Can Hyderabad be made livable?
If livable cities give all citizens equal opportunity to lead healthy, comfortable and safe lives, how livable is our Hyderabad…
Form Follows Climate
“Form Follows Climate “, Charles Corrrea, a famous Indian architect once said. This idea essentially suggests that a built environment…
Design & Public Housing
India is the second highest populated country in the world with nearly 1.3 billion populations contributing to 17% percent of…
Stemming corruption
A friend recently threw out the juicy question of how we can help improve government transparency and accountability in India.…
What makes a good city?
A prerequisite of a good city is mixed use neighborhoods, density and walkable streets. Let’s take examples. London, New York,…
Inclusive cities and special children
Talking about inclusive cities has become fashionable today. It appears that conclaves and round tables on urban issues cannot be…
The Race between Cities.
Urbanization is a chase for economic development and revenue generation for our states and cities. Urban areas are attempting to…
Media , PPP , FSI …
One look at our roads will tell you that there is a desperate need for a reserved public car parking…
Smart Growth
Compared to suburban greenfield sites, developing infill brownfield property is complicated and costly. We must level the playing field by…
Life Between Buildings
Architects begin with programs for building. The program is measurable, quantifiable, a finite entity (something that accountants love). But life…