Dilli's world class pretensions exposed

At the outset, I wish to express my profound sense of shock and sadness at Sunita Narain’s unfortunate accident. I continue to pray and …

A thin green coating

No check on performance of green-rated buildings; developers pocket government incentives

Maharashtra soft on Lavasa?

Yet to implement environment ministry’s order on the project

Howl of the hills

Denial of the rural

Rooted to earth

Rooted to earth

‘Modern buildings cannot breathe’

Kolkata-based architect Laurent Fournier tells how ceilings can float and why bamboo-reed-mud make more sense than brick-concrete-steel

An urban puzzle

India’s population and cities are set to double by 2030. Can it cope with the pressures?

Green home

‘My mentor Laurie Baker’

BENNY KURIAKOSE began his architecture career in 1984. He was one of the privileged few who worked under the tutelage of Laurie Baker which …

Greenest of all

Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movement

Meltdown

Till a couple of decades ago Bangalore was a sleepy city -- running to the rhythm of old trading networks and retired people taking their evening …

Court questions sealing relief law

Delhi to explain how the law is relevant to the Capital’s planned development

Crisis of governance

People in urban scheduled areas suffer as Centre fails to legislate

Scrap Lavasa township: petition

Pune project does not have environmental clearance from Centre

The great wetland grab

Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera

Built to last

A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events

Fixing old houses on Himalaya

German architect Andre Alexander has been restoring old buildings in the Tibetan capital Lhasa for 15 years now. Over the past few years he has …

No apartments

Our little understood urban dystopia

Land over nature

Cities are expanding indiscriminately across the globe, at the cost of rich biodiversity  

Public spaces make cities

Street activities work as ‘eyes on the street’, that keeps cities safe, and Jane Jacobs said create neighbourly environment. Public …

Hope in jaywalkers

The dominant urban vision is deeply exclusionary

Uttarakhand on bumpy recovery road

The state needs stringent town planning and environment assessment to prevent disasters