The design of India’s first bullet train terminal is ready. The Sabarmati station in Gujarat, which will be the terminating station of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train route, will have the theme of Mahatma Gandhi’s Dandi March of 1930. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe had laid the foundation stone of the station last year. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is expected to be completed by 2022.
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The Open Ideas National Competition 2025 – Season V on Improving Livability of Small Houses organised by Habitat Forum (INHAF) in partnership with Sustainability Initiatives (SI), seeks proposals for improving the liveability of small low-cost housing.
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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.
Suchitra Deep reviews the restoration of a colonial-era school in Bangalore, by Hundredhands, into the newly-opened “Sabha” as a flexible arts and culture space, using traditional materials and methods, showcasing adaptive reuse and heritage conservation amidst urban challenges.
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designs like this and such presentation should come with a “I kid you not” disclaimer!