When a tiled roof doubles up as a gallery space at Nisarga Art hub, a community residency in Angamaly

When a tiled roof doubles up as a gallery space at Nisarga Art hub, a community residency in Angamaly

Overlooking a vast paddy field in Kerala’s Angamaly town is a property that has been causing a flutter on social media. This traditional Kerala-style house with a sloping tiled roof is also a community residency where musicians and artistes can get together for performances and jamming sessions. And the roof doubles up as a gallery […]

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When steel is green

When steel is green

Talk about sustainable modes of construction, and the first concept that emerges is mud, clay bricks, fly ash, plantation or salvaged wood, to mention a few. The entire concept revolves around using materials with the least carbon footprint, especially locally sourced. The construction methodologies are expected to be location-centric and site-sensitive, even the design tweaked […]

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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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