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Architecture, Contemporary Practice, Projects, Studio

Discovery Centre: Architecture Discipline

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A site cum sales office escalated to the purview of broader & inclusive societal faculties of a town hall, the design of the Discovery Centre in Bengaluru by Delhi-based Architecture Discipline significantly avoids as being one amongst the many succumbing to the trope of capital to concentrate more on the regeneration of an idea, its representation and its fabrication.

Conceived as an assemblage of parts that can relocated after six years, the architecture of Discovery Centre adopts different aspects of tactility and progressive ideas to engage with the visitor.

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Architecture, Conservation, Design Thinking, Discourse, Essays, History

Remembering Bawa . . .

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By David Robson

Architect, writer and critic David Robson, pens an empathetic personal memoir of Geoffrey Bawa as he tries to decipher the legacy of Bawa through his works, his persona and his understanding of the rich tropical landscape of Sri Lanka and his pastiche to find many images of the master architect who continues to influence architecture in Sri Lanka and the Indian Subcontinent.

Bawa at Lunuganga (1990s - Unknown Photographer)
Bawa at Lunuganga (1990s – Unknown Photographer)

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Architecture, Contemporary Practice, Praxis, Projects, Studio

The Future Kids School, Hyderabad: B C Sudhir Reddy, Kruthica

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The Future Kids School in Hyderabad designed by Ar B C Sudhir Reddy of Kruthica explores the site as a physical and visual tool to incorporate a participatory campus for learning and in a curatorial move, argues for the context as an agent for environment-friendly & cost-effective planning.

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With fragmented hermetic massing, the low-scale complex of buildings rises two storeys above the rocky terrain.

Inclusiveness and Engagement are espoused as extended values of an institution, perhaps even of architecture in general. However, is architecture accountable as a reciprocal gesture? Continue reading The Future Kids School, Hyderabad: B C Sudhir Reddy, Kruthica →

Architecture, Contemporary Practice, Installation Design, Projects, Studio

LIJO.RENY.architects’ Attempt 01 at the Laurie Baker’s Gallery

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Through a series of space-specific installations and interventions, LIJO.RENY.architects occupy the Kerala Lalithkala Academy Art Gallery – a humble space by Laurie Baker. The installations prompt the visitor to alter perceptions of space and re-engage with the volumes that compose it.

A photograph from ‘Connect’.
A photograph from ‘Connect’.

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Architectural Education, Contemporary Practice, Design Thinking, Discourse

Is Design Media Gender Neutral?

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There is a clear disparity in the number of men against women when it comes to practising designers – especially architects. While in schools of architecture, there is a pattern of more women studying architecture and interior design, there are more men who register and practice.

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