I first noticed it while waiting. Not the kind of waiting filled with phone-checking and restless shifting, but the kind where your body gives up trying to be elsewhere. The…
A Review: Glimpse of Indian Traditional Houses The book “Glimpse of Indian Traditional Houses” by Anup Kumar Prasad, Ajay Chourasia, and Surender Kumar Negi seeks to provide the readers with…
Origins of a Legacy Brand (1931 Beginnings) Kokuyo Camlin Ltd. is a story of strength, creativity, and strong emotional attachment. It is a large competitor in the stationery and art…
When Cities Change by Inches, Not Masterplans India’s cities rarely change all at once. They change slowly, in fragments, through ordinary acts of spatial care, in the form of a…
Every city has to tell a story, but Mumbai’s story is like a Symphony. It hums through its crowded trains and silent sea faces, through glass towers and old chawls,…
For years, architecture seemed to forget how to communicate as a living entity. Instead, it began producing responses like a machine. Whites, greys, and flawless concrete were used in our…
The Olympic question as an Architectural opportunity India’s aspiration to host the Olympics is more an Architectural and urban proposition than a sporting one. The sporting event requires a cluster…
Community Involvement in Designing a Future Talking about design is often associated only with the designer and their studio, associated with the grand plan of these ideas, but in reality…
The Idea of Everyday Heritage When the word ‘Heritage’ comes to mind, the images of popular forts, temples, and monuments come to mind. However, it is first important to understand…
In India, architecture is very rarely considered just as a physical fascination. It has always been a negotiation—between the memories and goals, the organized and cluttered, permanence and uncertainty, and…
In Indian cinema, very few films evoke the quiet charm and the rhythm of Mumbai’s middle class as gently as the 1976 Basu Chatterjee-directed Chhoti Si Baat. The film is…
Inaugurated on 8th October 2025 by the Indian Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, the Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) is set to be one of India’s most ambitious infrastructure projects.…