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Having only heard stories and anecdotes, Abhishek Mathur narrates his experience of physically visiting his family home and its locality in Delhi’s Kashmiri Gate.
Where are the Women in Architecture? Where did the Women in Architecture Disappear? Why do the senior positions not have women in the mix? Women are there in Architecture, they are and have been leading senior positions in the profession, and this article is for them.
As part of Gender Parity: Architecture Profession in Post-Binary India, Mumbai-based architect and academician Amrita Nayak shares her experience with gender bias in Architecture Profession and Academia.
Two months after its official launch, the Gender Parity team brings a few findings from its ongoing survey Gender Parity: Architecture Profession in Post-Binary India.
Architect Kavas Kapadia discusses his take on how uncontrolled vehicular traffic took over walkability.
The 2018 Walton Studio invited students to reflect on the commercialized, institutionalized and sanitized American celebration of death, through architecture’s perspective.
Focusing on the spiritual dimension of professing architecture, the Walton Program proposes that architecture can and should assist the spiritual growth of humanity in the service of tackling both our urgent and enduring challenges.
In Memories at Sangath, Ajit Rao recollects his time at the revered studio while working with Architect B.V. Doshi.
Sonali Rastogi, Co-founder and Principal Architect at India’s leading Architectural Practice, Morphogenesis, discusses the trajectory of gender representation in her journey as an architect and how she, along with her co-founder and partner, Manit, went on to lead one of India’s only gender-positive practices.
One of India’s greatest architects, B.V. Doshi, passed away on January 24, 2023. This article is a tribute by architect Aashish Karode to India’s sole Pritzker awardee.
Right to Walk is an analysis by the author, Tarun Walecha, of walkability and India’s pedestrian traffic and its impact on the economical, social and physical health of India and its citizens.
Future Trajectories: Unfolding India’s Young Architecture is a collection of works of young architectural practices in India that are redefining the architectural landscape of India. Through conversations, essays and interviews, the book explores the past, present and future of Indian Architecture.
On the surface, Jaya Nila, an architect from Bangalore, comes across as your regular, accomplished and confident architect. That is what she is! But, behind the awarded young architect is also a person who’s been battling societal norms since a very young age.
This article is a travel account of Architect Suneet Paul of his visit to Vietnam.
First published in the 1997 monograph, ‘The Sheltering Angle-Architecture of Asha and Prabhakar Baste’, this essay, authored by H Masud Taj, is an introduction to the work of architects Asha Baste and Prabhakar Baste and is being republished on the occasion of their new (2022) book.
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