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Why imperfections are important, according to architect Peter Zumthor

March 07, 2024 10:27 pm

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor on what lies at the core of his work, skills that India should hold on to and his advice to young architects

Pritzker Prize awarded to British architect Chipperfield

March 08, 2023 4:57 pm

Based in London, with additional offices in four other countries, Pritzker Prize 2023 award winner David Alan Chipperfield has worked across Asia and Europe and also in U.S. cities like Davenport, Iowa, and Anchorage, Alaska.

The architect and the construction worker

October 27, 2022 9:16 am

Fahad Zuberi writes: Architects must do more to ensure safety, welfare of construction workers. They cannot pass the buck in the name of contract or scope of work

What makes Christopher Alexander’s vision of architecture timeless?

April 07, 2022 6:34 pm

The British-American architect-theorist, who passed away recently, left a lifetime of work which has been a touchstone for design thinking, globally and in India

Freemason architect who designed Masonic Lodge in Lutyens' Delhi for 'brothers'

November 27, 2021 7:05 pm

Made famous by the bestsellers of Dan Brown, like 'The Da Vinci Code', the Freemasons society commands a huge global membership.

Sunday Long Reads: 20th anniversary of 9/11, Ronnie Screwvala interview, mother nature, and more

September 12, 2021 9:23 am

Here's your list of this week's special stories that you must read!

Can you build a house in seven days? Anupama Kundoo can

September 11, 2021 10:31 am

The 2021 RIBA Charles Jencks Award and Auguste Perret Prize-winning architect's strategy has helped reduce buildings’ environment footprint, housed more and supported local economies

‘Gira Ben to most of us was the sun, the moon, a shining star’

July 20, 2021 12:28 pm

Textile designer Jayshree Poddar remembers aesthete and pioneer Gira Sarabhai as someone with an eye for locating beauty

Didi Contractor, champion of low-waste buildings, is no more

July 06, 2021 6:00 am

The self-taught architect, who worked for more than three decades in Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh, gave a contemporary edge to traditional materials such as mud, bamboo and slate

‘To be more free is what the future suggests’

July 07, 2021 1:38 pm

Lebanese architect-scholar Hashim Sarkis on curating the ongoing Venice Architecture Biennale, finding new possibilities of spatial interaction and why cities matter

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BV Doshi (1927-2023): A pictorial tribute to the eminent architect

January 24, 2023 2:29 pm

The architect spent his early career working with other renowned artistes, including Le Corbusier on his designs for Chandigarh, and Louis Kahn, while working on the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

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