Calendar: November’s Business and Cultural Events

sat, november 01
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The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture

The architectural gems in this briefcase-size tome are awesome, from the grand if awfully overbudget Scottish Parliament to a Khartoum hospital's bamboo-capped prayer pavilion to a viaduct that looks from above like a lace necklace worn by a French river valley. But this isn't just a pretty picture book. It has floor plans. It has factoids (Japan has more architects than any other country, nearly three times as many as No. 2 Germany or No. 3 America). It even lists the geographic coordinates of the 1,037 featured buildings. Alas, around-the-world architecture tours aren't cheap: The book, packed in its own carrying case, has a list price of $195. -- Jeff Chu

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sun, november 02
Rev
Brazilian Grand Prix
São Paulo

Formula One hasn't exactly been ahead of the curve in clean-energy practices -- the typical F1 race car gets just 3 or 4 miles per gallon. But after this season-ending race, F1 says it's "going hybrid" as part of its Make Cars Green campaign. On the track, teams will be allowed to use power generated through braking with a new Kinetic Energy Recovery System developed by Xtrac, and used tires will be incinerated for power, giving new meaning to "burning rubber." F1 has also released its top 10 fuel-saving tips for consumers, a classic example of "Do as we say, not as we do"; No. 7 suggests, "Accelerate gently." -- J.L. August

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mon, november 03
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World urban forum
Nanjing, China

If you're one of China's 577 million urbanites, get ready to scooch over. In the next 20 years, 350 million more people, including 240 million rural migrants, are coming to town. By 2030, 221 Chinese cities will have populations of more than a million, and 23 megalopolises will pack in 5 million -- plus. Which makes China the perfect host for a UN conference on urbanization, a planetwide trend that's stretching infrastructures and straining resources. At this meeting, urban planners, politicians, academics, and architects will debate slum regeneration, green-building policy, and how to de-sprawl cities. -- Theunis Bates

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