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Why are Buildings Collapsing in Flash Floods in North India?
The Environmental, Psychological and Ethical Dimension This article probes into the whys of disasters through the prism of Deep Ecology...
rama raghavan
Jul 12, 20234 min read
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In search of ‘Views’: Transient or Tranquil
The term ‘view’ has varying connotations with shifting contexts. In today’s day and age, it stirs up the obsession over the incessant...
rama raghavan
Jun 20, 20222 min read
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The run-of-the-‘mill’ mall: A Socio-political Ballad of Bombay
Bitia Mills, Mumbai The High Street Phoenix Mall In a city, social processes and spatial forms are inextricably interrelated (Harvey,...
rama raghavan
Oct 16, 20194 min read
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Sir Banister Fletcher’s ‘History of Architecture’: Re- Examining the architectural dogma set through
The era of Enlightenment during the 17th C created a wave of curiosity in terms of knowledge accumulation and decoding ‘the unknown’. It...
rama raghavan
Oct 16, 20193 min read
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‘Towards a New Architecture’: Le Corbusier
With the era of enlightenment, post the French Revolution, in 1789, Mankind took a sudden plunge into exploration and reason- finding....
rama raghavan
Oct 16, 20192 min read
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The ‘Other’ Phenomenon
-Perceptions of space in literature by Amitav Ghosh Duality in all aspects of Life is inevitable. But does this duality transform mental...
rama raghavan
Oct 16, 20196 min read
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The Death and Life of great American cities: Envisioning cities as inclusive, diverse and safe haven
The book ‘The Death and Life of great American cities’ by Jane Jacobs, published in 1961, critically examines the orthodox planning...
rama raghavan
Oct 16, 20193 min read
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Genius Loci: Architecture as Poetry carved in Stone
The book Genius Loci by Christian Norberg Schulz is a deep understanding of phenomenology in architecture and how the spirit of a place...
rama raghavan
Oct 16, 20192 min read
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Architecture Depends: Re-imagining the role of an Architect
The need for contingencies in the practical field has been highlighted and the fact that this aspect has been completely negated by the...
rama raghavan
Oct 16, 20192 min read
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Concrete Contradictions
Reflections on Sustainability and a dialogue between the Past, Present and the Future. Article published on Acedge, a portal for skill...
rama raghavan
Oct 16, 20191 min read
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