Sarbjit Singh Bahga writes about Didi Contractor, a self-taught architect from Dharamshala, India, who made an indelible mark by challenging conventional norms and championed an eco-friendly approach to construction.
Women constitute nearly half of the construction workforce in the country, and yet their role is overlooked. Through the exhibition ‘Samatva – Shaping the Built’ at the India Art, Architecture, and Design Biennale 2024, this article presents questions urging the architectural fraternity to support the feminist practices nurturing sensitive and able designers leading by example, with hopes that it becomes the industry norms.
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.
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.
Jaisim Fountainhead’s Principal Architect and Founder, Prof. Krishna Rao Jaisim, talks about the contribution of females in his journey as a student and later a practising architect.
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.
The Lucknow Architecture Festival was held from 04th November to 06th November 2022. The event’s second day saw a panel discussion on ‘Architecture & Design: Women in Business’. Post the panel discussion- we had a conversation with its moderator, Ar. Ritu Gulati, on women in architecture.
Women Architects and Modernism in India, by Madhavi Desai, attempts to recover the stories of the women architects whose careers nearly parallel the development of modernism in colonial and postcolonial India.
“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
Site Details: The 18th century historic walled city of Jaipur is one of the first planned city of India located in the desert lands of
Calling them the “missionaries of Indian architecture”, Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta– in her first book as an author, Architectural Voices of India: A Blend of Contemporary
An internship is crucial to the making of good professionals. However, very little onus is taken by colleges to oversee the process.
Who among us does not remember in stunning clarity the platform scene in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge? Or the grandeur of the Calcuttan hawelis in
The school sits in a neighborhood with constant construction activity and a godown is in its immediate vicinity. Creating a learning space for a young age group on such a site required that the school be an enclosed and protective space. The site factor played a key role in the design, along with the Reggio-Emilia education approach itself, on which the school is based. – Biome Environmental Solutions
The client’s brief was to construct a temple within the premises of their power plant in the village of Bhadresh, Rajasthan, for their employees and
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