Location: Sanquelim, Goa Client: The Goa Institute of Management Area: 2,47,200 sq. ft Completion of project: March 2011 Architect Brinda Somaya is the principal architect of Somaya and Kalappa Consultants.…
Rehabilitation is the action of restoring someone to health through training and therapy after imprisonment, addictions, injury, and illness. The purpose of rehabilitation is to assist someone to achieve command…
Green building is designing buildings to enhance the well-being of occupants and to minimize negative impacts on the community and natural environment. The growing concerns over climate change have boosted…
This pandemic has undoubtedly affected our lives in one way or the other. Many lives have been claimed, many are in hospitals, attacked by the deadly virus, and their family…
Being the centers for commerce and industrial activities, the cities have become densely populated with weak infrastructure and have become key contributors to the climate crisis by emitting a considerable…
The COVID’19 pandemic has been now a continuous chain that is going on for more than five months infecting crores of people around the globe. People have gathered their interests…
Over the past few months the world has come to a halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic and has restarted again slowly and steadily. Many industries have fallen and some…
Big changes are triggered by big events. Change in the cities is not happening overnight. It is a slow process that can take up to decades and various generations to…
Most of America and Europe saw the spread of tuberculosis in the 19th and 20th centuries. The disease had become a big issue and the hospitals had to become more…
“There is no space without event (…) no architecture without a program” – Bernard Tschumi For every event recorded in our history textbooks, there has been a lesson to be…
Architecture is no different from other professions; it seems to be a tough profession for women to crack. Even though the state of women in the architectural community is much…
Cities around the world today are changing their landscapes in the blink of an eye. It makes one wonder if it is even possible to design cities with 10 or…