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Great Expectations by Charles Benninger

Great Expectations: Notes to an Architect, by Christopher Charles Benninger

Christopher Benninger’s new book—Great Expectations: Notes to an Architect—reflects on contemporary architectural practice and its role in improving the human condition. It gives direction to students and practitioners alike as Prof. Benninger notes his encounters with his gurus and the manner in which their personal passion for humanity shaped the lives of others.

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Solar Decathlon India. © https://solardecathlonindia.in/

Competition | Solar Decathlon India

Solar Decathlon India, conducted by Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) and the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE), is a competition for Indian student teams to design net-zero-energy-water buildings.

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Book Cover: Sheltering Angle by Asha Baste

Book: Sheltering Angle, by Asha Baste and Prabhakar Baste

‘Sheltering Angle’ is a book about the design of houses with angled roofs required in the Indian tropical region. The sloping roofs not only provide shelter from heavy rains, but also a sense of visual and emotional comfort which comes from the association of traditional homes with the familiar red-tiled roofs.

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FCA National Symposium 2022, Women in Architectural Practice

FCA National Symposium 2022, Women in Architectural Practice

FCA National Symposium 2022, Women in Architectural Practice – Symposium aims to highlight how women and gender minority architects have overcome their day-to-day challenges, professional or personal, to make a career in architectural practice. They have exercised agency in actively dismantling gender stereotypes at home, bringing qualities of care and empathy in the workplace and infusing architectural production processes with gender sensitivity, among others. In short, they have brought in humane qualities into practice without compromising on professionalism.

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Working with Louis Kahn (with Rabindra Vasavada and Bijoy Ramachandran)

Architect Bijoy Ramachandran speaks to Prof. Rabindra Vasavada, a celebrated practitioner, conservationist, teacher and historian about his time at the IIM Ahmedabad site office (where he started his career) from 1969 to 1972 working with Louis Kahn the American architect, who was commissioned to design the campus, and Prof. Anant Raje, the local architect in-charge. The time working with Lousi Kahn on the School (the Library, Faculty blocks, Classrooms and the Dorms) had a profound impact on Prof. Vasavada.

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