The rapidly expanding metropolis of Delhi reveals a fundamental conflict that occurs in fast-growing urban areas. The city’s thick air pollution and continuous motorbike, scooter, and auto-rickshaw traffic make walking…
Rethinking The Ecological Boundaries of Urban Design The current environmental crisis, social relocation, and ecological breakdown require urban design to face an intellectual transformation because these phenomena spread irregularly across…
Architecture, at its most impactful, doesn’t simply shape space – it shapes the people within it. Increasingly, architects and urban designers are waking up to a vital truth: meaningful places…
“Let this be a new town, symbolic of freedom of India unfettered by the traditions of the past….. an expressions of the nation’s faith in the future” – Jawaharlal Nehru,…
The investigation of Virat Kohli as an architect requires examination of his aggressive calculated nature and his unrelenting pursuit of improvement and absolute excellence. These qualities would create buildings that…
Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings, but it is much more than that. It is a driver in the formation of societies, the conduct of…
Architecture is neither merely art nor a natural science. Unlike the natural sciences with an excellent foundation architecture balances both creativity and structure and unlike pure art, it includes functional…
In the context of India’s housing crisis and the marginalisation of migrant workers, this article examines the perceived inaction of architects and their potential to address social housing problems. It…
In search of a theory for Urbanisation Urbanisation has been a defining trend of modernisation. More and more people are moving to live in cities than ever before, and this…
When we plug our kettle into the power cord or switch our lights and fans on, from where does the power really come? How is it that we do not…
A library is a typology that has evolved over the years and has stood the test of time. Its functions are updated, and its programming is adapted. Nevertheless, it remains…
Need for Humanitarian Architecture Today, more than ever, there is a significant demand for architects to rebuild sites stricken by conflict, disaster, political instability, and poverty. Despite several people fleeing…