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"We should pave the way for a people-centric design system that will have compassion and empathy as its core values" This was the gist of the 2-day, 35-speakers, 4-workshops Pune Design Festival 2016. Check out the full story here…

India shines among the World Architecture Festival 2016 finalists!

India Art n Design's editor shares her personal choices of the year 2016 - inspiring stories in art, design and architecture.

The world's important design fair - London Design Festival has begun 2 days ago. IAnD rounds up some of the must-visit events...

M+M Creative Studio designs a one-of-a-kind office environment for car shopping company, Edmunds, driving its employees to freely collaborate, think and innovate. Check out the 2016 International Space design winner and leave us your views…

Restored to its erstwhile grandeur, Mumbai's Royal Opera House opened its doors to the public in its centennial month - Oct 2016. A beatific marriage of historic and contemporary features, India's only Opera House promises to amplify the dramatic experience of its visitors.

Increasing number of industries have become data driven already. They are all the more associated with specialists, build data-centric cultures, and developed tools - gadgets - applications and much more to leverage data, optimize their new as well as ongoing projects, and avoid any pitfalls. There are no second thoughts that the building construction industry will certainly follow.

Located in the breathtaking Pamohi area of Guwahati, Akshar is a very unique school which takes just plastic waste when it comes to its fees! Yes, you read that right. This eco-friendly school lets the little kids connect with the Mother Nature in a thoughtful and amazing way. Parmita Sarma, the co-founder of the school stated "We wanted to start a free school for all, but stumbled upon this idea after we realized a larger social and ecological problem brewing in this area. I still remember how our classrooms would be filled with toxic fumes every time someone in the nearby areas would burn plastics. Here it was a norm to burn waste plastic to keep warm. We wanted to change that and so started to encourage our students to bring their plastic waste as school fees". The school is a brainchild of Parmita and Mazin Mukhtar and they together founded the school in the month of June 2016.

WAN Colour in Architecture 2016 Awardee, McBride Charles Ryan expresses a design philosophy that treats colour as a key consideration throughout their winning institutional design. Check it out and leave us your views…

Reiulf Ramstad Architects build a distinctive and innovative community church on the scenic west-coast of Norway

See how MEP designers & contractors in middle east do appropriate coordination between MEP, Architectural and Civil disciplines is mandatory in order to evade challenges across construction phases to attain expected results.

See how MEP designers & contractors in middle east do appropriate coordination between MEP, Architectural and Civil disciplines is mandatory in order to evade challenges across construction phases to attain expected results.

Noida-based My Space Architects create a pavilion design for an automobile parts company that will deliver the product home! Super fast construction due to a limited time frame brings to life an architect's concept and helps attract potential customers, while establishing strong branding.

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) has been awarded first prize in the competition to build the Urban Heritage Administration Centre in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia.

Qatar needs to address the issue of sustainability degree and cost-effectiveness along with smart city ambition. Qatar's environmental record has been improving over the past several years, but it is still among the top consumers of productive land and water, states a new report from the World Wildlife Fund. With Its 2030 vision and its baby steps towards advanced infrastructure, the concern still remains of sustainability.

Something that the hospitality industry in the Middle East could actively consider for the new developments being planned is to implement measures to build green and save on costs and increase their profitability margins.

Is coexistence really a new typology? Check out the renewed urban energies of the Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark and leave us your views…

Ar. Rajeev Agarwal designs a stone masonry structure in Rajasthan, which is contextual and climatically sensitive

How does international recognition at the graduation level spearhead a student's career? Check out some of the amazing Indian entries in Archprix International - the World's best graduation projects' competition

There are times when it is hard for a family to survive within the single source of income especially when some unplanned and unavoidable expenses pop up in the middle or end of the month.

BART// BRATKE's socially relevant water purifier concept is a global winner. Check it out and give us your views...