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Indigo Tower: Bio Purification Tower Questioning neutrality Even before the first pueblo fire was lit in the LA basin and the first cars arrived in Shanghai,...

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0June 30, 2010
Mumbai Musings

I believe Mumbai is one of the greatest cities in the world. It works well and inspires its citizens to work productively because of the way it is built....
4June 12, 2010
Chasing the Vertical Dimension

Not so long ago New York City was the home for some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world but in the past few years that monopoly has ceased to...
0June 1, 2010
Eco City Ideas: Hydroponics, the urban face of Agriculture 2.0

Hunger and water scarcity are but two sides of the same coin, both in urban India as well as in farming communities depleting their reserves of arable land. We desperately...
4May 27, 2010
“Human civilization has systemic problems”

Léon Krier is internationally known as a pioneering architect, urban planner and architectural theorist. He is especially recognized as a passionate advocate of traditional urban models. He studied architecture at...
0May 14, 2010
Our invisible Green Collars

Imagine our beloved city of Mumbai if our hundred thousand ‘waste-pickers’ / ‘rag-pickers’ suddenly vanished! Our neighborhoods would be awash in waste, in excess of what the municipal authorities can...
1May 12, 2010
Can Hyderabad be made livable?

If livable cities give all citizens equal opportunity to lead healthy, comfortable and safe lives, how livable is our Hyderabad ? Here’s a citizen activist’s perspective. Doctors prescribe half-an-hour walk everyday,...
0May 3, 2010
Form Follows Climate

“Form Follows Climate “, Charles Corrrea, a famous Indian architect once said. This idea essentially suggests that a built environment should respond to climate or use it as an advantage....
0April 27, 2010
Design & Public Housing

India is the second highest populated country in the world with nearly 1.3 billion populations contributing to 17% percent of world population. It is expected that the trend if continues...
0April 21, 2010
Stemming corruption

A friend recently threw out the juicy question of how we can help improve government transparency and accountability in India. Here are my thoughts on how Indian democracy needs...
1April 11, 2010
What makes a good city?

A prerequisite of a good city is mixed use neighborhoods, density and walkable streets. Let’s take examples. London, New York, Hong Kong and Tokyo are great cities for...
0March 29, 2010
Inclusive cities and special children

Talking about inclusive cities has become fashionable today. It appears that conclaves and round tables on urban issues cannot be driven without this thematic session finding a niche place in...
2March 22, 2010
The Race between Cities.

Urbanization is a chase for economic development and revenue generation for our states and cities. Urban areas are attempting to be magnets of growth, alluring the essential entrepreneurs and investments...
0March 12, 2010
Media , PPP , FSI …

One look at our roads will tell you that there is a desperate need for a reserved public car parking garages for both private cars and taxis. It is becoming...
0February 27, 2010
Smart Growth

Compared to suburban greenfield sites, developing infill brownfield property is complicated and costly. We must level the playing field by implementing policies that make infill properties desirable to investors. Many...
0February 12, 2010
Life Between Buildings

Architects begin with programs for building. The program is measurable, quantifiable, a finite entity (something that accountants love). But life is about aspirations, hope, joy and expression. All things immeasurable,...