The Rajkumari Ratnavati Girls’ School by Diana Kellogg Architects is striking and much needed in Rajasthan, but it struggles to mitigate north-western India’s extreme temperatures
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Revisit: Wall House in Auroville, India by Anupama Kundoo
Infused with Auroville’s experimental spirit, Anupama Kundoo’s Wall House offers ideas that could encourage further revolutions in low-cost housing
Step change: Balaji Temple in Bilakalagudur, India by Sameep Padora + Associates
Sameep Padora’s Balaji Temple in Bilakalagudur village blends the sacred with environmental concerns, and innovative spatial configurations with traditional norms
All in the mound: Maya Somaiya Library in Kopargaon, India, by Sameep Padora + Associates
AR Library Highly Commended: in the Maya Somaiya Library, the constraints of the site paved the way for invention
Ganga Maki Textile Studio by Studio Mumbai: ‘Craft is not a story of stagnation but of sensible emergence’
An innovative combination of traditional craft and local materials propels us to rethink how craft is understood
Square Dance: Studios 18 in Rajasthan by Sanjay Puri Architects
AR Housing 2016 finaist: Spacious workers’ housing in a barren landscape explores the play of light from strategically placed openings
Towards an architecture for India
In an age of rapid industrialisation, rampant construction, a networked economy and state indifference, meaningful architecture in India is elusive
Sai Mandir Temple by SEA: ‘straddling the world of memory and history’
The lattice structure transforms this humble temple into an inviting social arena