Ruchika Deshpande
Ruchika is a sensitive writer who enjoys the minute details of architectural vocabulary. She works for better architectural communication with project writing, conservation, and landscapes as her forfeits.
Architecture of Auroville: Top 10 places for architects.
Auroville is an experimental, yet no nation's land that thrives on the principles of peace, harmony, knowledge, and upliftment in architecture. The architecture of...
Architectural heritage of Jaisalmer :10 places for architects
Jaisalmer, the golden city of India, rising far above the sands of the Thar desert of Rajasthan, come into the picture in the 12th...
The architectural heritage of Bhopal – Top 10 places for architects.
Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, is much more than the gas leak of 1984. Spread between the Vindhya and Singarcholi mountains lies...
Architecture of Indian cities: Top 10 cities for architects.
Introduction to Indian cities:
"Successful, vibrant, happy cities arise out of the visions of many, not the powerful few." Personifying this quote by Jane Jacobs,...
The Acropolis Museum by Bernard Tschumi Architects
The Acropolis Museum, located in Makryianni district, Greece, sits close to the Parthenon, roughly 1000 feet away from the heritage site. Apart from a...
10 Examples of biodegradable materials in architecture.
As an architect, we need to overlook the whole life-cycle of a building, especially after demolition. How we tackle the demolition waste becomes just...
Top 5 Green Building Certifications of India
Green building certifications of India are a series of rating figures and tools for building construction. Apart from recording a building's response to the...
The history of architecture – From pre-historic to modernism.
Man is a social animal and, food, shelter, and clothing are his basic needs. Even before tracing the roots of the history of architecture...
10 Plants for vertical Building Facades of India.
“Think vertical, go green "; an inventive voice speaks up against the rigid concrete heat pads. As landscapes disappear, cities cut with sharp angles...
The Sky Habitat – The matrix of homes by Safdie Architects.
Sky-habitat is a thirty-eight storied residential complex that towers high from Bishan, a residential area of suburban Singapore. Though this residential development probes the...