July 26, 2020 07:30 IST
Pradip Krishen on the mistakes the British made in central Delhi’s green cover and how the Central Vista redevelopment will affect it.
Sun, Jul 26, 2020July 22, 2020 21:40 IST
Naturalist Vijay Dhasmana speaks about the replanting strategies for the Central Vista Redevelopment project, what the lack of trees will do Delhi's pollution and why urban forests are the way ahead
Wed, Jul 22, 2020July 04, 2020 20:10 IST
Architect Nisha Mathew Ghosh, who will curate the India Pavilion of the London Design Biennale 2021, shares her preliminary thoughts on green ideas that will make up a billion stories
Sat, Jul 04, 2020July 02, 2020 17:03 IST
From Benares to Bengaluru, silk weavers rely on Chinese silk threads to get a better finish for their saris
Thu, Jul 02, 2020June 21, 2020 06:30 IST
The pandemic and lockdowns to tackle it have raised many questions about the future of urban living.
Sun, Jun 21, 2020June 18, 2020 20:01 IST
It doesn’t cost a lot to rehabilitate the homeless, says the director-animator Kireet Khurana who is out with his latest film, Ek Koshish.
Thu, Jun 18, 2020June 01, 2020 01:37 IST
Apart from Dilli Haat, Sachdeva is credited with The Garden of Five Senses and his streetscape work during the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Mon, Jun 01, 2020May 30, 2020 19:40 IST
Sarto Almeida, who mentored architects across the country and gave buildings a modern regional edge, was instrumental in planning Goa’s cities.
Sat, May 30, 2020May 19, 2020 10:00 IST
The Delhi-based architect and urban designer speaks about cross subsidies for the urban poor to have a right to the city, his latest book that delves into the faultlines of urban planning and public spaces in a Covid landscape
Tue, May 19, 2020May 14, 2020 10:00 IST
The architect-urban designer on city planning in a post-COVID world, giving migrants an improved quality of life and making them citizens of new organic cities
Thu, May 14, 2020May 06, 2020 19:02 IST
Can architecture bring back craft into its storytelling, not only as a way to support artisans but also give an identity to the regional flavours of our country, and reclaim a place that was theirs centuries ago?
Wed, May 06, 2020April 14, 2020 20:57 IST
In a pro bono effort, a group of volunteers across India has come together to make face shields, free of cost, for doctors and medical support staff of government hospitals.
Tue, Apr 14, 2020April 09, 2020 09:10 IST
“Our faith doesn’t end with a Good Friday, it begins at resurrection. And I’m convinced the lockdown will result in a transformation within families and churches,” says Fr Barrett.
Thu, Apr 09, 2020March 21, 2020 17:15 IST
The coronavirus has taught us to split teams, work in shifts or work from home. Office layouts, too, have changed. Architects gear up to implement design ideas that may actually make for more efficient use of space
Sat, Mar 21, 2020March 12, 2020 01:17 IST
An online collection highlights how a design movement in Germany influenced the modernist language of expression in art and architecture in India
Fri, Mar 13, 2020March 06, 2020 17:30 IST
A brief history of how streets, which act as a stage where our lives play out, connect people, with roads continuing to be its impassive counterpoint
Thu, Mar 05, 2020March 04, 2020 06:33 IST
A book on unbuilt architectural projects in India points to the possibilities of structural forms and the ambition of limitless imagination.
Wed, Mar 04, 2020March 01, 2020 08:30 IST
The architect and heritage conservationist on how architecture can represent what a modern democracy should be.
Fri, Feb 28, 2020February 27, 2020 04:25 IST
A “walking sculpture”, a designer, an activist and writer, he never fails to turn heads dressed in fabric and steel, frills and brocade, ribbons and shells, feathers, crystals and over-sized safety pins.
Thu, Feb 27, 2020February 23, 2020 09:00 IST
Marina Tabassum on working with the local, centrality of the central space in buildings, and creating a seed fund to help women build
Thu, Feb 20, 2020February 22, 2020 18:40 IST
Fashion doesn’t conform to space and time, has no limits, and is constantly about change, says the Ahmedabad-based Padma Bhushan-recipient architect
Thu, Feb 20, 2020February 12, 2020 00:10 IST
A recent exhibition in Delhi, organised by INTACH, J&K Chapter, Department of Tourism, Kashmir and India International Centre, Delhi, displayed the “Sacred Architecture of Kashmir”, showing how spiritual traditions continued in form and structure.
Wed, Feb 12, 2020February 04, 2020 00:15 IST
A photography exhibition of IIT Delhi looks at the principles of modernist architecture activated in the building and its reality six decades later.
Mon, Feb 03, 2020February 02, 2020 09:30 IST
‘The world has changed a lot and architects can save the world. But, in India, we can't think beyond the Gateway of India or Taj Mahal. Our architecture has no one to take it forward.'
Mon, Feb 03, 2020January 27, 2020 00:09 IST
Tsien was one of the keynote speakers at the recent Women In Design 2020+ in Mumbai, where she shared learnings from their projects of over four decades.
Mon, Jan 27, 2020