Perspectives

Perspectives on Architecture, Urbanism and Built Environment

Seher Shah and Randhir Singh, Studies in Form, Akbar Bhavan (#3), 2018, cyanotype print on Arches Aquarelle paper, edition of 5, 22 x 30 in

Brutalist India | Akbar Bhawan, New Delhi

Bhawna Dandona

Folles de la Salpétrière, (Cour des agitées.) (Madwomen of the Salpétrière. (Courtyard of the mentally disturbed.))

Gender. Hysteria. Architecture. | “How Did a Diagnosis Learn to Draw Walls?”

Aditi A

Brutalist India | Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, 1969 - Rear side of view of the library. Credits - Kshitij Rana for MM Rana

Brutalist India | Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, 1974

Bhawna Dandona

Gender, Hysteria, and Architecture - The Witch Hunt. Henry Ossawa Tanner. Source - Wikiart

Gender. Hysteria. Architecture. | “When Did Care Become Confinement?”

Aditi A

A Modernist’s Doubt: Symbolism and the Late Career Turn

Sudipto Ghosh

Ode to Pune - A Vision. © Narendra Dengle - 1

The City That Could Be: An Ode to Pune

Narendra Dengle

(left) Turtle Poem 1999 & Calligraphy 2006, by H. Masud Taj. © H. Masud Taj. (right) Photograph of Hassan Fathy 1976, © Martin Lyons

“Hassan Fathy’s head was in the heavens, heart in the right place, and feet planted firmly on earth.”—H. Masud Taj on his Turtle poem & Hassan Fathy

H Masud Taj

Education Authority Bill - Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill - Architecture Education, A. Srivathsan

Education Authority Bill: Its Implications for Architecture Education

A Srivathsan

Smart City Mission India - Harshad Bhatia

“How smart is your city?” or “How is your city smart?”—The Paradox of Progress

Harshad Bhatia

Open Hand Monument, Chandigarh. Via Chandigarh Tourism

Revisiting Chandigarh: A Vitalised Metaphoric Urban Forest

Suneet Paul

Writers Cottage, by Fractal Chaos

The Search for Indian Architecture: Between Tradition and Modernity

Radha Hirpara

Frank Gehry. Photo/Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

Legendary Architect Frank Gehry Dies at 96

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Feature image - Ego, Equity, and Experience Architectural Employment in India. Nitin Mandhan

Ego, Equity, and Experience: Architectural Employment in India

Nitin Mandhan

Garden Histories of Ahmedabad

Book Announcement | Garden Histories of Ahmedabad, by Landscape Environment Advancement Foundation

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“The new architect must be an environmental thinker, a social listener, a technological innovator, and an ethical actor.” – Ravindra Punde on reimagining architecture education in India

Ravindra Punde