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Rahul Mehrotra Interviewed on Mumbai Coastal Road Project by Scroll.in
Rahul Mehrotra was interviewed by Scroll.in regarding the Mumbai Coastal Road Project. See the full interview here
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Rahul Mehrotra TED Talk
Rahul Mehrotra gave at TED Talk on ‘The Architectural Wonder of Impermanent Cities’ at TED2019 | Bigger than Us in Vancouver. See the full video here
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Rahul Mehrotra Interviewed on Soft Thresholds Exhibit for the 2018 Venice Bienalle
Rahul Mehrotra was interviewed on RMA Architects’ exhibit for the 2018 Venice Bienalle, Soft Thresholds, which was awarded a special mention by the jury. See the full video here.
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Rahul Mehrotra Visits CEPT Library for Getinspired Short Film
Rahul Mehrotra visits and explains the design for the CEPT Library in Ahmedabad for the Getinspired short film series. See the video here.
Rahul Mehrotra Interviewed by Tracés
Rahul Mehrotra was interviewed by Tracés as part of their ‘Being in a Biennale’ interview series. Rahul spoke about RMA Architects’ installation at the 2018 Venice Biennale, which received a special mention from the jury. See the interview here.
Rahul Mehrotra Lecture in Johannesburg
Rahul Mehrotra will give a lecture on July 26 in Johannesburg, South Africa as part of the GSA Boogertman+Partners International Lecture Series. Events begin at 18:00 in the FADA Auditorium at the University of Johannesburg.
Rahul Mehrotra Interviewed on Architecture Talk
Rahul Mehrotra discussed Ephemeral Urbanism with Vikram Prakash on Architecture Talk. Listen to the full interview here.
Episodes of Architecture Talk are curated conversations with contemporary critics on architecture, and architectural thinking.
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Extreme Urbanism III – Planning for Conservation: Looking at Agra
Rahul Mehrotra Interview Featured on Architizer
An interview of Rahul Mehrotra, by Ibai Rigby for urbanNext, was featured on Architizer. Read more and see a clip from the interview here.
EXTREME URBANISM 3 FEATURED ON ARCHDAILY
ArchDaily has featured the recently published book, Extreme Urbanism 3: Planning for Conservation: Looking at Agra, edited by Rahul Mehrotra, Vineet Diwadkar and José Mayoral Moratilla.
See the article here.
Rahul Mehrotra Interviewed by urbanNext
Rahul Mehrotra was interviewed by urbanNext to discuss the landscapes of future growth in India. See the interview here.
Rahul Mehrotra on India: The Urban Transition by Henrik Valeur
Rahul Mehrotra on Henrik Valeur’s book, India: The Urban Transition – A Case Study of Development Urbanism: “I very much enjoyed the range of issues touched upon and based on first hand experiences! The fine grain reading of issues in the Indian city is an important contribution so is the attempt to connect so many dots to make sense of the moving targets we encounter in Urbanism in India.”
Rahul Mehrotra’s Book Launch in Delhi
The launch in Delhi of Rahul Mehrotra’s new book, Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral MEGACITY was featured by Harvard University’s South Asia Institute.
Rahul Mehrotra Interviewed by The Indian Express
RECENTLY PUBLISHED KUMBH MELA BOOK FEATURED ON ARCHDAILY
ArchDaily has featured the recently published book, Kumbh Mela, January 2013: Mapping the Ephemeral Mega City, edited by Rahul Mehrotra and Felipe Vera.
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Kumbh Mela research featured on Smithsonian.com
Reporter Tom Downey recounts his observations from the 2013 Maha Kumbh Mela, including an interview with Rahul Mehrotra:
What Urban Planners Can Learn From a Hindu Religious Festival
Rahul Mehrotra interviewed by Monocle
Rahul Mehrotra was interviewed by Monocle for their show ‘Section D,’ a weekly show that focuses on design culture. This took place at the ‘What Design Can Do’ conference in Amsterdam; the interview can be found here (Rahul’s segment begins at 13’15”).
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Kumbh Mela Lecture at Harvard GSD
Kumbh Mela: Mapping the Ephemeral City
April 1 at 6:00pm
Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Boom and Leisure (AU) feature on ‘Kinetic City’ exhibition
Rahul Mehrotra will bring the programme Urban Landscapes-Indian Case Studies to a close with his lecture and exhibition The Kinetic City.
During this programme, we have looked at some of the consequences of “top-down” formal master planning in Delhi’s desolate new towns through the eyes of contemporary photographers, and have considered ways of compensating or adjusting to some of the problems which result from the imposition of over-determined spatial visions, a theme that Rahul Mehrotra in particular will discuss and other guest writers have considered. Full article here.
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Drome Magazine (IT) feature on ‘Kinetic City’ exhibition
“Rethink the Indian cities is not only possible, but mandatory. That’s why, until February 26th 2013, The British School at Rome hosts The Kinetic City, the exhibition realized by the Indian architect and town planner Rahul Mehrotra. A collection of pictures and notice boards that show the consequences of the urbanization in the country.” Full article here.