This sari showroom is hand-sculpted in mud, lime and cow dung
There was a time when mud homes were limited to villages. Over the last few years, designers and consumers have found fancy in the simple material and its many structural…
Laurie Baker’s buildings that showcase the architecture he championed are living museums of his philosophy
Surprises abound in every Laurie Baker building. The iconic architect, and champion of sustainable housing, was an artist and Gandhian who built spaces that had character. His buildings were not…
When a tiled roof doubles up as a gallery space at Nisarga Art hub, a community residency in Angamaly
Overlooking a vast paddy field in Kerala’s Angamaly town is a property that has been causing a flutter on social media. This traditional Kerala-style house with a sloping tiled roof…
When steel is green
Talk about sustainable modes of construction, and the first concept that emerges is mud, clay bricks, fly ash, plantation or salvaged wood, to mention a few. The entire concept revolves…
World Environment Day: A look at the history of sustainable architecture in ancient India
The Ajanta caves, unlike other rock cut caves, have low ceilings which were specifically designed to allow hot air from prayer halls to rise and move into the surrounding cells…