More concretely, the single library can be imagined as the space a network creates. It may be imagined as a network of various dispersed
book lovers and readers tied to it. That thought takes us places. What if the larger space within which a particular library sits is actually a
cumulative super-network of users of other libraries, in a larger network of libraries?
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.
My uncle recently moved into a new apartment in Pune. While talking about it, he mentioned what I realized was a pergola over his
The dialogue that spanned a month and a half is now coming to an end – as we wrap up our discussion about portrayal of
Article edited by: Anupriya Saraswat We continue our discussion about Photoshopped Architecture and attempt to decode artistic ethos and create a dialogue that ponders its
Charles Correa’s design for the Salt Lake City Centre, Kolkata was built in 2004. Most who have seen it remember it as an exceptional conversation
Author: Ar. Himanshu Burte, is an architect and an Assistant Professor at the School of Habitat Studies, at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. A graduate
Book review by Ar. Himanshu Burte Ann Thorpe’s ‘The Designer’s Atlas of Sustainability: Charting the Conceptual Landscape Through Economy, Ecology and Culture’ attempts a difficult
When we talk of sustainable architecture we usually think in terms of specific issues- energy, emissions, and waste management. Most architects are thus conscious about
Review of the book, ‘Inhuman Architecture’ by Hugo Keukelhaus (1974) translated by Elmar Schenkel and published by Studio Naqshbandi, Auroville, 2007. Himanshu Burte, is an architect
Perhaps the most important achievement of Nandakumar’s design is the informal but graded transitions across interior space and the variety of outdoor settings- garden,
Cathedral at Karwar: The cathedral is an intimate public building, with a roof that repeats polygonal forms along its length. The entrance porch on the short side is made grand by the low masonry (grey basaltic granite) mass that it shelters, and which is part of the long side wall of the church.
I was recently at IIM Ahmedabad walking around Louis Kahn’s masterpiece. I have always enjoyed being there, but this time during my third or fourth
Every design studio in every architecture college has one- a design with one or many tilted walls. Usually, there is more than one design. And often, as with practicing architects, it is the more talented students who try to design buildings to that look like they are about to fall in all directions at the same time. Zaha, Gehry, did you say? Sure. – Himanshu Burte
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