Catching the wind

Modern designers of interior climate control can learn a thing or two from traditional windtowers and windtunnels

Buttressing the Raj

What were The Royal Indian Engineering College grads really up to? A history...

Rooted to earth

Built to last

A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events

Programme plugged

Jaisalmer's architectural wonders beat the heat

Roman retreat

About 2,000 years ago, when the Romans ruled London, they gave the city its first centrally-heated homes. A look back in time

Buildings can cause sickness

But building biology helps remove harmful electromagnetic fields from architecture

Simply creative

General principles of architecture are imaginatively applied to create a green building in Gurgaon

Venice is sinking

Scientists at last find concrete proof - an eighteenth-century painting

Good housekeeping

Traditional architecture makes for better homes

Natural elements keep homes comfortable

A new architectural technique uses the sun and other natural elements to regulate temperature, thereby helping to conserve non-renewable energy …

Hero number 1

Keep it flowing

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

One Track Mind

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

A window to well-being

Natural ventilation is a good way to perk up life

House made of thermocol

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

Rooted to earth

Green home

Making houses energy efficient

Our houses gobble up energy and spew out carbon dioxide. Shocking, but true. Buildings, primarily residential and commercial facilities, are …

How green is your building?

The building's green credentials have been recognised internationally, most notably by the us Green Business Council (usgbc). The Washington-…