In a surprising move, business tycoon Ratan Tata announced today that he will be starting a new career as an architect at the age of 85. Tata, who stepped down as chairman of Tata Sons in 2012 at the mandatory retirement age of 75, has decided to return to his first passion – architecture.
The proposal by Sameep Padora and Associates for ‘Octacove Homes‘ has been awarded Honourable Mention in a Global Architecture Competition to Re-imagine Affordable Housing held
With the inauguration of the Kochrab Ashram in Ahmedabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the master plan for the Gandhi Ashram Memorial & Precinct Development project on March 12, 2024, commemorating the 94th anniversary of the Dandi March.
Chicago, IL (March 5, 2024) – The Pritzker Architecture Prize announces Riken Yamamoto, of Yokohama, Japan, as the 2024 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize,
The Architecture(s) of Transition, a collaborative initiative by the Graduate School of Design, Laxmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, South Asia GSD Student Group,
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
Mass Studies, a Seoul-based firm founded by Korean architect Minsuk Cho, has been selected to design the 23rd Serpentine Pavilion, titled as Archipelagic Void, in
With no formal background in architecture, Chandrakant Sompura has designed over 200 temples across India.
Haryana and West Bengal Chapters have urged the Indian Institute of Architects to suspend the election results, alleging faulty voting systems.
Ghanaian-Scottish architect and educator Lesley Lokko has been announced as the winner of 2024 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). As an academician, writer and curator, Professor Lokko has dedicated her career to voicing the underrepresented, who have been neglected for far too long.
India will host the 46th session of UNESCO’S WHC meeting, a historic first for India.
Indian Institute of Architects, India’s oldest association of architects, finds itself surrounded with controversy over the conduct of recent elections for the IIA representatives to CoA.
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Following the complaint from Architect Dilip Deshmukh, Asst Charity Commissioner has issued directions to the Indian Institute of Architects in regard to conducting elections.
Forum on Architecture, Spirituality, and Culture (ASCF) has announced a call for submission for papers, projects, or workshops for their 14th forum to be held in Istanbul, Turkey.
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