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Jawaharlal Nehru’s thoughts and saying on art, architecture, heritage, cities and city planning, and building a New India
While the rich and dynamic history of Art and Architecture in India has always received admiration, little focus has been on appreciating that of post-independence. This article attempts to bridge this gap by crediting the past 75 years out of thousands of years of Indian Art and Architecture and paying homage to the constantly evolving Architectural landscape of Independent India.-Megha Pande | ArchitectureLive!
भारत की मौजूदा वास्तुकला को अगर किसी एक खाँचे में रखकर देखना चाहें तो यह बेहद मुश्किल होगा क्योंकि इतिहास से वर्तमान तक हज़ारों
In Ukraine’s fight to defend itself against the Russian invasion, the social function of spaces changed. Six months into the invasion, we now look at the other casualty of this war-Architecture. -Megha Pande | ArchitectureLive!
Good work that is not entered into competitions goes unrecognized as are unbuilt projects that may be incorporating path-breaking concepts, but where clients have shied away from taking the leap
A matter of Perspective? The PM’s unveiling of the National Emblem atop the new Parliament building has again placed the controversial Central Vista Redevelopment project into the spotlight. – Megha Pande | ArchitectureLive!
The Eden That Was Hell: An Urbanist Perspective on Martin Scorsese’s The Gangs of New York, Ahmed Sadeed
“Women in Architectural Practice: Everyday Experiences and Exercising Agency” was a 2-day National Symposium organized by the Feminist Collective in Architecture (FCA), India, a
Aarti Dhingra shares a tribute to Christopher Alexander, noted architect and a design theorist.
Our work looks at the shifting, fluid and the negotiable rather than the fixed, static and rigid. This view cultivates design that is infrastructural and catalytic, setting in motion materials and habitations that resonate beyond the scale of intervention on a given site. ~ Anuradha Mathur.
Total Disregard of Recent Traumatic Events will Inevitably Lead to Widespread Turmoil: Ranjit Sabikhi
At Tashkent, the Uzbekistan capital we board an amazing Soviet era YAK 40 (Yakoliv) for Termez. The plane smells of Vodka and has a public bus feel to it. No need to be careful about overhead luggage falling on to your heads, the Yak 40 has its total luggage space (both hand and check in baggage) at the back. You enter in from the tail. The pilot enters from the back after all passengers have boarded, you stand up in respect and sit down only after he has taken to his cabin. – Design Dalda
Out with the Offline, In with the Online! – Takbir Fatima from DesignAware discusses the advantages of
The initial idea of imagining this pavilion started with the question “how to make sure that the given small area be utilised fully and be made multi-functional and modular, especially in accommodating the dynamic needs and activities of the urban lifestyle?” – Dhruv Shah
The fourth exhibition in the series The Architect‘s Studio presents the Indian architect Anupama Kundoo. The exhibitions gives us insight into the architect’s working process. How does the form of a building arise, and what is the thinking behind the choice of materials and construction technique?
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