Information and reviews about architecture and design books majorly covering Indian architects’ works, practice and profiles.
Information and reviews about architecture and design books majorly covering Indian architects’ works, practice and profiles.
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.
Biome Diaries is envisaged to be a series of pocket-friendly publications about the people, projects, and processes at Biome Environmental Solutions (formerly Chitra Vishwanath Architects).
‘ARCHITECTURE for WELL BEING’, Book By Raman vig
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
Those wondering why the design of contemporary Indian cities is such an arduous and joyless affair will find Ranjit Sabikhi’s book of immense interest. Many may even find themselves jolted to action within their spheres of influence despite the book’s unflappable tone. Most importantly, this book is an invitation to liberate oneself from the valorised image of western or imperial city planning towards a more nuanced, indigenous, and flexible approach to our cities. – Sudipto Ghosh
Ranjit Sabikhi, the author of the book, A Sense of Space, The Crisis of Urban Design in India, belongs to that generation of architects and urban designers who have witnessed the transformation of the Indian city from the years immediately after Independence to the mega-metropolis that we now inhabit. In New Delhi, his city of residence for the last six decades, Sabikhi has, through both the written word and the built work, drawn from and commented on, the complexity of India’s historical and contemporary urban agglomerations.
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
The implication of being ‘Indian’ and an exploration of what is meant by ‘Design’, are both fundamental to the context in which we work and learn, and therefore to our growth as individuals and as designers. The four related essays in this book, using the sari as a metaphor, discuss Indian design, in the context of the larger meanings of ‘design’ and ‘Indian’. Through an understanding of national, regional and individual identity, the ideas in these essays hope to generate a dialogue that can conceivably benefit the practice and patronage of design. – Book by Anisha Shekhar Mukherji
Avani Institute of Design, Calicut, recently convened a research symposium on the topic of Gender and Academic Leadership in Architecture in India, which proposed to
At an IIT Kanpur alumni meet in the United States, friends making a film on 50 years of IIT Kanpur were interviewing Roger Vogler, the
The Smart Artist, A Working Guide For Creative Professionals By ArtBuzz Studio
Anant Raje was a free man. His long association with Louis Kahn, from 1964 to 1974, and later, the twenty-six years as project architect for the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad, were his first call to free- dom.
Climax City – This book started life as a book of maps. Maps that have taken a lot of time to draw, huge amounts of time in fact. So much time that we have been branded by friends and family as obsessive. Before we start, let us offer a defence, or at least a plea in mitigation.
Unbuilt work continues, in more ways than one! We are overwhelmed at the enthusiasm and support we have received in this endeavour, and are excited
Blueprint – The Works of Gautam Bhatia, is an artist’s testimony about his work, nothing more and nothing less. For that reason alone, it is an unusually welcome event in Indian architectural discourse.
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