It is difficult to harness water, water finds its way, water looks for a slope, water flows, wall to contain the...

Miniaturization happens under many themes. A small replica of buildings or typical elements is fairly common. The...

Clay pots and clay utensils are most primitive objects of most civilizations, the processes in Nepal and India are...

Kathmandu Valley is considered to be one of the important enclaves of wooden and earthquake-resistant architecture....

The secular as well as religious wooden architecture of Kerala is unique in South Asia and seems to have some...

Principles of non-violence have been important to the Gujarati society and they have manifested symbolically and...

Survival amidst chaos, lowering the standards of public life, each one for one’s self, lack of the collective,...

Vernacular and traditional architecture that has resulted from the medieval timeshave thrived on typological...

The Dutch, the Portuguese, the French and the English came to India at different times from around 15th century,...

In terms of materiality the issue of which architecture came prior to which has been an important debate more or...

The rural and the vernacular architecture represent the largest built environment of India.These entities are frozen...

Brick (mud), wood and stone have been the essential materials of construction since the genesis of shelter. Grass,...

The word ‘space’ is used in the limited circle of architects and it does not have clear connotations in many...

A courtyard is an important device for the tectonics of space and for giving a meaningful disposition. The size of...

In India, the complexities surrounding the activity of conservation are too many, ranging from socio-cultural to...

In Basic Design I do not teach; I show how to learn. I believe that for an introductory learning process, it is...

The original name of this river is Shubhramati which has two important connotations in it’s meaning. They are: ‘a...

Gujarat, Saurashtra and especially Kutch have been some of the prime earthquake-prone regions of the world. In 1819...

The first idea of modernity came with the colonial times. Apart from all other types of architecture, the bungalow...