Through the essay “Teaching the Ground,” Biju Kuriakose examines what architectural education can learn from the realities of practice. The essay considers how students might move beyond ideas and ...

Perhaps the question is not really about ownership at all. Perhaps it is about who gets to shape a place, who gets to decide what a street becomes, how it is used, where one stops, where another walks ...

Anusha Oviyam reflects on growing up in Pattiveeranpatti, Tamil Nadu, where steps, verandahs, frontages, and streets naturally became shared community spaces. She explores how these everyday spaces ...

Granthalay, by Studio Infinity, brings together spaces for reading, learning, and community life in Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. Its circular form, central courtyard, and use of local materials connect ...

The pandemic changed the way many people thought about home. For Mr. Abhishek Ubale and Mrs. Sunaina, based in Bengaluru, the uncertainty of lockdown led them to a farm at Sanctity Ferme, a farming ...

Where is India’s Abercrombie? Ankur Bisen questions why architects remain largely absent from the urgent challenges facing Indian cities—from flooding and pollution to unplanned growth. As the ...

A rose, given on Guru Purnima, becomes a metaphor. H. Masud Taj takes architecture students' simple tribute to their professors and finds something larger in it: the rose's spiral shape echoes the ...

Architect and researcher Bhavya Jain reflects on Sonam Wangchuk’s pioneering work in Ladakh, exploring sustainable architecture, climate-responsive design, and community-led innovation. Through ...

Khudi Bari an Aga Khan Award for Architecture recipient 2025 is a modular structure that was developed during the lockdown of the pandemic in 2020 as a potential shelter for the marginalized landless ...

Why did acclaimed modernist architects suddenly introduce historical symbolism like arches, decorative elements, and other cultural references into their work after decades of disciplined restraint?

Prem Chandavarkar, Partner at CnT Architects, writes about the firm's manifesto that is defined by four frames—Integrity, Empathy, Emancipation, and Transcendence—advocating a collective, ethical, and ...

As Dharavi, Mumbai's dense economic powerhouse with a $1 billion annual turnover, undergoes a major Adani-led redevelopment, Kavas Kapadia elucidates the key challenge of modernising resident life and ...