For much of history, life has been organised into a simple sequence of spaces – home, work, and everything in between. It became routine: waking up in one place, travelling…
At night, big cities can look almost overflowing with life: apartment windows glow above busy roads, trains carry strangers shoulder to shoulder, and cafés remain busy long after sunset. And…
An Illusion “All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare wrote. But what happens when the stage itself becomes commercialised or a commodity? In the Anthropocene, who gets to design the stage…
For a long time, architecture has served a singular purpose: to create shelter from wilderness. Concrete, steel and polished glass are put together to protect humans from wind, rain and…
In the past decade, the world is seeing more and more natural disasters. Global temperatures are rising at such a rapid rate that heat stress has officially been declared a…
Climate and Context Climate-responsive homes have been the inherent way people deal with climate and geographical context to create comfortable living spaces. In these homes, context is the architect. These…
Every harvest, Kolkata undergoes an architectural transformation. Streets that are usually buzzing with traffic become pedestrian promenades, neighbourhood parks turn into exhibition halls, and clubs around the city prepare for…
In the field of architecture and design, the terms “climate responsiveness” and “sustainable design” have gained popularity since the 1970s, largely due to the energy crisis. However, climate responsiveness as…
Spatial design was always dominated by males. Building gated communities, massive blind walls, and prioritising vehicle traffic inadvertently create a gendered bias in spatial planning. A space that privileges the…
Remember the 2006 cinematic classic The Holiday? In a desperate bid to escape their messy personal lives, an LA movie-trailer producer swaps her automated, sleek glass mansion for a cramped,…
“How India’s Military Architecture Shaped Urban Planning” Behind the tree-lined avenues and orderly streets of many Indian cities lies an unexpected story, one that began with military camps. Long before…
In India, every morning, cities wake up in buildings they haven’t built themselves. Before office doors are opened, before metro stations fill up, and before shutters come up, many construction…