
Architect B.V. Doshi- A Life Fully Lived
Pioneer Architect B.V. Doshi, India’s first and only Pritzker Awardee, passed away on the morning of 24 January 2023.
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Pioneer Architect B.V. Doshi, India’s first and only Pritzker Awardee, passed away on the morning of 24 January 2023.
The 1960s- That was when cracks first developed in Joshimath’s buildings. 2023! That is when the sound of these seven decades-old alarm bells finally reached.
The Gender Parity: Architecture Profession in Post-Binary India team, in a conversation with Leewardists’ Anuj Kale and Shreya Khandekar, discussed the lack of gender inclusivity within the profession.
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, Ladakh based Earthling Ladakh reminisces its ethos, approach and journey.
In this article, the author- Tarun Walecha, talks about the impact of Architecture on a user’s mental health.
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
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