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Rainwater Harvesting: Droplets of Life
“Water, water, everywhere, and all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” -Samuel Taylor Coleridge ...
Advantages of a Green Roof
Different parts of the world, including India, witnessed an exceptionally warm year 2024, with mercury going past 50 degrees at ...
Zaha Hadid : Breaking Barriers
Coming from a traditional Muslim society, she still dared to embrace the profession of architecture despite being a female; she ...
A Unique Green Concept: Bird-Friendly Exteriors
“If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it, one step at a time.” -Marian Wright Edelman ...
Villa Savoye: Trend Setting Architecture
Le Corbusier produced countless masterpieces during his five-decade long career; establishing a new trend for architecture, called the International architecture ...
Chandigarh: A Master’s Masterpiece: Le Corbusier at his Creative best
“The seed of Chandigarh is well sown. It is for the citizens to see that the tree flourishes. The object ...
Le Corbusier: The Pioneer of Modern International Architecture
He was born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris on the 6th of October, 1887 in Switzerland; and spent most of his life in ...
Creating Green Psychology
“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive, and even spiritual satisfaction.” -Dr. Edward O. Wilson. We used to ...
Importance of Green Behavior
A lot of emphasis is put on producing green structures these days; most government and corporate buildings are designed with ...
Top principles of green building Design (Concluding part)
“Sustainable architecture is a philosophical and design approach that reduces negative environmental impact while, to an extent, preserving natural resources, ...
Top Principles of Green Building Design- Part 1
“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” -Frank Gehry. Top 5 principles of green building ...
Green Building Ratings
Green architecture is the prevalent trend in the field of architecture but it is not a fad or mere fashion ...
Green buildings: A growing trend
A friend was in a real mood to show affection for his architect pals during a recent party. “You architects, ...
Benefits of Green Architecture
Human nature is resistant to change; we just do not want to move out of our comfort zone even if ...
Green Architecture: The concept and background: Living in tune with the environment…[Part-02]
One often wonders what green architecture really is all about and why almost every drawing-room conversation invariably ends up discussing ...
B.V. Doshi: A Living Legend
B.V. Doshi: Shaping the discourse of architecture in India: A true legend! His work in architecture to affect humanity is ...
Green Architecture is not just a buzz word: it’s the need of the hour…let’s understand the concept inside-out! [Part -01]
Understanding Green Architecture Recently an enthusiastic client asked our design team to paint his building with shades of green.”So Mr ...
Eero Saarinen: The Architect who saw the Future
He was considered the most revolutionary architect of his generation, a champion of neo-futurism; and yet people often criticized him ...
MORE LONDON BUILDING: SETTING NEW STANDARDS IN SUSTAINABILITY
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” -Native American Proverb. In this ...
THE CRYSTAL, LONDON: A BEACON OF SMART ARCHITECTURE
"Smart buildings are more than just the technologies they use. The goal is to extend the human capacity to create ...
The Bank of America Tower, New York: The Tower of Innovation
“We need to build more sustainably not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it’s the only ...