Amidst the whirlwind of urban growth and environmental decline, architects are reconnecting with the age-old practices and insights of mud architecture. Mud, a venerable building material dating back through the…
Architecture was not generally considered a profession. The individual who could make the standing structures that did not collapse was called an Architect. As a matter of fact, the term…
Bangalore-based Indian architect Chitra Vishwanath focuses on ecology and sustainability in architecture. She is the principal architect and managing director of Biome Environment Solutions in Bangalore, which has been involved…
What’s stronger than the African sun? Probably particles of sand and salt. Coincidentally, the intuitive Egyptians encountered a native soil at the edge of the saline water bodies of the…
I was barely thirteen when I was wandering around the complex of beautiful earthen houses in Kandbari – without an inkling of a clue about the genius and the beauty…
