tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497291.post5728417777560238999..comments2024-02-25T19:44:55.771+11:00Comments on arch-peace news and articles: Save Lifta: nominate it a Unesco 2008 World MonumentBeatriz Maturanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476527926692961102noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497291.post-41115725195123475452007-05-30T00:05:00.000+10:002007-05-30T00:05:00.000+10:00There have been some important breakthroughs resul...There have been some important breakthroughs resulting from the campaigns to which we have adhered. Thanks to the organisers and to all of you who signed the petition!<BR/><BR/><B>Big names urge Israelis to end ‘oppressive’ works</B><BR/>25 May 2007<BR/><BR/>By Helen Crump <BR/><BR/>Alsop, Farrell and MacCormac join call to stop work on schemes that oppress Palestinians<BR/><BR/>A host of celebrated architects including Will Alsop, Terry Farrell, Richard MacCormac, Rick Mather and Ted Cullinan have waded into the politics of the Middle East with a challenge to fellow professionals in Israel to cease work that “excludes and oppresses” Palestinians. <BR/><BR/>The architects, who also include RIBA president Jack Pringle and president-elect Sunand Prasad, have signed a petition organised by Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine which accuses construction professionals working on three separate Israeli developments of “social, political and economic oppression.” ...<BR/><BR/>Find this article: <A HREF="http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3087721" REL="nofollow">http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3087721</A><BR/><BR/>More:<BR/>Opposing the architects of the occupation<BR/>Esther Zandber, Haaretz, 29/05/07 <A HREF="http://imeu.net/news/article005396.shtml" REL="nofollow">http://imeu.net/news/article005396.shtml</A><BR/><BR/>Top architects accuse Israelis of oppression <BR/>Hugh Muir, 26/05/07, The Guardian <BR/><A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2088580,00.html" REL="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2088580,00.html</A>Beatriz Maturanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476527926692961102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497291.post-23506361920323593432007-05-27T19:27:00.000+10:002007-05-27T19:27:00.000+10:00If you would like to learn more about Lifta, have ...If you would like to learn more about Lifta, have a read to "Reinventing Lifta", written by By Malkit Shoshan and Eitan Bronstein. This is a PDF file, published in Monu (magazine on urbanism)<BR/>the link: www.monu.org/monu4/Lifta.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com