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Sonali Rastogi shares her insights in a panel discussion on Sustainable Practices in Architecture.

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Sonali Rastogi reflects upon the Buildings of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow in a panel discussion hosted by The Times Group.

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Sonali Rastogi nominates Winka Dubbeldam to highlight her contribution in the field of architecture on International Women's Day 2021

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Climate , Environment , Heritage , Jaali , Landscape , Masterplanning , Research , Sustainability

The Morphogenesis Monograph

Morphogenesis: The Indian Perspective, The Global Context

Part of the Master Architect Series

Morphogenesis: The Indian Perspective, The Global Context is a monograph that commemorates the 20-year ...
By Team Morphogenesis
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Bengaluru
Cities , Environment , Landscape , Livability

Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present, and Future

By Siddharth Joshi, Amritha Krishnan & Rishikesh AG
Abstract: In this talk, Professor Nagendra examines the past, present, and future of nature in Bengaluru, one of India’s largest cities. Though threatened, nature in the city exhibits a remarkable tenacity. She charts changes in nature from the 6th century CE to the present, drawing on original social-ecological field research, coupled with archival analysis, satellite remote sensing, and oral histories. She ...
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Japanese Style of Landscape
Biophilia , Environment , Landscape , Livability

Japanese Style of Landscape

By Aakanksha Mehta
While picturesque English gardens with tea houses and pavilions and ‘eye catcher’ French Gardens have become more popular with Western World as discussed in the previous blogs, most folks also devote all or part of their backyards to this style of landscaping. Japanese gardens are traditional gardens that create miniature idealized landscapes, often in a highly abstract and stylized way.[1] These garden ...
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Urban Motelling
Biophilia , Environment , Landscape

Urban Motelling

By Rahat Varma
Back in 2010, when New Delhi was all set to host the Commonwealth Games, the central government chose to respond to the city’s shortage of hotel room accommodation by employing the ‘Urban Motelling Policy’. The policy stated that those with farmland in Delhi on a main road could build a hotel, however regulations were put in place to ensure that very little volume could be built on this land so that these farmlands could ...
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French Gardens
Biophilia , Landscape , Uniformity

Jardin à la Française

By Aakanksha Mehta
Andre le Notre, the greatest French garden and landscape designer. Andre Le Notre followed his father as head gardener at the Jardin des Tuilleries in Paris and also studied fine art in Paris. The designer also enjoyed a warm relationship with his patron Louis XIV. Both were men of taste with a passion for gardens and architecture. The baroque style of garden design, which they brought to a crescendo, became widely influential ...
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