The Chihilsitoon Garden is a restoration project by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture that previously lay in ruins for the past 26 years.
Commissioned by The Aga Khan Trust for Culture, vir.mueller architects design Humayun’s Tomb Site Museum in New Delhi, India, envisioning it as a subterranean “baoli”-inspired museum, grounded in Mughal aesthetics.
The Bait Ur Rouf Jame Mosque, Bangladesh, designed by Marina Tabassum, features a column-free prayer hall with natural light and ventilation, creating a refuge of spirituality in urban Dhaka.
The book covers a vast range of traditional residential architecture of India, illustrated with nearly 1600 full-colored illustrations covering the great building and craft skills
The old heritage building of Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad has represented the identity and character of the city for over a century, but considering its overburdened condition and lack of maintenance, the hospital is in a thrust for demolition by the government which is in favor of a new structure.
With the threat of demolition looming over many modern heritage structures across South Asia, Debating Demolitions by Geethu Gangadhar analyses the role and the need for public intervention as an important stakeholder in the decisions of preservation.
Architect Suneet Paul writes on the need to inculcate a sense of responsibility towards conserving and restoring our heritage.
Freedom Square in Kerala, by De Earth Architects, is a revitalized public space in Calicut that commemorates the city’s rich history and offers a versatile space for the community.
The essay, City Surfaces Tell Time and Stories, talks about the precinct of Kolsa Bunder on the Eastern waterfront of Mumbai and argues against authoritative planning proposals that have been suggested in the past. The dwellers of the port exist in a state of precarity and the proposals prove this statement further.
It suggests ethnographic research as a manner of conducting architectural study in order to plan for a neighbourhood.
The essay by Tanuja Vartak was awarded the best of top three prizes.
The Walled City of Ahmadabad (Ahmedabad) is India’s first UNESCO World Heritage City. This article is based on the documentation undertaken by Sabrina Khan Patel led MM Collective- one of the fourteen consultants working with Ahmedabad World Heritage City Trust (AWHCT) to accurately document heritage structures within the Walled City.
Where are the Women in Architecture? Where did the Women in Architecture Disappear? Why do the senior positions not have women in the mix? Women are there in Architecture, they are and have been leading senior positions in the profession, and this article is for them.
Architect B.V.Doshi named as one of the recipients of the Padma Vibhushan Award posthumously.
This article was part of the published book- Icons, a tribute to Independent India’s sixty years and 20 greatest living personalities who set exemplary examples for the nation. The book’s editor Anil Dharker found H. Masud Taj’s essay on Charles Correa and the journey of post-independence architecture “erudite, readable, provocative and comprehensive.
While the rich and dynamic history of Art and Architecture in India has always received admiration, little focus has been on appreciating that of post-independence. This article attempts to bridge this gap by crediting the past 75 years out of thousands of years of Indian Art and Architecture and paying homage to the constantly evolving Architectural landscape of Independent India.-Megha Pande | ArchitectureLive!
This project, from its very inception, has been marked by a degree of executive highhandedness rarely witnessed before. Whether it was in inviting design options, selecting consultants, holding fair and transparent stakeholder consultations, obtaining approvals of the institutions and authorities dealing with urban design, planning and environmental clearances – CCG
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