Choked: The Age of Air Pollution and the Fight for a Cleaner Future By Beth Gardiner Every year, air pollution prematurely kills seven million people around the world, in rich countries and in poorer ones. It is strongly linked to strokes, heart attacks, many kinds of cancer, premature birth and dementia, among other ailments. In […]
Ocean of Opportunity By Amitabh Kant. Amitabh Kant is G20 Sherpa and former CEO, Niti Aayog. Oceans play a pivotal role in sustaining life on earth and are of immense importance to humanity. Covering over 70 per cent of the planet’s surface, oceans provide a critical source of food, with an estimated three billion people […]
Building Envelopes: An Integrated Approach Heat: Gain and Loss By Jenny Lovell Foreword By Bob Allies Allies and Morrison, London The last century saw a radical change in the nature of the building envelope. Rather than being considered as part of the structure – a single, homogeneous plane perforated by openings – it began […]
Building Envelopes: An Integrated Approach Energy: Minimizing and Maximizing By Jenny Lovell Foreword By Bob Allies Allies and Morrison, London The last century saw a radical change in the nature of the building envelope. Rather than being considered as part of the structure – a single, homogeneous plane perforated by openings – it began […]
Yasmeen Lari: Architecture for the Future RIBA Gold Medal Winner 2023 One of the world’s highest accolades for architecture, the Royal Gold Medal is personally approved by the monarch and awarded to a person or group of people who have had a significant influence on the advancement of architecture. Presented since 1848, past Royal Gold […]
Industrialise, yes; carbonise, no By Amitabh Kant. Amitabh Kant is G20 Sherpa and former CEO, Niti Aayog. The enablers of economic growth in one era are not necessarily applicable to another. The industrialisation of today’s developed world was built on the back of burning fossil fuels. Not just in power generation, but also in industrial […]
The Indian Metropolis: Deconstructing India’s Urban Spaces By Feroze Varun Gandhi Let the People Plan Their Cities By A.G. Krishna Menon Traditionally, Indians have had a love-hate relationship with the city. Even they who seek it’s benefits valorise the rural idyll. This ambivalence is reflected in contemporary urban policies and practices of […]
Rough Grain Shines: 2023-International Year of Millets by Amitabh Kant. Amitabh Kant is G20 Sherpa and former CEO, Niti Aayog. When India proposed to the United Nations to declare 2023 as the international year of millets, it was met with overwhelming support of 72 other countries. Today, India is leading the world towards a […]
India@2023: Climate Change Why India Should Lead By Example, Not Exhortation By Shyam Saran, PM’s Special Envoy on Climate Change (2007-2010) India cannot bring about a change overnight, but it can reorient its development on an ecologically more sustainable path via a long-term strategy with clear intermediate milestones. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced […]
Healthcare Architecture as Infrastructure: Open Building In Practice Edited By: Stephen H. Kendall About The Authors Stephen H. Kendall, PhD, RA is Emeritus Professor of Architecture at Ball state University and co-director of the Council on Open Building. Dr Kendall’s career in architectural practice, research, and education spans more than 35 […]
