Shelter and transport

Witness the journey of Naveen Krishna who started a company that has changed the lives of over 1,200 rickshaw-pullers in North India. This article...

This article summaries the award-winning proposals of City Investments To Innovate, Integrate and Sustain (CITIIS) programme, highlighting how these...

As 90% of global urban growth now takes place in developing countries, it has become extremely important to make cities both ecologically and...

Cob is a natural building technique that has a wide variety of uses. It allows a builder to become an artist with an entire wall or even a house as...

This article takes a look at some homes in Bengaluru that are setting an example for eco-friendly living. It also tells the story of how each of these...

Delia Kinzinger aka Didi contractor is a self trained architect who uses wood, bamboo and stone to create vernacular architecture in Himachal Pradesh...

Are you aware that your office or residential building could be harming the environment? Is it possible that your building is spewing harmful...

This article looks at how modern day construction is trying to switch to greener materials along with some innovative examples from the Indian context...

This article explores how localization is a low environmental impact process in terms of carbon footprint as well as health hazards and hence is the...

In an increasingly concretised country, these men and women are going against the grain.

Take a look at ten different architects in the country who...

In this article on natural buildings, the cow is intertwined with the building process. In addition to looking at how byproducts of cow rearing (cow...

A video from Thannal Hand Sculpted Homes

This video illustrates how eco-construction is for everyone. This is a showcase on natural farmers of...

Once considered a predominantly rural country, India is rapidly urbanizing. Although less than 1/3rd of India’s population now lives in cities, in the...