From the right choice of products to proper planning and correct application, a sequence of procedures need to be carried to ensure buildings, apartments and homes are monsoon ready, read on to know more A building, apartment and home is designed to provide its occupants with a space to live and keep them protected from […]
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Smart Urbanization: A Synchronization of Technology and Renewables
The realization of smart cities will involve an amalgamation of technology and renewable energy, part of which will be powered by solar. Cities constitute a large part of urban areas with towns, suburbs and satellite townships. As the skilled population of the nation increases and the rural-urban divide narrows, new age cities will have to […]
Net Zero Buildings: In sync with an energy efficient future
Net Zero Buildings can reverse the excess consumption of energy attributed to the construction and building sector in India and globally, it’s time we paid attention. As human civilization developed, the human race has had to mitigate numerous challenges pertaining to survival of its species. Now in the contemporary mode, as a race, we have […]
Project Book 2021: Resilience and efficient planning key to project completion
Be it a construction project or architecture and design assignment, in 2021, the pandemic in a way mandated a resilient yet disciplined approach for execution of projects Post 2020, the year 2021 was akin to moment of inertia where economic activities resumed in a cautious mode. In the architecture, design and EPC sector too, the […]
Evolution of Fenestration: From aesthetics to sustainability
The evolution of fenestration has witnessed changes in terms of design as also material and there is an attempt to make them sustainable as well There are numerous features which make a building aesthetically pleasing to look at apart from ensuring it remains healthy for its occupants. One such feature which has been quite prominent […]
A Tall Order
Making high-rises and super structures sustainable may seem to be a herculean task but thanks to modern day innovations in construction, architecture and design, it is achievable. India is about 2.9 times smaller than China which is the most populous country in the world. Experts also predict that India will overtake China as the most […]
Architecture and Design : Crafting identities and cities
Architecturally speaking, the Indian panorama is an integration of traditional and contemporary styles of building and design, much like the diversity, which defines our Indian identity. The architecture and design space across the globe is an assimilation of the past and the present. The past is denoted by traditional architecture which was built decades ago […]
High-Rise maintenance techniques: The key to improving the building lifespan
From perfect choice of materials to preemptive techniques and proper design and planning the maintenance of a high-rise building is a multi-facetted issue. A cross India construction of high-rises is prevalent, in current times they have also come to define the status and prestige of urban cities. But to keep this prestige intact maintenance of […]
Airport Design: A smart integration of safety, comfort and aesthetics
Apart from these three key parameters imparting the influences of nature, sustainability, local and social content in the design also play an important role in creating a sense of place, and making journeys to and from the airport a memorable one. As newer cities come up the needs for efficient connectivity of these cities to […]
Decoding the green legacy
Indian building and construction practices were economically sustainable and environmentally sensitive. In contemporary times however new ways and method are needed to keep the legacy alive. The diversity of India has one uniformity in its cultural fabric and that is to be in sync with nature. Across different states this uniformity reflects across different parameters […]