Shaw, Julia, and John Sutcliffe. "Ancient dams, settlement archaeology and...
A group of ancient dams (c. second—first century BC) was located during an archaeological study of the Sanchi area in central India. Comparison of reservoir volumes with estimated inflows suggests that...
View ArticleSutcliffe, John, Julia Shaw, and Emma Brown. "Historical water resources in...
The development of historical water resources in the South Asian subcontinent has been largely dependent on the hydrological background. The runoff patterns are derived from climate statistics and the...
View ArticleWedage, Oshan, Andrea Picin, James Blinkhorn, Katerina Douka, Siran...
Microliths–small, retouched, often-backed stone tools–are often interpreted to be the product of composite tools, including projectile weapons, and efficient hunting strategies by modern humans. In...
View ArticleChandavarkar, Prem. AMBASSADORS OF EXCELLENCE: A draft proposal for moving...
Architects based in India have not been able to respond effectively to recent events that have negatively impacted the public standing of the profession. This is reflected in two recent events that...
View ArticleNayak, Sharath, Maitri Dore, Ramya Ramesh, Sayan Chaterjee, and Sukhraj Singh...
The house sits in the context of a densely built residential area in North Bangalore. A substantial area of the plot along the road edge is occupied by the expansive canopy of a beautiful African Tulip.
View ArticleVishwanath, Chitra, and Anurag Tamhankar. Yellow Train School. Biome...
The brief was to follow the intent of the Waldorf system of Education but be within the bye-laws laid by the Tamil Nadu Board of education. Waldorf system stresses hugely on child-centric education...
View ArticleJanu, Swati. "On-the-Go Settlements: Understanding Urban Informality Through...
This article investigates the digital networks within informal settlements in Delhi through an ethnographic and practice-based research methodology.1 By studying top-up and media consumption at the...
View ArticleMukherjee, Rahul. "Anticipating Ruinations: Ecologies of ‘Make Do’ and ‘Left...
This article examines sites of ruinations that include zones of radioactive decay, ‘illegal’ housing projects, electromagnetic emissions, and e-waste dismantling and metal extraction. These sites have...
View ArticleShubhayan M. Can’t we say NO to a project?. Sthapatya, 2019.
This project did hit us right where it needed to – in the glaring financial gaps. Nobody asked how good a designer you are, whether you are capable of redesigning the very seat of democracy of the...
View ArticleGhosh, Soumitro. Rbanms School Extension. Bangalore: Mathew and Ghosh...
A single classroom extension to a primary school for underprivileged children in Central Bangalore created an opportunity for making a room like a treehouse nestled between exiting trees so that it...
View ArticleWaraich, Saleema. "Locations of Longing: The Ruins of Old Lahore." Third Text...
Lahore's celebrated status as the seat of several legendary Muslim rulers and the cultural capital of Pakistan stands in sharp contrast to the dilapidated state of the city's historic Mughal monuments....
View ArticlePatel, Shirish B.. "Dharavi: Makeover or Takeover?" Economic and Political...
Dharavi in Mumbai exemplifies what is most ugly and what is most inspiring about slum life in a city. How should it be redeveloped to remove the ugliness and yet retain its community spirit,...
View ArticleNayak, Sharath, Surabhi Pandurangi, Riddhi Panchal, and Chitra Vishwanath....
The office for Biome is built over an older building.
View ArticleVishwanath, Chitra, Anurag Tamhankar, Sharath Nayak, Soujanya Krishnaprasad,...
The school sits in a neighbourhood with constant construction activity and a godown is in its immediate vicinity.
View ArticleShukla, Samir. Architects shocked by fees for Central Vista are a proof that...
If you are not an architect, the news story of central vista design project being awarded to a “Gujarat-based” firm for a fees of approximately 229.75 crore would play out differently for you,...
View ArticleShukla, Samir. Are architects, the defenders of Lutyens’ faith, aware of what...
As heated discussions about the central vista development project are now raging across art and architectural circles, I am getting more and more intrigued about the way Indian, or rather the elite...
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