A clean slate is very rarely available to an architect.  A site will almost always come with a back story. In the rare case that there is...

“Original” is defined as “that from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made.” It refers to an innovative or a revolutionary...

This is the age of instant everything. Google. Swiggy. Maggi. Every new innovation has one thing in common – Time as a commodity. The...

A few days back, as I was getting ready to leave from work, a couple of friends began to question the role of an architect. Most laymen...

Looking Back, Looking Forward. This phrase perfectly describes Charles Correa’s body of work. He deduced architectural solutions for...

Over the five years of architectural education, one of the most common topics of discussion would be “form”. Most stalwarts have their...

On March 7th 2018, Balkrishna Doshi became the first Indian architect to win the Pritzker Prize in its 40 year life span. In this period...

Smarter. Faster. Taller. Fairer. Most siblings have been subjected to such comparisons and the Bawa brothers were no exceptions....

The built has an innately dominant physical presence. How does one balance this against the context of nature ? Geoffrey Bawa, known to...

I know its been a long break, but I’m back with a new series. This time, Sri Lanka ! I recently had the chance to visit the country and...

London is a city much further into the time warp, in comparison to Edinburgh, being dotted with a plethora of iconic buildings from...

Passing through the fields, we see the highlands – She beckons us with all her might spreading till she touches the light. The clouds...

Travelogue : Edinburgh 2/3 To many of you, the word ‘juxtaposition’ is just another word lost in the jargon that most architects use in...

Travelogue : Edinburgh 1/3 Over the summer, I had visited Edinburgh. The prospect of a new city always excites me – The new city,...

Originally written on the 23rd of May, 2015 Housing is the need of the hour. A place to call ‘home’ and ‘our own’. We are not in dearth...

Another addition to the Poem Series, this one was written as a means of putting down an epiphany. It brought out to me that spaces can...

This poem was an exercise during my internship at Ahmedabad. The aim was to be able to pen down one’s feelings of a space.. For those of...

This post was originally written on 04, November, 2015. It is a thread of thought that has emerged from my travels to cities like Jodhpur...