FINDING YOUR BALANCE-WORKPLACE STRATEGIES

By 2020, millennials will occupy 50% of workplaces, many of them in decision making positions. The physical & digital form of workplaces has to reflect the needs and aspirations of a generation which has grown up in a digital age.…
We do not believe in the separation or specialization of skills- Dipen Gada

“I walk slowly but I never like to go backward, and on the rare occasions that I do, it is for a long jump. I would like to be focused always”, utters Dipen Gada. Dipen Gada and Associates, popularly known…
A building lives beyond the life of the Architect – Architect Hamir Smart

In a first of a series of guest articles this article was written and contributed by Architect Hamir Smart. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Sir J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai and did a Masters in Advance Studies in…
Restoring the Taj

Chetan Raikar at Gallopper Talks Celebrated Structural Engineer and Restoration Architect, Mr. Chetan Raikar, Chairman and Managing Director of Structwel Designers and Consultants discloses the hair raising story of how he had to restore a blood soaked site following…
The purpose of architecture is to enhance man’s life – Hamir Smart

“The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance man’s life on earth and to fulfil its belief in the nobility of his existence” – Eero Saarinen. This is a belief that is strongly etched out in Hamir Smart’s practice.…
Overcoming Trust Deficit in a Virtual World

In a virtual talk by Karen Plum, (Director of Research & Development at AWA), she discussed the importance of trust and how it can be challenged when working apart from one another. Plum, who has spent several years investigating knowledge…