Climate Responsive Architecture, In a given region, Climate is the predominant weather. Just as flora and fauna adapt to their surroundings and create sustaining ecosystems, architects should design buildings that…
Louise Kahn once said, “architecture appears for the first time when sunlight hits a wall”. It is true that light and shade is an essential component that gives an architecture…
Sustainability in design is a concept that is being stressed on significantly in the world today. It refers to meeting the needs of the present while still conserving resources for…
Any growth and development of a community has a direct impact on our environment. With limited available non-renewable resources, architects have become increasingly aware and are focused on achieving green…
Public spaces are the pulse of the city. To an ever-increasing extent, new open spaces and redeveloped public spaces are developing all around the globe as a reasonable method to…
Hector Ceballos Lascurain, an environmentalist from Mexico was the first to coin the term Ecotourism to describe eco-friendly and responsible travel. Ecotourism has the potential to ensure sustainable use of…
Climate crisis has taken over the whole world and the growing global population is adding to the crisis. According to the United Nations, 2.5 billion more city dwellers are expected…
What will be the urban form of our future cities? Is the compaction of cities a sustainable way or dispersion of cities is the only solution? The issues of sustainability…
Deconstruction is an age-old concept of reusing existing structural components to create new facilities. It is an alternative to the ills of demolition around the world, essential for creating a…
“As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.” A quote by Ar. Frank Gehry, which holds true,…
Adaptive reuse has gotten newfound attention towards its ability to both conserve heritage and make use of what’s already left behind. That is both being economical and socially conscious. Adaptive…
Net zero building also known as a zero-energy building (ZE) or zero net energy (ZNE) building, net-zero energy building (NZEB), these are the type of structures with zero energy consumption,on…