Part of the talk given by Prof. A.G.K.Menon on the issue related to the Hall of Nations’s demolition, and the bigger issue with the profession. The full video is awaited from the organisers of the meeting.
Because we have not done anything in last seventy years, our profession is completely submerged with bureaucracy and other issues..
Kirtee Shah’s keynote address for “Laurie Baker Birth Centenary Celebrations” interrogates the architectural profession’s fundamental disconnection from societal imperatives, using Laurie Baker’s praxis as a framework for examining contemporary professional alienation and proposing transformative pedagogical and practice-based interventions within India’s built environment crisis.
Sangam is a 3,300 sq. ft. canteen near Pune, Maharashtra, designed by Alkesh Gangwal & Associates, blending recycled materials and innovative design to create a flexible, light-filled respite within an industrial landscape.
Amid the spatial constraints of a recreational campus, Funktion Design was tasked with an unusual challenge: to extend the dining capacity of the Rajamahal Vilas
Fahad Zuberi writes about the surge in architecture PR firms and influencers in India—prioritizing viral appeal over authenticity, turning architecture into a popularity contest and diminishing critical discourse.
Fractal Chaos designed a writer’s cottage, in Pasli Gaon, Velhe, Maharashtra, as a nature-attuned retreat, featuring local basalt stone, extended roof overhangs, and strategic windows, all within a budget-conscious, feasible on-site construction approach.
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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When top level architects and planners are busy satisfying their political masters, and do not have courage to show their anger than this was about to happen.
Can’t agree more…