and we can see an upsurge in the wellness tourism sector, as people demand for a more accessible and wholesome experience.

Designing for health and wellness is inherent to architecture. Great architecture is rooted in real world outcomes that foster healthier spaces and environments. The aim of the competition is to design a wellness retreat in the picturesque setting of Alps that can incorporate different aspects of wellness under a single roof and create a therapeutic and immersive experience for the user through architecture.

Architecture constantly evolves to meet the needs of society and part of its social role is to assist the well-being of those who transit and use their spaces daily. Architecture for Wellness is a niche responsible for the development of captivating architectural experiences that can facilitate and support the search and the achievement of the psychophysical wellness.

Architecture can have a deep healing effect on a person if it can stimulate the human senses. The Wellness Retreat should be resonant with an elemental materiality and a deep sensual pleasure that can be a very good medium for instilling emotions, i.e. the aura of space should bring a positive change in a person’s perception and mood while using the space. The Wellness retreat should enhance the olfactory, tactile and visual experiences of the visitors.

The participants should integrate nature with the Wellness hub in a meaningful manner. The transition between the natural-artificial, interior-exterior should be fluid and seamless to the extent that it becomes one continuous envelope.

The combinations of light and shade, open and enclosed spaces should create sensuous and restorative experience. The built form should not just be created with beautiful materiality and facia but resonant with atavistic memories of weight, contiguity and enclosure, of sound and enticing illumination.

The Wellness retreat should have a ‘music-like’ rhythmic quality to it. It should help people unwind in solitude and slow down. The retreat should indulge in various spiritual, physical and psychological activities.

The participants are free to impart any function they feel are needed inside the retreat. All generic functions like rooms/cabins for stay, meditation and yoga halls, spa, heated pools/baths, sauna, massage rooms, gym, restaurant, healing rooms etc. should be provided for an all-in-all experience under a single roof.

PRIZES

Prizes worth EUR 2500 are up for claim with the distribution as follows:

FIRST PRIZE: EUR 1200 SECOND PRIZE: EUR 800 THIRD PRIZE: EUR 500

Apart from the winners, the jury will select ’10 Editors’ Choices’ who will be featured on our website and several other international magazines and websites across the world. The winners and Editors’ Choices will be provided with an honorary certificate.

REGISTRATION &TIMELINE

The competition is open to everyone in the world (architects, students, engineers etc.). You can participate individually or in a team. A team can have a maximum of three members only. • For Indian nationals: 1800 INR + Taxes (per team)

Standard registration: – 1st January 2021 – 28th February 2021 • For foreign nationals: 60 EUR + Taxes (per team)

Late registration: – 1st March 2021 – 30th March 2021 • For foreign nationals: 80 EUR + Taxes (per team) • For Indian nationals: 2100 INR + Taxes (per team)

Submission deadline: 31st March 2021

Result: 25th – 28th April 2021

DISCOUNT

Group discounts apply for a minimum of 5 teams from one particular architecture school/university as our initiative to promote more participation from students. Send us the following details at queries@switchcompetition.com to avail the offer.

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Richard John Seymour: Consumed

“The ecological crisis we face is so obvious that it becomes easy,” writes philosopher Timothy Morton in his book, The Ecological Thought, “to join the dots and see that everything is interconnected.” From the microscopic to the macroscopic, and beyond to the unfathomably big, everything on this planet is entangled in an unimaginable set of relations. Morton conceptualises this as a mesh. The term, he says, suggests “both hardness and delicacy”, where there are connective threads but holes as well, suggesting how not everything in the mesh may be linked but also that there may be spaces in what we understand. This is quite an idea, and one that can feel rather unsettling, but Morton argues that we must begin to grapple with this interweaving, mixing and mingling if we are to confront and deal with the age in which we live – one which has the reality of environmental damage pressing up hard against it. 

What this means is we must begin to think big and try to understand what constitutes our familiar world by shifting gear slightly and confronting the strange and unfamiliar. The actually not so faraway places and the effect our actions have on them. 

