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...Adjaye navigates these gentle tensions masterfully and in doing so reveals how an architect “sees” architecture and urbanism, in the several senses of the verb.Adjaye, the Graduate School of Design’s Tange visiting professor in architecture, was born in 1966 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania—just years after the country gained independence from the United Kingdom. Adjaye moved to London to finish his education and has become one of Britain’s leading architects. “African Cities” shows roughly 40 photographs each of 10 capital cities...
...that of China. Such disparities have convinced many Brazilian business leaders that if their government does not invest in education, then they must assume the responsibility themselves. By offering lessons in everything from basic literacy to aeronautics, "companies are taking on the role of the state," says Fernando Guimares, director of SESI, an industrial organization that coordinates adult-education programs at big companies...
Just what that new strategy might be, he didn't say. Lula's vague promises are frustrating to Brazilian businesses, but his move to put education on the agenda gives them reason for optimism. "We still lack a clear program, but that seems to be changing," says Guimares. "I am hopeful...
...When Senni walks down the Champs Elysées, he makes sure to wear a suit and tie. "If I'm in jeans, people think I'm a shoplifter." That impression of being denigrated because he's a second-generation immigrant is a strong one, born of years of bitter experience. His answer was to leave France, first for Sweden and then Britain, where he advises clients on workforce diversity. "In the U.K., diversity is seen as an opportunity. In France it's still seen as a problem," he says. While some corporations are changing, he says, French politics...
...long after we invented fast food, we ran out of Americans to serve it to, so we opened McDonald's on the Champs Elyses, in Tokyo's Ginza district and in Guatemala City's Zona Viva. Then those countries opened competitors--local fast-food restaurants making burgers, chicken wings and fries. And now those mimeographed restaurants are opening franchises...