LET'S PARTNER
Sarita Vijayan, Editor & Brand Director Indian Architect & Builder, in conversation with Japanese Architect, Kengo Kuma.

CURRENT
Latest in architecture exhibitions, competition and news

PRODUCTS
Innovative products from across the world

CONSTRUCTION BRIEF
Featuring four prominent new construction project from across the world

Terminal 3 at the Indira Gandhi International Airport
The busy airport of national capital of India will have world's second largest terminal.

Vardhaman Fantasy Park
Construction of the rst ever theme park at Greater Mumbai is in its nal stage.

The Beirut Marina building
Lebanon awaits another signature from Steven Holl, called Beirut Marina & Town Quay

The Second Avenue Subway project
The Second Avenue Subway project is greeted with open arms by long-suering, transit-deprived citizens of New York.

TECHNOLOGY
Air Catalyst
Featuring Anti-Smog, an ecological prototype of auto-sucient, de-polluting architecture, reactive to its environment developed by French architect Vincent Callebaut.

FOCUS: EARTH MATTERS
Today's eld of architecture has evolved signicantly from what it was in the past. The green movement to better appreciate nature and work with it as opposed against it, has given an impetus to sustainable architecture. Featuring few projects that thread the path of eco-friendly design.

A Recycled Retreat
Built by architects Jarmund and Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL, the home of two historians is a paradigm of sustainability.

'Inspiration'-al Architecture
Exploring Jaigopal Rao and Latha Raman Jaigopal's passion to pursue the seldom explored aspects of architecture environment friendly architecture.

A Green foundation
Featuring Saurabh Phadke and his non-conventional technological approach behind establishing Aman Setu School.

5-star footprint
IIT Kanpur has taken the initiative to create Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering incorporating principles of sustainability.

INTERNATIONAL
Contemporary Dialectal
Meadowview, a country house designed by UK-based Platform 5 Architects, is an interpretation of dialectal in contemporary style.

CULTURE COUNTS
Establishing an Evolution
Minakshi Jain talks about the restoration process of Fort of Nagaur and how it became the reason behind the evolution of conservation profession in India.

ERRATUM
In the December 2009 issue following stories carried wrong title and credit. Indian Architect & Builder regret the error and any inconvenience caused therein.

CULTURE COUNTS
Custodianship of Heritage: Public – Private Initiatives
Amita Baig invites conservation architect Abha Narain Lambah to share her projects and the insights they lent into public-private initiatives.

ARCHITECTURE
Not Getting 'Type' Cast
Featuring Serie Architects new project – Tote food and beverage complexes in Mumbai where architects have bend the rules associated with type and typology.

INTERNATIONAL
'Floats'
FLOAT house by Thom Mayne is the response to develop a highly performative house that is technically innovative in terms of safety factor with respect to precarious ecological conditions – its ability to oat.