One means that Morton outlines for beginning this task is – maybe obviously – scientific experiment, but he also stresses the value of artistic practices in beginning to help us confront some of the biggest challenges of our time. One photographer and filmmaker who can be seen to pick up the mantle of thinking ecologically is Richard John Seymour, whose 2016 BAFTA-nominated short film Consumed looks at the landscapes, mines, factories and shipyards that make up production in China. 

Seymour studied at the Architectural Association under the tutorage of Liam Young and Kate Davies, who run a speculative design studio at the school called Unknown Fields Division. The studio works with writers, designers and architects and ventures, “out on expeditions to the ends of the earth to bear witness to alternative worlds, alien landscapes, industrial ecologies and precarious wilderness”. They aim to make apparent the relationship between the landscapes, and supply chains that come to support contemporary cities, which are often unseen, or imperceptible. Active since 2008, Unknown Fields Division have conducted field trips travelling extensively. This has included lithium mines in Bolivia, textiles factories in India and Bangladesh, gemstone mines in Madagascar, and precious metals mines in Western Australia. Unknown Fields Division are preoccupied by how envisioning such places and relationships can come to alter perceptions, and be generative for speculation: how understanding the entanglement of here and there can help develop new cultural relationships with climate change and the by-products of industry.

It was on one of these fieldtrips that Seymour filmed the material for Consumed. Seymour began filming the factories and mines that they visited in Inner Mongolia and China primarily as a form of documentation. But Seymour amassed enough footage to make a film, which in collaboration with Young and Davies he then turned into Consumed. 

Whilst Seymour was studying undergraduate architecture at Bath University he became more and more interested in images as opposed to actually designing. Seymour felt that producing images could come to form a critique of issues that the architectural discourse he was in did not address. Seymour explains that at university, “there was a big focus on style and form.  It felt a bit like architecture was a bit of a window dressing, and that was its main capacity. It was almost to entertain,” and that with his photography he was, “trying to find out what was going on outside of the architectural world.�� In particular, the ‘starchitetural’ world spearheaded by the likes of Frank Gehry, Norman Foster and the late Zaha Hadid. 

Consumed is Seymour’s most recent move away from this slick architectural world of surface, and a cinematic one at that. The film opens with a shot of a digger, perched on the edge of a mine’s slope, moving scree with the bucket on the end of its jolting mechanical arm. In the next scene waste pipes belch blackened water out onto an artificial lake. The lake is constituted of the tailings material (what is left after the process of separating the valuable material from the mass of the ore which has been extracted) from a mineral refinery in Baotou, Inner Mongolia, that extracts rare earth minerals for the production of electronics. These scenes are a set up for the rest of the film, which moves quickly from the mines of Inner Mongolia, to a factory in China’s Jiangsu Province.  There is a sense of unsettling vastness in all of these operations, visible through how the size of the mine dwarfs the digger and the expanses of factory floor.

A departure point for Seymour when thinking about the China trip was the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky, whose photography aims to achieve a similar ‘drawing to attention’ as Consumed and Unknown Field Divisions work. There is a similar sense of an ‘architectural scale’ in Seymour and Burtynsky’s work too. Seymour’s shots of endless shipping containers parallel Burtynsky’s images of industrial sprawl. Although in Burtynsky and Seymour’s work the intention is to point to the impact of these landscapes and places, they are portrayed in such a way that they take on an odd beauty. There is a friction here between the desire to depict the consequences of development and consumerism and the portrayal of industrial and polluted landscapes, which leads to sense of an almost industrial sublime. 

Consumed manages to avoid remaining entirely in this mode however through the character of Chen Li Ming, who we hear describing his life working in the factory, over the repetitive din of machines.  Chen Li Ming explains how he has worked in the factory for 11 years, and that his hands are his livelihood; the factories in China have not caught up with the automation in countries like South Korea. He speaks of how hard life in the factory is, but he also talks of how proud he is of the work he does. As he speaks the scale of production becomes clear as the camera pans rooms full of gold, silver, red and green Christmas baubles, and closes in on a worker sewing a beard onto a Santa’s bare face.  It is October, and Chen explains that it is the busiest time of the year as the factory prepares goods for the Western Holidays. 

