Architecture has come a long way in proving itself to be more than just a medium of increasing the artistic and aesthetic value of a building. In the last few…
“As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for an unknown future.”-Norman Foster. Yet, we humans have a propensity to be concerned and overthink…
Japanese architecture is often thought of to be simple and minimal. However, Japanese architecture can be the opposite. Influenced by architectural legends like Le Corbusier, and, in the earlier years,…
The cities have evolved, the built forms have evolved, the time has evolved, and so has humankind. The evolution of small towns to cities, and that of cities to metropolitans…
Louvres, together with HVAC systems, increase efficiency in natural ventilation to create quality indoor environments. They are not complex systems. They are fixed, can be opened, sliding, or operable wing…
In the motion picture of the universe featuring nature and architecture as lead roles, we contrived the term Biomimicry, where Bio stands for nature and mimicry is to mimic or…
The European Commission’s EU Science Hub states that 80 per cent of the ecological impact a product creates can be locked up right at the design phase. This highlights the…
Architecture has existed since the beginning of time. It all started with cave-dwelling and makeshift dwellings. People began to establish permanent settlements as evolution progressed. Civilization came into the picture. Shelters…
The architecture enables us to experience places, spaces, culture, and heritage on a daily basis. We all look at architecture and are often mesmerized. Seldom do we realize that we…
More than three-quarters of the Indian population lives in villages, and more than half of these villages live the old traditional ways. The planning, materials, elements, architectural detailing, etc., are…
The future is how we want it to be, how our conscience works in the present towards the society helping through architecture and the resultant will be the future of…
“Textile forms of habitation have a long history going back to Paleolithic times and represent an archetypal form of building which has endured to the present day. Textiles are light,…