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Making buildings Sustainable is no longer an option- Amit Khanna

“We do not fear the abundance of information available to clients. Rather than fight for control over the process, we embrace our clients’ awareness and allow them to participate in the evolution of the design”, propels Amit Khanna who is…
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…
A desire to go beyond design through design itself- Prashant Chauhan

“A desire to go beyond design through design itself”, urged Prashant Chauhan to take up architecture as a passionate career. Prashant, being an explorer at heart, would “fiddle around” with various presentation techniques. This gave him an opportunity to relate…
Architect Madhavi Desai, professor, writer and speaker, and most of all a committed feminist – a Trail Blazer!

“To ask how I feel about writing is to ask how I feel about architecture”, fervently exclaims Madhavi Desai, renowned architect and a passionate writer, at the advent of publishing (By Routledge, UK) the very first such book in South…
Designing to make a difference -Nupur Prothi Khanna

“Designing to make a difference” is the key dictum to every design approach that Nupur Prothi Khanna develops. More often than not, landscape architecture is viewed as an add-on, or an adornment to built spaces. Its significance is undermined by…
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…
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…
Who is going to stop me? – Tanvi Karia

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it is who is going to stop me” Tanvi Karia takes this as her gospel. A member of Indian Institute of Interior Designers and an Ex-Associate Member of British Institute of Facilities…
“Every person needs to be financially literate” – Ketan Sonalkar

“Every person needs to be financially literate to take appropriate financial decisions affecting their lives and businesses” believes Ketan Sonalkar. An architect with a degree from the premier institute, Sir J.J.College of Architecture Ketan Sonalkar also coupled his education with…