Category Interviews
Insights on the need for Affordable Mass Housing – Prashant Sutaria

“Architecture is the sacred work of combining art and technology to enhance the beauty of Mother Earth” opines Prashant Sutaria, Principal architect at Prashant Sutaria Architects, who has been practising since the last 25 years. Prashant wishes to play an…
Innovation Expert, Reena Dayal on the need for Innovation in the Construction Industry

Innovation Expert, Reena Dayal, part of a top IT conglomerate and a Chevening scholar from Oxford University expresses her views on the need for innovation across sectors with emphasis on the Construction Industry. She is the Chairperson of SNIA India.…
Dance and Architecture are bound together for Rama Sane

“Any idea which is logically channelized with respect to its space is a positive design,” opines Rama Sane, an Architect and a Bharatnatyam Dancer. Rama follows her passion for performance with a creative outlook. She shares her views on not…
Water has always inspired the artist, because freedom is essential to both

“Water has always inspired the artist, because freedom is essential to both”. This simple principle is central to Serge Morana’s water design philosophy, the motto of his professional life, printed on every presentation folder of plans and technical brief he…
Financial Freedom for construction industry professionals – Ketan Sonalkar

Ketan Sonalkar, an architect from Sir J.J.College of Architecture coupled with an MBA(Finance) has over 15 years of working experience. He started his career as an Architect. A flair for Finance and Investing led him onto a path of discovery that…
Architect Supriya Haobam who found her calling in Yoga

“Yoga does not just change the way we see things, it transforms the person who sees.” ― B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Life. Architect Supriya Haobam tells Gallopper about her journey from being an architect to leaving everything and becoming a Yoga teacher. It…
Pre-Design is as important to architects and clients as diagnosis is to doctors and patients

Naresh Shah, an architect with a successful practice in the USA for 35 years, who claims to be neither a Pre-Designer nor a teacher, has been actually teaching Pre-Design across India for the past few years since his return. On his return…
Was rebuilding the Taj a bigger challenge, or was it something else?

Celebrated Structural Consultant and Restoration Architect, Mr. Chetan Raikar, Chairman and MD, Structwell Designers & Consultants – the man behind rebuilding the Taj, post the terror attacks, speaks about his biggest challenges. Here is a snapshot on what is it that…

