Towards Green Homes

By Jahnvi Sreedhar

Photography: Courtesy the architects

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At Bio-diversity Conservation India Limited (BCIL), the home chooses its owner and not the other way around. IAnD visits their first housing experiment – TransIndus, now flourishing in its 13^th year, to comprehend the philosophy of this benchmark genre of eco-friendly homes across the globe.

Play in Geometry, 72 Screens

By Nitika Agarwal

Photography: Courtesy Sanjay Puri Architects

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A corporate headquarters in Jaipur, designed by architect Sanjay Puri brings into play an intriguing pattern of ‘72’ angular frames of Glass Reinforced Concrete (GRC) screens or perforated jalis wrapped around work spaces across five floors above ground level.

Urban Consciousness

By Team IAnD

Information & Photography: Courtesy Saritha Sudhakaran

Urban Chaos

The Industrial Design Centre (IDC) at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) is one of India’s premier incubators, where innovation, creativity, and uniqueness of thought and action are nurtured and actualized.

Water Benches for Mumbai

By Pari Syal

Photography: Courtesy MARS Architects

Water Bench

A seat for four is also a storage tank for 500 litres of water – will the Water Bench help ease the water woes of Mumbai? Find out in a discussion with the architect at Studio X…

Water & Fengshui

By Pari Syal

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Equated to wealth – water can be as productive a force in life as it can be destructive…