“A book that is unquestionably worthwhile and can be considered a milestone in the field.” Prem Chandavarkar on 6 Metros: Urban Planning & Implementation Compared

Prem Chandavarkar

Prem Chandavarkar reviews “6 Metros: Urban Planning & Implementation Compared” by Sirish Patel, Oormi Kapadia, and Jasmine Saluja. Divided into two volumes, Signposts and Mappings, they provide a groundbreaking comparative study of urban planning across six global cities. The book, spanning London, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Delhi, and Mumbai, offers a dispassionate overview, presenting a humanist perspective and utilizing a unique two-volume structure.

Book Review: Travel as Recovery

Bijoy Ramachandran

Bijoy Ramachandran Reviews ‘Architecture Travelogues: Drawing Between the Lines’, book by Edgar Demello

Book Launch | Making Chandigarh: A Vintage History

Book | Making Chandigarh: A Vintage History

Sarbjit Singh Bahga

“Making of Chandigarh: A Vintage History” co-authored by Sarbjit Bahga and Arun Mirchandani offers a unique pictorial journey through 575 vintage photographs, capturing the city’s evolution from 1950 to the 1990s. With a focus on the city-making process, the book, enriched with more than 50 drawings, serves as a comprehensive tribute to the photographers and the multitude of contributors who played a crucial role in shaping Chandigarh.

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“‘Happiness’ in architecture is no easier to find than it is anywhere else, apparently.” Khushboo Parmar reviews The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton

Khushboo Parmar

Khushboo Parmar reviews The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton.

Non-Aesthetic Modernity: Metaphysics of Modern Architecture

Jaimini Mehta

Prof. Jaimini Mehta shares a preview of his upcoming book, Non-Aesthetic Modernity: Metaphysics of Modern Architecture.

Book Review: Paths Uncharted by Balkrishna Doshi

“The non-linear recounting almost makes one feel as if he is sitting in front of you, narrating pieces of his life as he is remembering them” – Athulya Aby reviews Paths Uncharted, book by Balkrishna Doshi

Athulya Aby

Athulya Aby reviews the book, Paths Uncharted by Balkrishna Doshi.

Artes Roots Collaborative on Conservation And The Indian City.

The book, Conservation and the Indian City, highlights the relevance and the potential of participatory conservation planning.

Durganand Balsavar ARTES ROOTS COLLABORATIVE

Durganand Balsavar, ARTES ROOTS COLLABORATIVE, reviews the book ‘Conservation And The Indian City’, conceptualised, curated, and edited by Poonam Verma Mascarenhas and Vinayak Bharne.

Book Review: UNBUILT.01 Unrealised explorations by VK:a architecture | Prof. Narendra Dengle

Narendra Dengle

Prof. Narendra Dengle reviews UNBUILT.01, the recently published book by VK:a architecture.

Unbuilt.01 | VK:a architecture | Introduction by Dwaipayan Chakravarty

VK:a Architecture

An Excerpt from Unbuilt.01- A collection of Unbuilt Works of Pune- based VK:a architecture.

Unbuilt.01 | VK:a architecture | A Foreword by Michael W. Bischoff

VK:a Architecture

An Excerpt from Unbuilt.01- A collection of Unbuilt Works of Pune- based VK:a architecture.

Unbuilt.01 | Repository of Unbuilt Works- VK:a architecture

VK:a Architecture

A first in a series of books, Unbuilt.01 is a collection of unbuilt works by Pune-based VK:a architecture. Its launch coincides with the studio celebrating its 50 years.

Book Announcement: Architectural Inheritance and Evolution of India, by Apurva Bose Dutta

Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta

Acclaimed Indian architectural author and award-winning architectural journalist Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta pivots her new book, Architectural Inheritance and Evolution of India, on families, architecture, and India through the narratives of ten architectural families in India.

Book Launch: (de)Coding Mumbai | Sameep Padora

Rajesh Advani

Authored by Sameep Padora and Shreyank Khemalapure as a co-author, (de)Coding Mumbai documents the evolution of Mumbai’s housing fabric and its regulations.

“DeGraaf seeks to lay bare the vacuousness and the fluff that’s behind most buildings built today”, Praveen Bavadekar reviews ‘architect, verb’, By Reinier De Graaf

Praveen Bavadekar

Praveen Bavadekar, Partner at Thirdspace Architecture Studio reviews, Reinier De Graaf’s book, architect, verb.

Book Announcement | Gender Parity: Architecture Profession in Post-Binary India

Rajesh Advani

ArchitectureLive!, in association with launch partner Seed, is presenting its findings from the Gender Parity survey in the form of a book- Gender Parity: Architecture Profession in Post-Binary India.

Architecture Books

“A book that is unquestionably worthwhile and can be considered a milestone in the field.” Prem Chandavarkar on 6 Metros: Urban Planning & Implementation Compared

Book Review: Travel as Recovery

Book | Making Chandigarh: A Vintage History

“‘Happiness’ in architecture is no easier to find than it is anywhere else, apparently.” Khushboo Parmar reviews The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton

Non-Aesthetic Modernity: Metaphysics of Modern Architecture

“The non-linear recounting almost makes one feel as if he is sitting in front of you, narrating pieces of his life as he is remembering them” – Athulya Aby reviews Paths Uncharted, book by Balkrishna Doshi

The book, Conservation and the Indian City, highlights the relevance and the potential of participatory conservation planning.

Book Review: UNBUILT.01 Unrealised explorations by VK:a architecture | Prof. Narendra Dengle

Unbuilt.01 | VK:a architecture | Introduction by Dwaipayan Chakravarty

Unbuilt.01 | VK:a architecture | A Foreword by Michael W. Bischoff

Unbuilt.01 | Repository of Unbuilt Works- VK:a architecture

Book Announcement: Architectural Inheritance and Evolution of India, by Apurva Bose Dutta

Book Launch: (de)Coding Mumbai | Sameep Padora

“DeGraaf seeks to lay bare the vacuousness and the fluff that’s behind most buildings built today”, Praveen Bavadekar reviews ‘architect, verb’, By Reinier De Graaf

Book Announcement | Gender Parity: Architecture Profession in Post-Binary India

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