Education
The Need for Design Schools in India
India is fast becoming one of the world’s leading consumer of manufactured goods. Be it cellphones, sneakers, cars or home furnishings; Indians are lapping it all up. And the manufacturers of the world cannot ignore the fact that there needs to be a new design sensibility for this new client base. Jayashree Bhosale at Economic [...]
Developers to Benefit from Foreign University Influx
One thing that differs vastly between Indian and American educational institutions is the infrastructure. Most American universities are huge campuses with dozens of academic, sports, facilities and housing buildings. In India however, this is usually not the case barring a few institutions. Hence the news that foreign educational institutions are coming to India, means that [...]
Building with a heart: Anne Feenstra Exhibition
Every edifice should speak the language of its country, says Anne Feenstra, displaying friendly buildings at an exhibition in New Delhi By Shailaja Tripathi / The Hindu Three different structures by three different architects in three totally different countries and settings… but what binds them is their innate connection with the human beings who not [...]
Council of Architecture India under investigation
Termites In The Woodwork The government has accused top officers at the COA, India’s apex architectural body, of criminal misconduct. BRIJESH PANDEY tracks the issues as the CBI investigates IN A move that could change the face of the study and practice of architecture in India, the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) has recommended [...]
CEPT Ahmedabad Introduces New Masters Level Programs
By Dayananda Meitei / DNA Cept University will introduce two new programmes this academic year, adding to the 23 programmes being offered in its seven faculties. While the faculty of technology and the faculty of arts and humanities will each offer one new programme, a centre for excellence will be set up at the University [...]
Emerging Exchanges: New Architectures of India
Over the next two days I will be attending this conference at the Architectural League in New York City. It’s been a while since an architectural-themed conference on India has taken place here in NYC and it should be interesting to see the dialogue that it generates. Hosted at the New School auditorium, the conference [...]
Shaky foundations
How qualified are the graduating professionals who design our homes, offices and institutional buildings To whom do we entrust the planning and design of our urban environment? How do Indian schools of architecture compare with the best in the world? How qualified are the graduating professionals who design our homes, offices and institutional buildings? [...]
Mumbai to be focus of MIT UrbLab Conference
The MIT Urbanization Laboratory is organizing a symposium on the culture and politics of urban change that will be held from 1-5 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, 2008 This event will use Mumbai, India, as a case study to examine how architects, urban designers and planners are responding to the challenges and opportunities of rapid [...]
Sorry State of Architectural Education Legislation
Architectural education in India has transformed beyond recognition since the early 90′s. Today there are dozens of schools in the big metros, where a few years ago a couple existed. However in most things that are unplanned, there is a danger of the whole education system going haywire. Some of the issues have to do [...]
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