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Indigo Tower: Bio Purification Tower
22 August 2010 2:23 AM | No Comments -
Contextual Tall Buildings in India
30 July 2010 5:30 AM | No Comments -
Empowering and Making the city authorities accountable is key
28 July 2010 6:59 AM | No Comments -
Public: The Forgotten Realm
11 July 2010 4:43 AM | No Comments -
Skylines
05 July 2010 5:25 AM | No Comments -
Mumbai Musings
30 June 2010 5:40 AM | No Comments -
Chasing the Vertical Dimension
12 June 2010 1:33 PM | 4 Comments -
Eco City Ideas: Hydroponics, the urban face of Agriculture 2.0
01 June 2010 6:21 AM | No Comments
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The Urban Vision : Capture the BIG Picture
Archive for January, 2009
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Automobile and the city.
Posted on January 31, 2009 | 1 Comment“Most problems the developing world is facing become better as one gets richer. Except for transportation, it gets worse.” Enrique Peñalosa, the revolutionary urbanist and the former mayor of Bogota said to me in an Interview in Mumbai, even as the rush-hour traffic soared... -
Challenge of Energy Transition
Posted on January 29, 2009 | No CommentsCOSTS AND CHALLENGES OF ENERGY TRANSITION Andrew McKillop Former Expert-Programming, Div A-Policy, DG XVII-Energy, European Commission, Brussels Submission to FINSIA for JASSA journal, Version 3.1, Jan 2009 ABSTRACT Costs for moving away from fossil fuels, on a worldwide base, can be quantified and estimated in various ways, using different hypotheses... -
Have you walked in your city recently?
Posted on January 26, 2009 | 5 CommentsThere was a time when I used walk extensively- from my college to the office and home and to almost everywhere else. I remember always looking forward to those walks to reflect, think and relax. I am nostalgic about those times in my favourite city... -
$ a gallon architecture??
Posted on January 26, 2009 | 4 CommentsAfter the Second World War, North American built its cities around the automobile in what is often termed as auto- centric / sprawled / suburban development. Evidently this developmental model was driven by the availability cheap gas and massive investments on highway infrastructure. These new... -
The Significance of Laurie Baker
Posted on January 26, 2009 | 1 CommentWho was Laurie baker? It is difficult to put him in the category of just an architect as most people do. Neither had he lived like just an architect. He was admired by people of many walks of life. But still architectural fraternity claimed him as one among... -
Heritage to Modernism….
Posted on January 26, 2009 | No CommentsHeritage is a deep sense of values. And, for those values to set in there must have been a time tested process-by which human beings have over time a deep sense of respect for each other. That respect for one another... -
Energy and The Built Environment
Posted on January 26, 2009 | 1 CommentSustainable construction is now a frequently used term which simply means a common-sense approach to the property design and procurement. It is a synergy between the stake holder’s viz., designers, investors & developers, occupiers & builders which can result in improved building performance in all... -
The Day Mumbai went Flat
Posted on January 26, 2009 | 1 CommentThere was no gas in Mumbai a couple of weeks ago . If you passed petrol pumps at Breach Candy you would find angered residents screaming at indifferent employees who couldn’t even offer a little bit of black juice with a bribe. Trains were extra... -
The Urban Planet
Posted on January 25, 2009 | 1 CommentThe idea of cities has held the fascination of many theorists, poets and other intelligentsia; and they have all described the city in many many ways over centuries. But the single most important value that a city epitomizes is : Human Aspiration. Cities at their very core are simply...
