Architecture

How India Design 2022 made a mark this year

India Design 2022 (ID) was recently held at Okhla’s NSIC exhibition ground in Delhi. Here's how an art critic saw the exhibition that celebrates home décor and design

Designed by and for women, Vienna's new Seestadt district makes room for female architects

By turning the focus on the role of women in urban design, Vienna is helping to highlight the still dominant role men play in shaping the built environment.

Central Vista Diaries Part 2: When Jawaharlal Nehru prophesied Rajpath’s second redevelopment

India's first prime minister advocated knocking down and building anew, and certainly didn’t have time for ‘stakeholder’ opinion and angst

KEAM 2021: Entrance exam to be held on 24 July; check steps to apply, eligibility criteria here

The test is held for admission to engineering, medical, pharmacy, architecture, and allied courses in various government and private colleges of Kerala

Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: From Gaza to Chile, exhibition asks how we will live together

After a year when public assembly has been mostly outright banned, the idea of presence is key in several exhibits.

Target of 2018 anti-Semitic attack, synagogue poised for transformation under architect Daniel Libeskind

Officials of Tree of Life/Or L’Simcha Congregation recently announced the choice of the New York-based Mr Libeskind to be lead architect for the reconstruction of their synagogue, which has been closed since 27 Oct, 2018.

At 92, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry says he's too busy to retire: 'I enjoy this stuff'

Buzzing through his sprawling work space, the architect said he has reached a point in his career where he has the luxury of focusing on what matters to him most: projects that promote social justice.

Zaha Hadid fundamentally altered contours of modern architecture, but more than buildings, it's her mind that left its mark

Although her career had begun with that infamous tag of her buildings being unbuildable, Hadid rapidly established herself as a radical architect by creating a strong and unique design statement globally.

2021 Pritzker Prize-winning architects: 'We don’t search for an aesthetic, beauty always happens at the end'

The French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal believe that every structure can be repurposed, reinvented, reinvigorated.

NATA 2020: Council of Architecture to release admit cards on 24 Aug; download from nata.in

After facing significant delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the aptitude test for admission to architecture courses will be held on 29 August, 2020