Norway; a mid-sized, cold climate, European country (with a lot of fjords). It’s also a global leader in sustainability. Sustainability is built into Norwegian culture. From shopping to eating habits,…
As the world slowly gravitates towards sustainable solutions for all fields of production and consumption, architectural practices have also come to embrace the movement towards sustainability. Architects recognize the imprudence…
“Home is a notion that only nations of the homelessness fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend.” ― Wallace Stegner In India, approximately 4 million people are homeless and 65…
Biophilia (meaning love of nature) emphasizes human’s inborn attraction to nature and natural processes and without connecting with it, human health could suffer. So, the biophilic design creates a human-centered…
We are living in uncertain times. This Anthropocene is characterized by the nearness of people on earth. Since the eighteenth century, our planet has been deliberately formed by our hands…
Sustainable architecture is based on ecological thinking and it involves science and imagination based on nature’s creation. The main aim of sustainable architecture is to change or evolve perceptions, lives,…
The late Sonja Bata pursued her passion for architecture and the built environment through the revitalization of the town of Batawa, located 175 km east of Toronto on the Trent…
The concept of restoration in architecture has now become a favorable idea of relevance in today’s design scenario. With erratic changes in ways of living that result in momentous climatic…
Water being non-abundant yet being an important element for the creation of everything on planet earth needs to be conserved urgently and made sustainable for upcoming generations. The ratio of…
Many of us have probably seen or heard of the conversation on whether architecture is coming to an end or not. Some believe that robots and automation may be the…
The sea levels are rising day by day. And by 2050, it is predicted that 90% of the world’s major cities are going to be underwater. This might lead to…
“Vernacular architecture can be said to be the ‘architectural language of the people’ with its ethnic, regional, and local ‘dialects.” – Paul Oliver (Author of The Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture…