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Zaha Hadid architects unveil their design for a pioneering new institute and genocide memorial in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, which will bring together a museum, research centre, graduate school, document archives and research library. Read here...

Photography: Andre J Fanthome; Courtesy Morphogenesis Institutional design offers the ultimate exploration in design; not only are there no set demarcations; even the exploratory becomes congenial... The brief for the architecture of JRE Group of Institutions, Delhi, was concise: "Create a new urban development that allows for infinite possibility and flexibility, yet defines the academic settlement."

Prof. Pritharshv Pushkar, Head, Retail & Exhibition Design/User Experience Design, MIT Institute of Design, Pune, feels that Retail & Exhibition Design is going through a very glorious phase. He talks to IAnD about this intriguing and burgeoning genre… Click the link to read more...

Rather than plunder resources, however, the Romans set about using them wisely. One such resource was the hot springs to feed public baths and underfloor heating.  Back then, the result was a beautiful form of bathing on a chilly winter's day. Nowadays, the result is tourist drawcard in the English county of Somerset known all over the world as a place called Bath. Sitting in a lovely warm bath on a cold winter's day back then, few Roman citizens would have contemplated the idea that the same concept used to heat their baths - a concept now called geothermal energy - would be widely used around the world and would be considered a serious part of a solution to stop the whole world from getting too hot. Today, however, such is the reality. In 2005, according to a GeoHeat Quarterly Bulletin published by Origin Institute of Technology, a total of 73 countries around the world produced a total of 273 petajoules (PJ) of energy using geothermal techniques. With the renewed push to achieve carbon emissions reduction in Australia, some engineers believe geothermal technology should be used more widely here.

Design Forum International (DFI) designs tea-leaf shaped blocks for Assam Government's new Directorate Complex in Guwahati.

Both a sculpture, and an architectural structure, Common Sky by Studio Other Spaces provides a space that is free and open to the public, and that reflects Buffalo's AKG Art Museum's vision of a twenty-first-century art institution of inclusion.

Does winning awards help in furthering professional career? We celebrate Indian Architecture Awards 2012 and invite you to take a deep look within our professional arenas by leaving us your comments.

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…

Heritage buildings keep alive our roots, giving the present generations a sense of pride and hope for a grounded future... While 1857 is a year remembered instantaneously for its Indian Mutiny, a lesser remembered fact is that it was the year when a premier education institute - the Mumbai University was established.

'Form follows Energy' as natural processes are replicated via digital coding to accomplish accurate and desired results. Read about the Endesa pavilion prototype and give us your feedback...Click on the link to read more>>

Form follows function at the new Zaanstad-Zuid sports centre by UArchitects. Read here and leave us your views…

The entire approach to education has been gradually and consistently undergoing a shift. Check out the reconstitution of this horticultural school in the south of France and leave us your views…

Moreau Kusunoki Architects win over millions with their sweeping victory of the coveted Guggenheim Helsinki design museum

The new rehearsal building for the Oper am Rhein ballet company in Düsseldorf blends simple form with experiential ambience. Check it out and leave us your views…

Libraries are spaces meant for interaction and foster progressive thought. Check out this new library in Montreal readied for the 2030's and leave us your views…

Dynamism in form inculcates energy in functionality and active flow of human traffic in this new contemporary art museum in LA. Check it out here and leave us your comments…

There almost isn't anything new in using orgami in architecture. Yet, reinvention is the key! Check out these orgami inspired sheet steel canopies and leave us your views...

Zaha Hadid Architects' symbolic design of the Messner Mountain Museum is a take on 'exploring caverns and grottos' in her inimitable signature style. Check it out and tell us what you think about it…

Quirk is part of iconography. Check out this new building in Italy and leave us your views…