INDUTOPIA: REMARKS ON THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY INDIAN CITY
India is a place where complexity and chaos are embraced as key ingredients in the warp and weft of the…
Automobile and the city.
“Most problems the developing world is facing become better as one gets richer. Except for transportation, it gets worse.” Enrique…
Challenge of Energy Transition
COSTS AND CHALLENGES OF ENERGY TRANSITION Andrew McKillop Former Expert-Programming, Div A-Policy, DG XVII-Energy, European Commission, Brussels Submission to FINSIA…
Have you walked in your city recently?
There was a time when I used walk extensively- from my college to the office and home and to almost…
$ a gallon architecture??
After the Second World War, North American built its cities around the automobile in what is often termed as auto-…
The Significance of Laurie Baker
Who was Laurie baker? It is difficult to put him in the category of just an architect as most people…
Heritage to Modernism….
Heritage is a deep sense of values. And, for those values to set in there must have been a time…
Energy and The Built Environment
Sustainable construction is now a frequently used term which simply means a common-sense approach to the property design and procurement.…
The Day Mumbai went Flat
There was no gas in Mumbai a couple of weeks ago . If you passed petrol pumps at Breach Candy…
The Urban Planet
The idea of cities has held the fascination of many theorists, poets and other intelligentsia; and they have all described…