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Laurie Baker

Practice of Architecture and Relevance of Laurie Baker in Contemporary Professional Practice

Kirtee Shah’s keynote address for “Laurie Baker Birth Centenary Celebrations” interrogates the architectural profession’s fundamental disconnection from societal imperatives, using Laurie Baker’s praxis as a framework for examining contemporary professional alienation and proposing transformative pedagogical and practice-based interventions within India’s built environment crisis.

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Herati village, post-2023 earthquake. © UNDP/ People in centre

Domes of Identity: When Earthquake Challenges Herat’s Earthen Traditions

While the devastating 2023 earthquakes in Herat, Afghanistan, destroyed countless traditional earthen homes, exacerbating vulnerabilities, Juhi Desai and Vivek Rawal, People in Centre (PiC), elaborate on PiC’s reconstruction efforts with UNDP. The focus was on empowering local communities by incorporating hazard-resistant features into familiar building techniques like adobe and domical vaults, bridging tradition and safety.

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