Category Building Industry
Sketching my life long quest …. Ar. Rahul Ajeet Kadam

An Alumnus of BKPS College of Architecture, Pune, India, Ar. Rahul Kadam did his Masters from South Bank, London, and was a student member at AA ,London, UK . He travelled extensively before beginning work with leading architects like Ar.…
Anthony Raj and the Centre for Indigenous Architecture

“We must leave the built-site better than we found it.” This has been the foremost belief of the Centre for Indigenous Architecture and in almost all their projects they believe they have developed the site into a better place. Anthony…
Gallopper Talks 2017 – A Report

On Friday March 3rd, 2017 Architects, Engineers, Designers, Businessmen, Professors, turned up in large numbers to witness the first Gallopper Talks in Navi Mumbai at the auditorium of LTIADS (Lokmanya Tilak Institute of Architecture and Design Studies). It was brought…
Video interview with Architect & Urban Sanitation interventionalist Pratima Joshi

Pratima Joshi, Director and Founder, Shelter Associates, has worked in the area of sustainable low cost housing and sanitation for the urban poor for nearly 25 years. Using concepts like multi-stakeholder consultation, user-centered design and participative governance long before they were…
Architecture is mostly Common Sense – Laurie Baker

Laurence Wilfred “Laurie” Baker, born on 2 March 1917 , a British by birth was a practising Indian architect, renowned for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture and designs that maximized space, ventilation and light and maintained an uncluttered yet striking aesthetic sensibility. He…
Scaling down details to make children friendly spaces – Mrinal Bhatia

To have a conversation about Peppa pig, sea astronauts, gymnastics or play kitchen-kitchen with my toddler clients has been tougher than sketching the skyline of Chicago at -4 degrees with my fingers numb wrapped in woollen gloves for a sketching…
Gallopper Talks Guwahati in the Press

Guwahati tabloid G-Plus announced the upcoming Gallopper Talks in Guwahati Guwahati. Here is the article: Gallopper Talks, an inspiring series of talks for Construction and Building industry professionals will be held Guwahati on May 27 2016, Friday at The Radisson Blu.…
Institute of Driving and Training Research (IDTR) – Designed for Road Safety

Institute of Driving and Traffic Research (IDTR), a first of its kind initiative in India designed for road safety. It all began in the year 1998 when it was realized that road safety had become a major issue for metropolitan…
Designing should be contextual and a catalyst in sensitizing good aesthetic values : Rajeev Sathe

“Besides being a response to site, climate, available resources, and brief etc., architectural and interior designing should be contextual to the culture and life style of the society and a catalyst in sensitizing good aesthetic values”, considers Rajeev Sathe. An…
“Future of Facilities Management” – FM Xchange, Development2020

Nimitt Karia and Tanvi Karia, Founders of ‘Development2020’, a multi disciplinary development and project management firm, with prime emphasis on the building industry, have recently released a White Paper on the Future of Facilities Management. With their keen interest and…