Despite the scenes with Chen Li Ming appearing as a straight forward character profile one would expect in documentary film, Chen is fictitious and was built through interviews Seymour conducted with different factory workers. This was a result of being unable to get a decent sit down interview and the difficulty of trying to talk to people whilst they worked. But it was also due to the fact that Seymour’s interviewees were often being overlooked by their bosses, meaning they rarely divulged the reality of their workplace. But Seymour feels, “it was one of those situations where fiction became more true than fact”. The stitching together of different stories and thoughts from different people in the factory creates a rounder depiction, and a better insight into life working in a Chinese factory.  

Consumed takes the fiction-truer-than-fact approach throughout. It is a meshwork of narratives and disparate scenes, coming together to form a vision we would not otherwise see or be able to quite conceive. It does this in part by exposing the phantasmagoria of commodities and the stories behind their magical apparition. We see the dirty process of mineral extraction that sits behind the superficial cleanliness of our phones screens, and the labour that goes into festive ornamentation. Through Chen Li Ming it also reveals the life of a factory worker, as well challenging perceptions of what that may be like.  It brings to light what Morton says “we don’t like to recall”, and reframes what is familiar (technology and Christmas) in relation to what is unfamiliar (mining and factory production). 

It can be seen to achieve what Morton describes as the role of artworks for thinking ecologically: they enable a questioning and disrupting of a known reality, through exposing one’s complicity in ecological conditions.  Yet Consumed also suffers in a way that film, photography and art that takes the brave move of trying to portray the complexity of supply chains, environmental damage and vast industrial landscapes often do. Despite the horror of what is being portrayed, a strange majesty is evoked. There is a closing of distance in one sense, but an opening in another.

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List of Real Estate Companies in India - 2018

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List of Real Estate Companies in India - 2018

The year 2018 is anticipated to be a year of a combination of product or services in the industry. As a result of all efforts taken during the year 2016-17, it is starting to materialize in this year. More joint venture and joint property developments will become more in the business, with economically troubled property developers being managed by larger participants. It will also provide the industry with a fresh line of competitors. Finalization of current projects will be prioritized over introducing new ones; hence, 2018 seems to assure for a good delivery of residential properties across major Indian markets. To accomplish this, the property developers will be renovating their business procedures to improved products release and allied services, without flexing themselves more with regards to debt or quality of work.

The Government’s initiatives to increase inexpensive housing by giving national infrastructure status to this sector and introducing different tax benefits will remain to draw-in more prominent property developers to align their products to contend within this category. The affordable real estate will, as a result, become an essential segment in every property developer’s profile in 2018. Property developer could also be concentrating on their niche competence in this year, specializing in the various sectors of property, e.g., plotted property developments, housing projects, townships, and office spaces; and thus, the specialist provider can be developing in each of these categories.

List of Best Real Estate Builders in India

The following are some of the best real estate companies in India, some of them are new to the industry, and some are the pioneer with more years of experience in the industry.

Housing Development & Infrastructure Limited

HDIL has developed itself being one of India’s leading realty development businesses, with great operations in the Mumbai City Region. HDIL is a public listed realtor company in India with shares on the BSE & NSE Stock Exchanges. HDIL group has accomplished beyond 100 million sq ft of building and construction in each vertical of property in last ten years. HDIL deals with a unique set of clients, and this is shown in its portfolio that showcases premium industrial projects, townships for housing India’s middle-income families and incredibly affordable housing for the people in the low-income category. HDIL has recently branched out into recreation and cinema complex, and both enterprises profit from HDIL’s knowledge in the realty sector.

