Narratives between old and new – Deeksha Somaiya
Deeksha Somaiya
Deeksha Somaiya talks about Contemporary Indian Approaches to Adaptive Reuse.
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Deeksha Somaiya talks about Contemporary Indian Approaches to Adaptive Reuse.
In this article, the author, Kavas Kapadia, discusses public awareness regarding the profession of architecture and the visibility of architects.
The Gender Parity: Architecture Profession in Post-Binary India Initiative by ArchitectureLive! strives to promote gender inclusivity within the profession. In this article, the Gender Parity Initiative team gives you a sneak peek of the rationale behind this survey and why we believe this initiative is significant to the profession.
On January 09, 2023, the Council of Architecture released an Interim Report- Architecture Education Way ahead, in pursuit of Education Reforms. In this article, A. Srivathsan briefly summarises the proposed new reforms and talks about the Council of Architecture’s role moving forward.
Architect Gautam Bhatia reviews the book, ‘Sen Kapadia: In Pursuance of Meanings’, edited by Pinkish Shah.
Durganand Balsavar on Internationally acclaimed architect, educationist, institution builder, Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi who turned turned 90 in August 2017.
Edited by Nayantara Patel and designed by Rukminee Guha Thakurta, the book conveys an inextricably linked synergy between Ramu Katakam’s life and work.
The Architecture Travelogues, by Edgar Demello, are a compilation of diverse forays into familiar as well as uncharted terrain. By train, bus, by foot and bicycle and at times with a hitchhiker’s board. They are based on notes and sketches as well as on recall. In the reconstructions, reality often meets fiction, creating a map that is partly an imprint and partly ephemeral. The accretive experiences of people, places, and cultures were akin to life’s finishing school.
The book on Ramu Katakam is important for two reasons: first and foremost, it is a truthful rendition of architecture as an evolutionary process in an architect’s life; and second, it is the most forthcoming, unguarded, agile and direct form of writing, expressed without fear of judgment.
Introduction from the book: Spaces in Time, A Life in Architecture, authored by Ramu Katakam
Future Trajectories | Dialogues is a series dedicated to the people behind Promising Young Architectural Practices identified in Future Trajectories and Future Trajectories 2.0. In this interview, Delhi-based Emara reminisces its ethos, approach and journey.
This article looks at mundane architectural elements from a fresh perspective. In the form of a group of essays, this is a New Year’s wish from the author to our readers.
I have learnt about Pierre Jeanneret from my senior colleagues that he was straightforward, humble, polite, down-to-earth, amicable, and caring. Apart from this, he was an outstanding architect with exceptional qualities like creativity, inquisitiveness, adaptability to new environments, skills to handle different building materials and understanding of the users’ requirements.
SEN KAPADIA ARCHITECT – IN PURSUANCE OF MEANINGS is a reflection by senior architect Sen Kapadia on his life and 50+ years practice which he has seen as a cultural endeavour and is one of the first compilations on his work in recent times.
As architecture moves away from the hands that built to machines that produce, economies are being realigned towards conglomerates. The rural economies that relied on craft are on a gradual decline. Architecture can perhaps play a role to reverse the said adversary and build economic resilience in the craft and construction industry.
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