Now that the summers are near us, it will be yet another year of more and more buildings installing energy-hungry air conditioners. These are major contributors to climate change. Whether…
Piezoelectric materials are materials that are capable of producing electric current when subjected to mechanical stress and vice versa. The piezoelectric effect was first discovered in the year 1880 by…
One of the main reasons for global warming is the burning of fossil fuels, natural gas, coal, etc which produces large amounts of greenhouse gases. These gases get trapped in…
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of…
The past two decades have seen the emergence of several freshly conceptualised master-planned cities across the globe to attain utopian characteristics. Incorporating state-of-the-art technologies to assist the many needs of…
The new South Melbourne Life Saving Club responds to the linear nature of the foreshore that stretches from St Kilda to Port Melbourne. Both Beaconsfield Parade and the beach promenade…
The building industry accounts for nearly 40% of the global GHG emissions. With the world becoming more and more conscious of the growing negative impacts of climate change it becomes…
Vernacular Architecture, a term given to the local architecture of any particular area, constructed using the traditional materials that are present in abundance. This typology of architecture, widely practised once,…
With Everybody trapped inside their houses due to pandemic, humans have got a break to sit and look around. Humans have got time to learn and correct their lifestyles and…
Architects and painters, before starting a new project, have an empty canvas in front of them. The cleanness of the canvas or white paper opens infinite possibilities of design ideas…
Sustainability is a concept that has been circling the minds of people in all walks of life for a few years, and has suddenly become one of the main facets…
Architecture firms across the world are adopting eco-friendly operational and constructional techniques. This rise in the number of sustainable practices in architecture doesn’t just accrue from the growing awareness on…