Sunteck Realty Ltd (SRL)

SRL is a Mumbai-based realty development firm, serving in the ultra-luxury and high-end housing sector. SRL takes pride in a city driven growth portfolio of about 25 million sq ft spread out throughout 24 projects at different phases of advancement and four rented out assets. SRL is well known for its powerful project implementation abilities through an internal project management staff and tactical associations with domestic and international buildings contractors, engineers, architects and brand associates. SRL deals with popular brands like L&T and Walt Disney among others to give a unique housing experience to its clients.

Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd

Founded 20 years ago, Kolte-Patil Developers Ltd is among the leading realty companies which are headquartered in Pune. The company is listed on NSE, and BSE Kolte-Patil is Pune’s most prominent property developer and has finished 10 million sq ft of monument developments in Pune and Bengaluru.

SRS Real Infrastructure Ltd

SRS Real Infrastructure Ltd is a 100 percent group of the “SRS Group” and is listed under the BSE. The company is engaged in the property development and building of more than a dozen of projects in the housing and commercial genres. The Business became a listed entity in 1995, and in 2011, debuted on the Bombay Stock Exchange also. The firm is currently managing projects in residencies, group-housing, plotted-housing, commercial Tower, IT Park, hotels and resorts, and motels.

Puravankara

Since its beginning in 1975, Puravankara has thought that there is just one mantra for excellence: Quality. This mantra combined with strict values, customer-centricity, sturdy engineering, and clarity in business functions, has positioned it among the most liked realty companies in both housing and commercial sectors. Puravankara began operations in Mumbai and has developed the significant presence in the metropolitan cities of Bangalore, Kochi, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, and Mysore and abroad in Colombo, Dubai, and Saudi-Arabia.

Prestige Group

The Prestige Group owes its beginning to Mr. Razack Sattar, who visualized a success story waiting to form in the business earlier itself. Since its development in 1986, Prestige Estates Projects has developed promptly to become one of Southern India’s major Property Developers, assisting define the horizon across the Housing, Leisure & Hospitality, Commercial, Retail industries. Prestige Constructions is the only company to have won many awards and recognition for the quality of their projects and the capability to deliver finished properties promptly.

Brigade Group

The Brigade Group was set up in 1986, with real estate development as its main focus. Today, this group is among the South India’s reputable residential or commercial property developers with headquarter in Bengaluru, division offices in several cities in Southern India, a representative business office in Dubai and a certified representative in the USA. The projects expand across some major cities in South India: Chennai, Chikmagalur, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mangalore, and Mysore.

Sobha Developers

Sobha Developers is the business endeavour of Mr. PNC Menon and was commenced in 1994. This company defines the potential of the realty industry in India with his sight for information and his dedication to continually provide best-in-class products or services. The company which began as a small venture 20 years ago is currently a force to consider in the Indian realty industry. Some of its prominent corporate customers consist of Infosys, Taj Group, Dell, HP, etc

Hiranandani Developers

Hiranandani Developers belongs to the Hiranandani Group, which was established in 1978, founded by Mr Niranjan and Mr. Surendra Hiranandani, who are its current managing directors as well as the founders. With its insight to spot the changing societal patterns, Hiranandani is today a reputable realty group in its flagship business of building and construction with a pan-India and also global presence.

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Translucent Concrete Market 2021: Industry Size, Share, Upcoming Trends, Top Companies, Future Scenario, Segmentation and Forecast Research

According to Market Research Future (MRFR), the Global Translucent Concrete Market is estimated to grow at approximately 16.2% CAGR from 2019 to 2025 (forecast period). The study addresses the COVID-19 review of a critical factor affecting the market growth. The research examines competition in the regional and global markets, providing a rigorous evaluation of the factors that could have a substantial impact on the outlook of the industry over the forecast period.

In the construction field, concrete as a building material is an essential factor that serves as a foundation for the building structure. Skyscrapers and high-rise buildings are common in metropolitan areas around the world, particularly in densely populated countries. This is due to the need for maximum space utilization and the economic growth of the world. Nowadays, artistic designs and the reputation of concrete leaves behind much to be demanded despite popularity and versatilely. On the other hand, translucent concrete is a building material manufactured by means of translucent cement and optical materials, which caters to light transmissive properties. Aron Losonczi, a Hungary-based architect, first introduced the concept of light-transmitting concrete in 2001. Then, in 2003, he successfully produced the first transparent concrete block called LiTraCon. Translucent concrete consists of a light-transmitting element, usually optical fibers, and traditional concrete elements.

