With the endeavour to promote awareness on green buildings, an MoU was signed between GRIHA Council and the Indian Institute of Architects, Northern Chapter (IIANC) on the side-lines of an event “ARCH TALK”, at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Ashish Gupta, Honorary Joint Secretary, Indian Institute of Architects, Northern Chapter and Sanjay Seth, Chief […]
Tata BlueScope Steel bags Green Pro Certification
Tata BlueScope Steel,an equal joint venture between Tata Steel and BlueScope Steel, has been conferred with the prestigious ‘GreenPro Certification’ at the GreenPro Summit held at Pune. The company’s colour coated steel products are used in most progressive segments of India’s infrastructural, manufacturing, warehousing and commercial applications contributing to the green requirements of the project. […]
Magnolia introduces Classic Cane
With a straight-line design and a vintage twist with the legs of the bed, it showcases double sided cane- work on the headboard as well as the footboard. Magnolia,a South Mumbai-based furniture boutique, is bringing the art of cane furniture back in the spotlight, where every piece of the collection has a story and a […]
Aim to ride the aerotropolis wave
Hyderabad Airport City is part of GMR Hyderabad International Airport, which is currently in development phase. It is one of the largest airport cities (aerotropolis) in India spread over 1,500 acres of integrated ecosystem covering commercial office space, retail, leisure and entertainment, hospitality, education and healthcare. This airport city will focus on sustainable development using […]
Resilient structures lead to sustainable airports
Deploying advanced technology will improve passenger flow through airports thereby increasing capacity. Aviation is one of the fastest moving sectors globally with phenomenal growth rates across different sectors. This phenomenal growth rate has in turn forced the Airport Operators, Architects, Planners to think miles ahead as to what lies ahead of them post the completion […]
Designs for uber experience at airports
Understanding visitors’ expectations, thrust should be on comfort and luxury while keeping functionality intact. Airport infrastructure has notably improved over the years in terms of comprehensive area, wide approach to airport and airport-area development. The emphasis is on locating compatible activities — industry, commerce, open space — in the immediate vicinity, and incompatible ones, residential […]
NITCO launches tiles with Italian panache
NITCO brings Italian excellence with exemplary quality of tiles, crafted to perfection with the best of design, quality and creativity. India’s premium brand, well-known for its fine product quality, innovation and customer service, has introduced an all-new range of Glazed Italian Stoneware NITCO Made in Italy Tiles – a new range of robust, sleek and […]
New series of LED lighting for airports
Inspired by the ‘Make in India’ vision and taking into consideration the governments initiative in expansion of the existing Airports to international standards and developments of new airports to meet the fast growth of air traffic, K-Lite Industries has launched a new series of LED lighting to address all special requirements for the Airports. The […]
Canadian Wood reinforces commitment towards sustainability at Index 2019
FII India’s booth & the Gold Lounge made from B.C. wood species were the centre of attraction at the trade fair, Index 2019. Canadian Wood species of western hemlock, western red cedar and Douglas fir were used to create a warm and inspirational networking space. FII was the Sustainability Partner at the 31st edition of […]
Retail-led approach driving passenger experience
With the privatisation of airports operators have been looking for every millimetre of space to make the building a profitable venture. There was a time when architects used to deal with the challenge of designing a stringent public building like an airport. Today, technological advancement has made it easier to ascertain passenger experience – one […]