I take the bus more than any other form of transport. Whether it’s a short trip or a long journey, I’m used to waiting on a platform as the city…
There’s a very common perception that slum inhabitants who have been shifted to high-rise buildings under policies and yojanas rent out their pucca houses and move back to the slum.…
On the Malabar Coast is the historic city of Kozhikode, where the urban image is being heavily influenced by modern and contemporary design. Amidst these practitioners stands Raving Dots Studio,…
On a weekday morning in Dharavi, one of South Asia’s largest informal settlements, a narrow lane barely three metres wide carries the weight of an entire economy. Handcart vendors, schoolchildren,…
Even if not directly, many people are aware of Le Corbusier’s works and their influence on society. If you have heard of–or better yet, walked through–the city of Chandigarh, then…
The decline of the courtyard is often attributed to the rise of modern technologies, but was it the technology itself that rendered the courtyard obsolete or the broader conditions that…
Walk into an old courtyard house just after the rain. The walls breathe quietly, the floors remain cool beneath bare feet, and the air carries the earthy fragrance of lime…
Pritzker Award, the highest award an architect can receive. It is awarded to “starchitects” whose architecture screams for attention and grants a place in stardom. These glamorous buildings are often…
Urbanism has made city life faster through metros and expressways without necessarily making it easier. In fast-growing cities, residents often face fatigue, social isolation, and environmental detachment as planners prioritize…
The trillium flower is nature’s quiet masterpiece—three petals, three sepals, three leaves, all are balanced in perfect symmetry. It does not scream for attention; it waits, sometimes decades, teaching patience…
City planning and urban spaces have always been a crucial part of the toolkit used by the carriers of politics. Planners are greatly influenced by the laws and regulations laid…
For much of the twentieth century, architectural photography did most of the profession’s talking, and buildings were designed, judged and remembered almost entirely through the eye. Sensory architecture challenges that…