Ar. Vilas Avachat; Elected as President of IIA
Rajesh Advani
Vilas Vasant Avachat has been elected as the new President of The Indian Institue of Architects for the term 2023-2025.
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Vilas Vasant Avachat has been elected as the new President of The Indian Institue of Architects for the term 2023-2025.
Students’ Hostel, Nagpur, by Studioboxx was an extension project with a cafeteria and additional rooms for the growing needs of the institution. Students come from the surrounding rural areas and take vocational or skill-based education at the institution.
In this article, Ar. Suneet Paul shares his views on the modern vernacular approach.
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.
Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, by Stephane Paumier Architects is based on 15m long modules creating a 2 floor high built/void chess mat pattern.
IIM Ahmedabad alumnus, Rashmi Bansal, looks back at her journey in the institute’s dorms- the impending demolition of which has again made the news.
Architect Sabu Francis shares his recommendations for increasing the visibility of IIA within the community of architects.
In this tribute to Conservation Architect Minakshi Jain, who passed away on June 14, 2023, Architect Darpana Athale reminisces about her interactions with Minakshi and Architect Kulbhushan Jain.
A group of Economists and Academicians have studied 1.5 million segregated neighbourhoods in India, primarily comprising Muslims or Scheduled Castes. The paper has brought to light Residential Segregation and the Disparity in access to Public Services between segregated (Muslims or Scheduled Castes) and integrated neighbourhoods.
On June 20, 2023, the Centre for Environmental Planning & Technology (CEPT) announced Mumbai-based architect Sameep Padora as its new Dean.
Portal House, Delhi, by UnBox Design, is designed to accommodate three families on four floors: two of them are single-level apartments and one is a duplex, opens front to a primary approach road, looking over a single, full-grown tree and the only opportunity for views, while the back provides filtered views of a small community park.
The student hostel for the Chandigarh Group of Colleges,by Charged Voids, located within a twenty-five-acrecampus in Landran, a semi-urban area close to Mohali, Punjab, draws from Le Corbusier’smodernist legacy.
Decoding: Architecture of the Academic Environment discusses the design of Euro School, Jodhpur by Design Works with Jinu Kurien.
Prem Chandavarkar shares his views on evolving demographics within the architecture community of India and what it means for the two regulatory bodies- the Council of Architecture and the Indian Institute of Architects.
The Indian Institute of Architects is gearing up for its next election. Presidential candidates Dilip Deshmukh, Lalichan Zacharias and Vilas Avachat are leading their respective teams, contesting for the organization’s core committee. This article is an edited interview conducted by Architecture Live! of Architect Lalichan Zacharias.
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