Sheikh Intekhab Alam reviews the book “Sheltering Angle” by Asha and Prabhakar Baste that is a four-decade legacy in Indian architecture, featuring their distinctive approach to housing design and regional influences.
“The recent book brought about by people who knew him closely offers windows into his versatile mind through twenty essays of a reflective tenor.” writes Sriganesh Rajendran in his review for the book “M.N. Ashish Ganju – Thinker and Architect”.
Geethu Gangadhar reviews the book ‘A Call to Return: A Journey with Didi Contractor’, compiled and edited by Lakshmi Swaminathan.
Rajat Ray reviews the book ‘Non-Aesthetic Modernity: Metaphysics of Modern Architecture’, authored by Jaimini Mehta. In the book, Mehta argues that modernity is not limited to the radical modernist movement and the ideology of “modernism” that emerged in Europe during the 18th century.
Khushboo Parmar reviews The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton.
Athulya Aby reviews the book, Paths Uncharted by Balkrishna Doshi.
Durganand Balsavar, ARTES ROOTS COLLABORATIVE, reviews the book ‘Conservation And The Indian City’, conceptualised, curated, and edited by Poonam Verma Mascarenhas and Vinayak Bharne.
A new book titled, “ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING: HAND-DRAWN PERSPECTIVES &SKETCHES” curated by Sarbjit Bahga and published by White Falcon Publishinghasbeen launched recently. It is a unique
The goal of this book has been to present an intellectual overview of the various sub-plots within the architecture of India during that period. It is a concise view of a complex architectural history. The book focuses not on architects but lines of architectural thought. It evaluates the role of the architecture of foreign masters of modern architecture in India in shaping the post-independence Indian architecture. It is an effort to understand the reasons of origin of modern architecture, factors responsible for its development and its architectural vocabulary both in the world and in India at the turn of the 20th century
A new book titled, “DR SS BHATTI: Biographical Conversations” has been launched recently. It has been authored by Sarbjit Bahga, a Chandigarh-based architect, and published by White Falcon Publishing, Chandigarh. Foreword to the book has been written by Islamabad-based architect Jahangir SM Khan, Immediate Past President of ARCASIA (Architects Regional Council Asia).
2019 marks the bicentenary of John Ruskin’s birth. John Ruskin and the Fabric of Architecture, a Routledge publication (2018), authored by architectural historian Anuradha Chatterjee is timely and succeeds in firmly resurrectingRuskin as relevant and his thought processes as timeless and thus merit deeper engagement. – Anuradha Chatterjee
In an age where the mammoth, the huge, the colossal, and in the words of Rem Koolhass, “Biggness” is celebrated, and the monumental is the
The books remind us on every page how a city is only as large as the sum of its inhabitants, the people making the place before the place makes the people.
Architectural Journalism, Architect Pappal Suneja explores with a multi-faceted approach the depth and width of this profession within the goals of literary journalism. The Chapters
On Charles Correa’s 87th birth anniversary, we turn to one of his most profound essays in search for the missing piece.
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