What is GRIHA? GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) is a system for evaluating green buildings. It facilitates the assessment of a building’s performance based on nationally accepted standards…
BEEAH Group is the region’s foremost sustainability innovator, with vertical spanning sectors and a reputation for ground-breaking environmental technologies and smart city solutions. It originated as a Sharjah-based general populace…
“Great public works are capable of changing cities and creating new spatial points of reference,” says Santiago Calatrava, a Spanish neo-futuristic architect, sculptor, and structural engineer. Calatrava received the prestigious…
Every act of design is an act of advocacy. It is an advocacy of the ideals, beliefs, frameworks of the social being that is the designer, and advocacy of what…
An internationally recognized leader on worldwide climate change, Christiana Figueres was the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010 to 2016. She is…
According to studies, buildings in India consume more than 40% of the total energy generated in the country. 19% of the energy-related greenhouse gas emissions are also emitted by the…
“Outstanding creative solutions….exquisite attention to every project detail.” These are the elusive virtues that the architects at the Felhandler/Steeneken believe transmutes a “house” into a “home”. They have understood, through…
Green building is designing buildings to enhance the well-being of occupants and to minimize negative impacts on the community and natural environment. The growing concerns over climate change have boosted…
Green building is defined as an integrated process that focuses on the relationship between the built and the natural environment. It seeks to minimize negative environmental effects and maximize value…
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…
A multidisciplinary firm based in the United States of America, which works on interior, architecture and planning. It is also a signatory firm of the AIA 2030 commitment which focuses…