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City trapped in a solar oven

Climate-incompatible buildings that fuel excessive use of air- conditioners not only add to the energy needs of cities but also create …

Eco-friendly building

BUILD YOUR HOUSE TO THE RHYTHM OF LIFE Vinoo Kaley Bliarat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha National Organising Council

Catching the wind

Modern designers of interior climate control can learn a thing or two from traditional windtowers and windtunnels

ECUADOR

Green look

The inspiring architect from Burkina Faso who lifted world’s biggest prize

Kéré’s work is a magnificent example of the potential of architecture to provide a better future 

Solar Power Tree

Solar Power Tree is a structure that is designed like a tree with branches made of steel to hold the photovoltaic panels. India's first solar …

Out in the cold

It is possible to design buildings that stay cool in summer and warm in winter and save energy. But interest in solar passive architecture …

Sun city

Architectural features that eliminate artificial heating or cooling of a building are becoming de rigeur

Venice is sinking

Scientists at last find concrete proof - an eighteenth-century painting

Environmentally sustainable football stadium in UK

Good housekeeping

Traditional architecture makes for better homes

‘Sick-building syndrome’ fuelling India’s COVID-19 infections

Greed of the air-conditioning industry and architects mean that India’s new buildings don’t get adequate ventilation; now, the Centre …

Rolling back the architect

Durganand Balsavar’s designs incorporate community demands even at the cost of violating architectural principles

Simply creative

General principles of architecture are imaginatively applied to create a green building in Gurgaon

Readymade bridges

A modular bridge kit made of railroad flatcar decks

Buttressing the Raj

What were The Royal Indian Engineering College grads really up to? A history...

`Bioregionalism could become a global movement'

French architect Didier Prost is an advocate of bioregionalism, which calls for a renewed focus on local people and knowledge to innovate for …

The greening of the urban landscape

GREEN ARCHITECTURE Brenda and Robert Vale Publisher: Thames and Hudson, UK Price: L18.95

Restoring a century-old building in Chandannagar helps raise awareness about heritage management

The Registry Building constructed in 1875 served as the register office as well as the first French courthouse

To pull down or not

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Natural elements keep homes comfortable

A new architectural technique uses the sun and other natural elements to regulate temperature, thereby helping to conserve non-renewable energy …

The curious case of Delhi’s proposed tunnels—if you cannot solve something, make it more complex

This trained urban designer relearns urban planning, desi-style