Keep it flowing

Tour of a house that thrives on air circulation, saves energy cost

When the car drives you: Speed as hierarchy and privilege

What remains of the public if at their best of expressing their disagreement, their gatherings are called “traffic jams”?

Cooling tactics

Water body and trees around the building provide cooling effect

What’s good insulation?

Many architects use imported, expensive and environmentally inappropriate material

Zipping ahead!

It may not be the best, but has a big appeal. For those wanting to break the tradition in the small car segment, this Hyundai product offers a …

One Track Mind

The Union government's ineptness in dealing with technology finds a new victim: Delhi's metro rail project

Sustance over style

Planning to install rooftop solar panels? How about some grass beneath it

Integrating green roofs and solar PV systems can enhance their functions and effectiveness through cooling and shading effects

Let’s play with mud

Using earth to develop modern, sustainable buildings

Is it a matter of governance?

A window to well-being

Natural ventilation is a good way to perk up life

House made of thermocol

Auroville’s alternative galaxy

How a township has set high standard for eco-friendly living

Safe as houses

Earthquakes don't kill; badly built houses do. A look into houses in India that have withstood several earthquakes

Lighting up hearts

A hospital for cardiac patients in Ahmedabad is sunlit to cheer up patients. It saves energy, too

Colouring plants

Mythila painting is an innovative media that contain powerful messages of conservation

Meinhard Von Gerkan on GMP's entry into India

Meinhard Von Gerkan, a partner in the German architectural firm GMP, was in Delhi recently to prospect for ventures in India, particularly in …

Remodelling will destroy Mumbai's Crawford market

North-East

Assam-type solution

Kangra safe corners

The Himalaya is the youngest range of mountains in the world are immensely prone to earthquakes. The entire range falls in seismic zone 5 and 4 - …

‘Modern buildings cannot breathe’

Kolkata-based architect Laurent Fournier tells how ceilings can float and why bamboo-reed-mud make more sense than brick-concrete-steel

Rooted to earth

Rooted to earth

‘My mentor Laurie Baker’

BENNY KURIAKOSE began his architecture career in 1984. He was one of the privileged few who worked under the tutelage of Laurie Baker which …

Climate change and design of houses