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SKILL DEVELOPMENT WILL LEAD TO INDIA’S NEXT BIG LEAP

“Do what you can, with what you have and where you are” is the firm belief of Nimitt Karia who has worked with, and on buildings designed by internationally renowned architects such as Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Wilkinson Eyre, Arup…
5 tips to easy Green Designing

Green is no longer a colour for Architects and Interior Designers. It is the new Design Philosophy. Green design is about saving money, protecting the environment and protecting people’s health. Green design incorporates sustainable materials and design ideas aimed at…
INTRODUCTION TO PRE-DESIGN by Archiect Naresh Shah

WHAT IS PRE-DESIGN Pre-Design is a process that defines the function of the development in terms of building and site, with respect to budget and schedule. It translates the client’s hopes, wishes and wants into what the client really needs.…
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…
Translating clients’ ‘hopes, wishes and wants’ into ‘needs’ through Pre-Design

“Development activities that include design and construction are long drawn and expensive affairs, and sometimes a nightmare for all participants. Business risks to the client because of budget and schedule over runs must be minimized if not eliminated entirely. And…
Social Skills : No way! It is not for us! Or is it?

With the world becoming a small circuit it is important to be well networked. We are not talking about being present across social media platforms but realtime life-skills here. It’s hard to underestimate the impact of good social skills on…
Photography is visual music – Samruddha Mogal

“I couldn’t understand how photography became my passion from a hobby,” reminisces Samruddha Mogal, an architect in private practice, in Nashik for last 18 years for whom photography has been a hobby since childhood as he learned the basics from…
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…
4 Tips to achieve the elusive Work-Life Balance

Does striving for work-life balance and the focus on living a fuller, more complete life have to begin at the organizational level or is it you – the individual – who has to ensure it? Organisations implement various approaches –…
Health Care Infrastructure Specialist, Kshititi Nagarkar’s project, Ranka Hospital in Pune

The Hospital caters to the growing demands for quality healthcare in the southern part of Pune having a built up area of 25,000 sq.ft of New Wing and 20,000 sq.ft of Existing Hospital. It is a Brown Field project, which is an…

