Shiny Varghese

Mahendra Raj was one of the leading structural engineers of India. The final rites will be at the Lodhi crematorium at 5.30 pm today.

Architect-artist Ankon Mitra celebrates the quotidian in his latest solo while using origami techniques to fold aluminium sheets, leather, ceramics and even glass, resulting in an absolute spectacle

The Venice Biennale, which opens on April 23, has many firsts in its palette. Here’s an aerial view of the exhibition that runs all the way till November.

Starting today, a new feature that takes us through the nooks and crannies of the national capital. Author-historian Swapna Liddle walks with us through the narrow lanes of Mehrauli, one of Delhi’s oldest inhabited areas, and talks about the need for our monuments to be less policed and more for the people.

Delhi’s most famous pre-Independence builder — whose firm is now at the centre of a legal dispute with the government over alleged non-payment of rent by the latter in Delhi’s Sujan Singh Park area — has lent more than his touch to some of the Capital’s iconic buildings, including Regal, Scindia House, Connaught Place’s A Block, and Chelmsford Club.

The 57-year-old is the first architect from Africa to win the prestigious award, in its over four-decade history. We take a look as to what makes his style of building so unique and how does his world view empower people around him?

The UK's 'Homes for Ukraine' scheme allows residents to host displaced Ukrainians in their own homes or independent accommodation for six months to a year. How does it work and what are some criticisms against it?

The year has seen some vigorous transformations and some quiet renewals. Here are the approaches that are redefining what architecture is about.

British architect-urbanist Richard Rogers, 88, designer of the iconic Pompidou Centre in Paris, passed away on December 18. What were his contributions to 20thcentury world architecture and why is he called the shaper of city skylines?

Architect-urbanist Kazi Khaleed Ashraf on the essence of nation-building and evaluating architecture through its locational ethics

On Thursday, Doshi, 94, won the Royal Gold Medal 2022 in recognition of his lifetime work of over seven decades as a thinker, architect and academic who has been able to “undo, redo and evolve”.

An award-winning animated short film, Kandittund!, presents a slice-of-life glimpse into characters who populate the afterlife in Malayalam folklore

A record 4.3 million people resigned in August, up 242,000 from July, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Relocation isn’t without its paradoxes. In the pandemic, as people shift homes to hills and beaches, it brings with it a slower pace, a connect with nature, sometimes lesser pay cheques but ultimately a fuller life.

The 2021 RIBA Charles Jencks Award and Auguste Perret Prize-winning architect's strategy has helped reduce buildings’ environment footprint, housed more and supported local economies

The self-taught architect, who worked for more than three decades in Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh, gave a contemporary edge to traditional materials such as mud, bamboo and slate

Lebanese architect-scholar Hashim Sarkis on curating the ongoing Venice Architecture Biennale, finding new possibilities of spatial interaction and why cities matter

Florida condominium collapse underlines vulnerability of seaside structures. A checklist of dos and don’ts

From a petitioner to an advisor, naturalist Pradip Krishen on the Central Vista Redevelopment Project and the need to marry heritage with pragmatism

Pradip Krishen is also on an expert committee set up by the Supreme Court to look at ways to mitigate irreversible damage to natural wilderness and biodiversity from development projects like roads, mining and dams.

A website that maps slum evictions and resettlement colonies questions the imagination of a city

The construction for the Central Vista Avenue has been declared as an 'essential service' by the government. It brings two questions to the fore, amid the public health emergency: What is essential? And for whom is it a service

For over four decades Ganju worked among the marginalised and searched for indigenous ways to build and understand architecture

While the 50cr renovation project is underway, what will become of the city's most loved public space and what are the changes involved