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“I’ll put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” -Frank Bridgers.   The very concept of green architecture was based on the endeavor to find alternative resources…

We talked about green lighting methods and the importance of building solutions in our previous posts, let us discuss some more interior solutions, although they don’t seem so important to most of us, they can actually help make our buildings green, our lives safer and our planet cleaner. Producing green…

Nari (Nariman) Gandhi, often called the Howard Roark of India, continued the legacy of his master Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic architecture; creating self-reliant, natural buildings that looked a part of their surroundings and allowed natural light and ventilation in abundance. He gradually developed his own style that had the fragrance…

“The reality of architecture is not contained in the roof and walls, but in the space within. It is the space that is.” -Nari Gandhi. He was years ahead of his time. He was an architect, an artist, a sculptor; he never worked from an office, his sites were his…

One component of the building construction that is mostly neglected or considered minor is insulation. Contrary to the common belief, it is actually critical to a building’s energy efficiency and plays a vital role in making it green. If insulation is not taken care of properly, large amounts of energy…

Lighting plays a vital role in making a building user friendly or otherwise. It’s a significant component of indoor environmental quality encompassing health, safety and comfort related issues of the building users. You certainly cannot consider a building green if it doesn’t use green lighting methods. Let us go a…