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Market Dynamics

Raising awareness of the use of energy-saving materials in infrastructure and rising demand for aesthetic appeal in the same to accelerate the growth of the global translucent concrete industry. On the other hand, high costs associated with translucent cement manufacturing inhibit development to some degree. However, the increase in emphasis on the use of energy-efficient materials in construction is expected to generate several opportunities in the industry.

Market Segmentation

The global market for translucent concrete has been segmented on the basis of raw material type and application.

On the basis of raw material type, the global translucent concrete market has been segmented into concrete and optical elements. The concrete held the largest market share of the global translucent concrete market in 2018 and is anticipated to achieve the highest CAGR over the forecast period.

On the basis of the end-use industry, the global translucent concrete market has been segmented into construction & infrastructure and others. The construction & infrastructure industry segment held the largest market share of the global translucent concrete market.

Regional Analysis

Region-wise, the global market for translucent concrete has been segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, the Middle East & Africa, and South America.

The Middle East & Africa had the largest share in the global translucent concrete market in 2018, followed by Europe; it is expected to continue its dominance until 2025.

The European region is expected to report higher growth rates due to growing R & D investment in product innovation and the development of optical materials for concrete.

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Key Players

The major industry participants operating in the global translucent concrete market are LUCEM GmbH (Germany), Litracon Ltd (Hungary), CRE Panel GmbH (Austria), Dupont Lightstone (Denmark), Italcementi SpA (Italy), LCT GesmbH (Austria), Pan-United Corporation Ltd (Singapore), Beton Broz (Czech Republic), Florack Bauunternehmung GmBH (Germany), and Glass block technology limited (UK).

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1 Executive Summary

2 Scope Of The Report

2.1 Market Definition

2.2 Scope Of The Study

2.2.1 Definition

2.2.2 Research Objective

2.2.3 Assumptions

2.2.4 Limitations

2.3 Research Process

2.3.1 Primary Research

2.3.2 Secondary Research

2.4 Market Size Estimation

2.5 Forecast Model

3 Market Landscape

3.1 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis

3.1.1 Threat Of New Entrants

3.1.2 Bargaining Power Of Buyers

3.1.3 Threat Of Substitutes

3.1.4 Segment Rivalry

3.1.5 Bargaining Power Of Buyers

3.2 Value Chain/Supply Chain Analysis

4 Market Dynamics

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Market Drivers

4.3 Market Restraints

4.4 Market Opportunities

5 Global Translucent Concrete Market, By Raw Material Type

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Concrete

5.2.1 Market Estimates & Forecast, 2019–2025

5.2.2 Market Estimates & Forecast, By Region, 2019–2025

5.3 Optical Elements

5.3.1 Market Estimates & Forecast, 2019–2025

5.3.2 Market Estimates & Forecast, By Region, 2019–2025

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About Us

Architect Amit Murao is presently employed as Vice President in M/s ADCPL (Architects, Engineers & Interior Designers), a 25 years old company based in South Delhi. He is currently working on PAN India projects. He joined the company in June 2009 as Architect post completing his B.Arch from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, where he graduated with the Best Thesis Award!

WORK HISTORY

March 2016 – Present M/s ADCPL   Vice President   o   Business Development & Marketing

o   Client Meetings & Negotiations

o   Creative Designing & Design Development

o   Contractor & Vendor Selection/Management

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2017 – 2018 IIM – LUCKNOW   EXECUTIVE PROGRAM IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT     2004 – 2009 SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, N.DELHI   BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE (BARCH): DISTINCTION     2002 – 2004 KVMM, N.DELHI   11th & 12th (Science): School Topper     Till 2002 CHINMAYA VIDYALAYA, N.DELHI   Upto 10th Standard

