It is situated on the 25-acre campus of the institution, which specializes in art, design and architecture studies.

WSJ: Fire Damages Pratt Building

Michele Lupi, editor of Italian GQ, abandoned his studies of architecture for the lure of journalism but has retained a love for beautifully designed buildings.

BBC: The Real Milan

On the first floor, Strand's uncompromisingly austere photography (from Spanish, North American and Mexican collections) offers a hard-bitten "collective portrait" of small-town Mexican life told through photos of individuals, landscapes, studies of architecture and religious iconology.

WSJ: Review: Two Sides of the Same Coin | 'Henri Cartier-Bresson/Paul Strand, Mexico 1932-1934' at Fondation Cartier in Paris

The show is a must-see for any architectural professional or student of architecture, but the studies, notes and axonometric diagrams that record his thoughts and design process may be a little hard going for a general public more accustomed to dramatic sequences of photographic images and drop-dead models of buildings in proper chronological order.

WSJ: Notes from the Archive: James Frazer Stirling, Architect and Teacher, at the Yale Center for British Art | Postmodernism's Pivotal Figure | By Ada Louise Huxtable

Dr Michael Mak, from the University of Newcastle in Australia, studies how feng shui can be used in urban design and architecture from what he calls a scientific stand point.

CNN: Asia mixes making money with ancient beliefs

They cover a vast range of subjects from religious studies to mathematics, medicine and astronomy, music, literature, poetry, architecture and esoteric practices, and bear witness to the rich history of the city as a cultural crossroads and centre of learning.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES