The Great FSI Debate: FSI versus Quality of Life
Floor Space Index is a tool for optimum ‘land consumption’ and ‘building density’. There is an on-going discussion about vertical…
Why small towns are lagging behind?
There are 4,378 urban centres that have the 285 million urban citizens of the country. Of these there are 35…
Live: Highlights from Indian Budget 2013 for the Urban Infrastructure Sector
#budget2013 #infra #Cities Live Highlights from the Indian budget for the urban infrastructure sector. [View the story ” #budget2013 #infra…
Prefabricated Technologies- Future of Construction
photo credit: V31S70 India is a land of opportunities; opportunities for those people who want to contribute their efforts in…
Vinayak Bharne on "The Emerging Asian City"
Vinayak Bharne is the Director of Design at Moule & Polyzoides in Los Angeles, one of the founding firms of…
Has JNNURM succeeded in addressing urban poverty?
Ignorance is not bliss! – for Small and Medium Cities towards addressing urban poverty through JNNURM Pan-India ONE solution for…
Regional governance in Canada
photo credit: Camera Eye Photography‘ . . Canada is the leading former British colony – that leads even its former…
Monument in motion
photo credit: Rafa http://www.micamara.es Jantar Mantar, over the past two decades, has offered numerous reflections on the complex intersection of…
The perfect is the enemy of the good!
photo credit: Emmanuel Dyan Recently I had an opportunity to participate in two engaging dialogues. One, a presentation by Patricia Clarke…
Portland: Nature in the City
It was a conscious effort by the planners and citizens of Portland and Oregon to not become sprawling like its…