Architectural ideas have rarely remained confined to the places where they originate. Concepts about form, function, efficiency, and spatial order have travelled across borders through texts, education, exhibitions, and professional…
The Indian landscape of Architecture has historically evolved through climate-sensitive planning, local materials, cultural practices, and regional craftsmanship. From courtyard houses and temple complexes to stepwells and street-oriented settlements, architecture…
Indian cities are repositories of diverse layers of history that have been manifested in the architecture of the past. Examples of this are the havelis, industrial sites, colonial structures, religious…
Impact of vernacular traditions, social living patterns on mass housing projects for low-income families and poor communities. This article discusses how two distinct architects – B.V.Doshi and Laurie Baker worked…
India marks 78 years of complete Independence, where multiple architectural icons, along with multiple western inspired architecture-built structures, can be seen built in the country. But the main factor that…
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…