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National War Memorial, Near India Gate, New Delhi

National Association of Students of Architecture

LIK Trophy (2008) – In house Trainer for 3D team

Birla White Yuva Ratna Contest (2007) –Design Competition

Transparence (2007) – Design Competition Entry

LIK Trophy (2007) – Assistant Co-ordinator (Study and Documentation of Red Fort, Delhi)

LIK Trophy (2006) – Study and Documentation of Muir College, Allahabad

LIK Trophy (2005) – Study and Documentation of Mehrauli Settlement, Delhi

LIK Trophy (2004)

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7 Utopian Design Experiments, from Le Corbusier’s Radiant City to a Ghost Town in China

Coined by Thomas More in 1516, the word “utopia” stems from the Greek ou-topos—which means “no place” or “nowhere”—but also refers to eu-topos, meaning “a good place.” The very origins of the word therefore reflect the question of whether a good or perfect place can ever exist. Throughout history, religious reformers and visionary starchitects alike have attempted to answer that question by establishing spiritual communes and crafting masterplans for cities of the future. Below, we highlight seven that didn’t quite pan out.

Palmanova, Italy

The Venetian model city of Palmanova from Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg, 1572-1680.

Built strategically near what is now the Slovenian border to defend against the Ottoman Empire in the late 16th century, the fortress city of Palmanova boasted some of the era’s most cutting-edge military features, including nine protruding ramparts as well as a surrounding moat and three guarded entryways. Its harmonious radial symmetry was intended to reflect the goodness of its incoming inhabitants—except no one actually wanted the risk of living in what was essentially a military citadel. Eventually, the Venetian government pardoned prisoners and gave them property in the city to fill its street. Today, Palmanova is home to about 5,400 residents.

Arcosanti, Arizona

Photo by arcosanti apse, via Flickr.

The sign at the entrance of Arcosanti, in the middle of the Arizona desert, reads: “If you are truly concerned about the problems of pollution, waste, energy depletion, land, water, air and biological conservation, poverty, segregation, intolerance, population containment, fear and disillusionment, join us.” Founded in 1970, the town is the brainchild of Italian architect Paolo Soleri, who envisioned a multi-story housing complex for 5,000 people. There, they would grow their own food, bring no harm to the environment, and support themselves by producing and selling windchimes. Expected to be completed within five years, the town today is three percent complete, though a cohort of about 50 residents continues to cast and carve away at bells in the “New Age crafts retreat,” as The Guardian called it.

Ordos, China

Photo by @matt_e_, via Instagram.

Hundreds of hastily constructed yet nearly uninhabited “ghost towns” have cropped up across China in the past few decades as the country sees unprecedented economic growth and real estate development. New Ordos, located just south of Old Ordos in Inner Mongolia, is one extreme example. In the early 2000s, the Chinese government invested billions of dollars to construct the supercity on bare land in the Gobi Desert. The larger-than-life architectural projects include a huge statue of Genghis Khan overlooking its central plaza, and “Ordos 100,” a now-terminated project by Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron, featuring 100 villas designed by architects from around the world. Yet the tremendous cost of building the city resulted in some of the country’s highest property values—second only to Shanghai—so, unsurprisingly, few wanted to move in. As photographer Raphael Olivier said following his visit, “The whole place feels like a post-apocalyptic space station from a science-fiction movie.”

Drop City, Colorado

Photo by Clark Richert.

In the spring of 1965, three college graduates bought six acres of land in southern Colorado. It cost $450. There, they established Drop City, a community in which punishment was prohibited, meals were communally prepared, and property was shared among all. For a little while, the inhabitants of this early “hippie commune” all got along: They planted gardens, raised chickens, made art, and built their signature geodesic dome residences from recycled materials. Drop City’s death bell starting ringing in early 1967, when one particularly unruly member proposed hosting a “Joy Fest” for music and art. As the number of residents—and the use of illegal drugs—escalated, members began abusing the communal funds for personal goods. Finding it increasingly difficult to stick to their no-punishment rule, the founders eventually gave up and abandoned their utopian dream.

