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

Kerala looks for sand in silt

Desilting reservoir may contaminate drinking water

Fixing old houses on Himalaya

German architect Andre Alexander has been restoring old buildings in the Tibetan capital Lhasa for 15 years now. Over the past few years he has …

Built to last

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

According to Report

Making houses energy efficient

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

Green buildings: it’s common sense

Frenzied growth in real estate and changing lifestyle in Indian cities are inciting resource guzzling. Architects have innovative ideas to build …

UTTARKASHI

Houses that hold on

A green facade

World Bank to buy carbon credits to aid building material industry

Stop asphalt exports, says Chvez

One more goes down

The myth of green building

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-…

Ten dead, six injured in Mumbai building collapse

Yet another building collapses amid allegations of illegal modifications; number still trapped unknown

Science and Technology - Briefs

Lift your head from the sand

Letters

UK's zero carbon house plan

News 360° - Briefs

Concrete without sand?

The world is sitting over a landfill of possible substitutes for sand

Sand slips

Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …