In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the COP26 United Nations climate change conference has been rescheduled to 2021. “COVID-19 is the most urgent threat facing humanity today, but we cannot forget that climate change is the biggest threat facing humanity over the long term. Soon, economies will restart. This is a chance for nations to […]
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NK: Let’s talk a little about the big transition in your life. Why did you leave corporate life and set up billionBricks? PK: There were three stages of change that led to this. The first started when I was in university. Architecture education, for some reason, doesn’t view commercial architecture in a positive way. There’s […]
In 2020, everything changed. Everything around us suddenly seemed so fragile: jobs, communities, our freedoms. Every week brings new uncertainties. The theme of FuturArc Prize 2020 has been a prescient one. We asked you to imagine co-existence and partnership with Nature. Each winning entry of FuturArc Prize offers profound insights into what that alliance might […]
The design brief outlined the construction of a facility for a skincare company that focuses on reviving the ancient science of Ayurveda. Taking the opportunity to marry a practice steeped in tradition with modern aesthetics, the architects adopted vernacular construction techniques to produce a contemporary project. Their approach to the design and development of the […]
Krushi Bhawan is located in Bhubaneshwar, the state capital of Odisha, where it is home to multiple agrarian communities. It is a facility developed for the Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Empowerment, an administrative centre designed as an office for a team of nearly 600 people, in addition to accommodating spaces for community engagement and […]
Integrating the built mass with the existing landscape The northern edge of the site is populated with a dense neem (Azadirachta indica) tree grove. The planning strategy works around preserving this grove and integrating it into the overall design, using it to shade the open and semi-open spaces in front of the building. The built […]
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The image of a wooden house framed by a concrete structure drove the imagination of the architects. Amidst the dense and packed narrow houses in Ho Chi Minh City, this project stood out with its use of materials and spatial ingenuity. The interior is cool and comfortable, thanks to the open, permeable nature of the […]
