The Rome Scholarship in Architecture calls for applications for a six-month residency (Jan-June 2027) at the British School at Rome for a postgraduate or early-career architect. It includes £1000 monthly grant, board, and access to BSR resources for a self-directed research programme in Italy. Deadline: December 15, 2025.
The Rome Scholarship in Architecture calls for applications for a six-month residency (Jan-June 2027) at the British School at Rome for a postgraduate or early-career architect. It includes £1000 monthly grant, board, and access to BSR resources for a self-directed research programme in Italy. Deadline: December 15, 2025.
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Aniket Bhagwat reflects on architecture’s lost connection to beauty, abstraction, and philosophy, urging a return to thoughtful making that roots buildings in meaning, memory, and cultural responsibility.
In this day and age, with unprecedented climate disasters caused by techno-industrial paradigms, Snehanshu Mukherjee focuses on how architectural education must be reformed to espouse critical, creative, and context-sensitive design thinking, moving beyond conventional practices, silos, and outdated curricula, to address climate and societal challenges and empower architects for diverse creative roles.
On his 117th anniversary, remembering Otto Königsberger, Sarbjit Singh Bagha writes about how he transformed Indian cities with humane, climate-responsive designs and flexible urban planning, leaving a lasting legacy of compassion and innovation.
Sarbjit Singh Bagha elaborates on Pierre Jeanneret’s Chandigarh furniture that were crafted with local materials and collaborative craftsmanship, which has become a modernist icon, now globally coveted, yet embroiled in controversies over export, heritage protection, and cultural ownership.
In continuation of their analysis of NIRF ranking of 2024, A. Srivathsan and Astha Agarwalla, analyse the 2025 NIRF rankings for Architecture and Planning which shows minimal shifts. They critique the opacity of perception scoring, dominance of well-funded public institutions, and bias in evaluation methods, calling for greater transparency, fairer frameworks for private colleges, and recognition of architecture’s practice-oriented nature alongside research outputs.
Intekhab Alam, in his article about SKICC, or Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre, Srinagar, designed by Joseph Stein, explores how the structure harmonises the Kashmiri landscape and modern heritage, symbolising resilience, cultural exchange, and the urgent need for sensitive restoration.
H. Masud Taj, recollecting Architect Arthur Erickson’s humorous wish to be reborn as an elephant, which evoked his poem “Elephant,” weaves themes of memory, architecture, origami, and a worldwide journey celebrating creativity, resilience, and the enduring power of form.
Prof. Abhay Purohit, President of the Council of Architecture, outlines challenges from unauthorised practitioners to the potential of AI and smart buildings. He paints a vivid picture of both hurdles and hopes for architects tasked with shaping a modern yet culturally rooted India.
Architects R. Ramalakshmi and Surabhi Shingarey, in their review of the Lilavati Lalbhai Library at CEPT University by RMA Architects, dwell on its dual challenge of addressing contemporaneity and context responsiveness—standing as a definitive, self-contained, contemporary object in Doshi’s accretive campus.
Snehanshu Mukherjee, in his polemical essay on climate crisis, writes about how the crisis has and continues to stem from a system built on exploitation and profit, driven by the need for comfort.
Architect/Writer Suneet Paul writes about Scotland’s architectural heritage blending medieval Old Town with Georgian New Town in Edinburgh. He elaborates on the historic castles, scenic lochs like Loch Ness and Loch Lomond, vibrant festivals, and preserved cultural traditions that showcase centuries of Scottish history and natural beauty.
Ramu Katakam strongly reacts to the proposed Bombay High Court Complex design, calling it “farcical” and regressive. He advocates opening such important projects to international competition, believing younger architects worldwide could create contemporary designs that honour heritage while establishing a modern architectural identity for India’s institutions.
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