Le Corbusier’s Radiant City

Photos by Napafloma-Photographe, via Flickr.

Presented in 1924, Le Corbusier’s plan for the Ville Radieuse (Radiant City) never actually came to fruition—though many of its principles went on to influence modern planning and urban housing complexes across the globe. The city was to operate as a “living machine”: Different areas would be designated for commercial, business, leisure, and residential purposes; a transportation deck in the city center would connect city dwellers, via underground trains, to housing districts consisting of towering premade buildings called “Unités.” Though it was envisioned as a utopian city, modern-day manifestations of Corbusier’s ideas have drawn criticism for their lack of public spaces and a general disregard for livability. Unité-like apartment complexes on urban fringes are now subject to high levels of poverty and crime.

Auroville, India

Photo by ccarlstead, via Flickr.

Established in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa, a French woman known as “the Mother,” Auroville (“the City of Dawn”) is the world’s largest spiritual utopia. A four-point charter outlines its founding ideals, including that it “belongs to humanity as a whole” and that it will be “a place of an unending education, of constant progress, and a youth that never ages.” Its labyrinthine, circular plan is anchored by the central “Matrimandir,” a huge dome covered in gold plates. Protected by UNESCO and supported by the Indian government, Auroville is today home to 2,500 people, and it seems to be in good shape—though its idealistic reputation has been undermined by questions of who controls its funds and whether its rules are actually followed. Crime and corruption are significant problems, too.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City

Photo by Kjell Olsen, via Wikimedia Commons.

Le Corbusier’s nemesis and fellow starchitect envisioned a different city for America—one that resembled more of a cookie-cutter suburb than a bustling metropolis, with more open space and sprawling landscape than skyscrapers. His city was based on modern technologies found in the automobile, electronic communication, and standardized mechanical production; everything from the size of roads to the proximity of schools and commerce would be based on “a new standard of space measurement—the man seated in his automobile.” However, Wright’s contemporaries found his plan wasteful and egotistical. Art historian Meyer Schapiro deemed it “perfectly consistent with physical and spiritual decay.”

—Demie Kim

from Artsy News

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394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman Emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish magister militum Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later. 1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. 1522 – The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world. 1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.) 1628 – Puritans settle Salem which became part of Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1634 – Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces. 1642 – England's Parliament bans public stage-plays. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory. 1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements. 1861 – American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth. 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina. 1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807. 1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification. 1901 – Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. 1930 – Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup. 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established. 1939 – World War II: Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War at the Battle of Barking Creek as a result of friendly fire. 1939 – World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany. 1940 – King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător of Romania. 1943 – The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America. 1943 – Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others. 1944 – World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces. 1944 – World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia. 1946 – United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany. 1952 – A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board. 1955 – Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots. 1962 – The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Fork nuclear readiness drill. 1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London. 1965 – India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration. 1966 – Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting. 1968 – Swaziland becomes independent. 1970 – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan. 1971 – Paninternational Flight 112 crashes on the Bundesautobahn 7 highway near Hamburg Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, killing 22. 1972 – Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group after being taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day. 1975 –Tawny Elaine Godin, an eighteen year old pianist from Yonkers, was crowned Miss America 1976, at the 49th Miss America pageant, at Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 1976 – Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted. 1983 – The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace. 1985 – Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 crashes near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing all 31 people on board. 1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services. 1991 – The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. 1991 – The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1, 1991. 1995 – Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years. 1997 – The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 21⁄2 billion watched around the world on television. 2003 – Mahmoud Abbas resigns from his position of Palestinian Prime Minister. 2007 – Israel executes the air strike Operation Orchard to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria. 2009 – The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued. 2012 – Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands. 2013 – Forty one elephants are poisoned with cyanide in salt pans, by poachers in Hwange National Park. 2018 – Supreme Court of India decriminalised all consensual sex among adults in private, making homosexuality legal on the Indian lands. 2021 – Labour Day in Canada and Labor Day in the United States