Trends in high places

Traditional timber-and-slate houses vs a neo-concrete nightmare in a Himachal village

A cool idea

Roofs that reflect sunlight save electricity

Jaisalmer's architectural wonders beat the heat

Construction debris offers business

Navi Mumbai plant turns waste into building blocks

Embodied energy demystified

Building materials are much more energy-intensive than perceived. India lags in taking steps to reduce their use

CO2 emissions from building sector highest in 2019: UNEP

The sector’s decarbonisation progress also slowing down, notes report

Farming sand

What’s good insulation?

Many architects use imported, expensive and environmentally inappropriate material

Learning from faults

An early 20th century US earthquake teaches lessons in tectonics

One Track Mind

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

Bricks, pavers from construction debris

Construction waste recycled to make bricks and pavers

Rajasthan's kunds get undesirable makeover

Let’s play with mud

Using earth to develop modern, sustainable buildings

Quaking, 1108 aftershocks later

The Indian plate is underthrusting the Eurasian plate by 4 to 5 centimetres a year. But our scientists move even slower. Are they waiting for the …

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

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 …

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 - …

Walled paper

‘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

Death Inside The Factory Gates

Asbestos makes homes, but it also causes cancer. The "indestructible" substance is increasingly being cast aside by developed countries,…

Rooted to earth