Concrete loss

Homing in on tradition

Traditional models of architecture, especially for mass housing purposes, may yet be resurrected

Protecting hill stations

Payback

Illegal construction around the Ranthambore National Park ought to go

Baker honoured

Tile tales

An innovative tile that could go a long way in reducing the cost of housing construction has been developed in the African country of Cote d'Ivoire

RESTORE GREEN COVER

Land use can be changed

Polluted groundwater cannot

Doing away with wood

In Niger and Mali, where timber is scarce and expensive, mud building is making a headway, thanks to the efforts of a French organisation called …

Eco-friendly building

BUILD YOUR HOUSE TO THE RHYTHM OF LIFE Vinoo Kaley Bliarat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha National Organising Council

How to design, build an eco-friendly and low-cost urban mud house

Veena Lal, who runs a charitable society for destitute children by the name of Karm Marg, has made it possible

Out in the cold

It is possible to design buildings that stay cool in summer and warm in winter and save energy. But interest in solar passive architecture …

DEFORESTATION

Sinking cities: Two ways to fight land subsidence

Artificial recharge and deep soil mixing are two techniques showing promise in rescuing sinking cities

China bans bicycles, while USA goes back to mud houses

CONTROVERSIAL CONSTRUCTION

Owning up

The MP government makes amends for the Dewas killing

Building up a dangerous trend

Last October's earthquake destroyed 20 per cent of Uttarkashi's houses. When the rubble had settled, it was found that the older, traditional …

100 per cent FDI in housing

Will Maharashtra boom or boomerang?

A house for the islander

Illogical plans for post-tsunami housing on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands omen trouble

When wind and water run riot

The killer cyclone that hit Andhra Pradesh in 1977 will long be remembered as India's worst natural calamity of this century. But that we still …

Structural collapse

The rot has set in the construction sector. A dysfunctional clearance system has led to a series of building collapses in the recent past. …

Nowhere!

Three months after Gujarat was flattened by an earthquake, the state government goes in for a relocation plan to satisfy the builder's lobby

Trouble in Dewas

Deforestation, corruption or politics? The killing of four tribals in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district leaves many questions unanswered

Maharashtra draft urban housing policy not enough