Rahul Mehrotra’s many-sided portrait at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale

Rahul Mehrotra’s many-sided portrait at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale

Architect Rahul Mehrotra is no stranger to the Venice Architecture Biennale. Principal founder of Mumbai-based RMA Architects, he is renowned for projects of varied concerns and scales such as the Hathigaon housing for mahouts and elephants near the Amber Palace, Jaipur, and the various interventions to the CSMVS campus in Mumbai. In the course of […]

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Ramu Katakam on his autobiography ‘Spaces in Time: A Life in Architecture’

Ramu Katakam on his autobiography ‘Spaces in Time: A Life in Architecture’

Veteran architect Ramu Katakam’s new memoir goes behind his unusual childhood, his design influences, and his sensitive, sustainable designs Veteran architect Ramu Katakam’s new memoir goes behind his unusual childhood, his design influences, and his sensitive, sustainable designs Ramu Katakam’s autobiography, Spaces in Time: A Life in Architecture, is as free-wheeling as his life. An […]

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The glassblowers of Mumbai: Arjun Rathi and Ismail Plumber’s Rural Modern is Mumbai’s first art-glass studio

The glassblowers of Mumbai: Arjun Rathi and Ismail Plumber’s Rural Modern is Mumbai’s first art-glass studio

Rural Modern, the Mumbai-based first art-glass studio, is not only showcasing this demanding skill, but also encouraging artists, amateurs and fellow designers to create with them Rural Modern, the Mumbai-based first art-glass studio, is not only showcasing this demanding skill, but also encouraging artists, amateurs and fellow designers to create with them When you watch […]

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Hit-and-run: architect, businessman arrested for killing 70-year-old man in Defence Colony

Hit-and-run: architect, businessman arrested for killing 70-year-old man in Defence Colony

An architect and a businessman were arrested for allegedly killing a 70-year-old man in a case of hit-and-run in south Delhi’s Defence Colony, the police said on Wednesday. The police received a PCR call on Sunday around 7.36 a.m. regarding a body lying on the pavement of Lajpat Nagar service road near a petrol pump. […]

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Mumbai, a city of missed opportunities?: Interview with Robert Stephens on his new book, Bombay Imagined

Mumbai, a city of missed opportunities?: Interview with Robert Stephens on his new book, Bombay Imagined

Architect and Mumbaikar Robert Stephens’ new book, Bombay Imagined, records unrealised plans for the city — from an underground railway to monsoon-regulating canals Architect and Mumbaikar Robert Stephens’ new book, Bombay Imagined, records unrealised plans for the city — from an underground railway to monsoon-regulating canals Perhaps Bombay/Mumbai is the only city that is so […]

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Ashiesh Shah picks Salone Del Mobile’s top five exhibitions and launches

Ashiesh Shah picks Salone Del Mobile’s top five exhibitions and launches

Architect-designer Ashiesh Shah picks exhibitions and launches that he enjoyed at the recently-concluded Salone Del Mobile Architect-designer Ashiesh Shah picks exhibitions and launches that he enjoyed at the recently-concluded Salone Del Mobile After a long, pandemic-induced hiatus, the world’s design greats congregated at Milan for Salone Del Mobile earlier this month. The Milanese furniture and […]

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