Author Archives: Peter Scriver

Building utopia: 50 years of Auroville

By Peter Scriver and Amit Srivastava 23 May 2016 Essays

A much-desired multicultural paradise has metamorphosed into an ecological Shangri-La

Open space: utopia is not a building

17 March 2017 By Fumihiko Maki

Open spaces that are free from the intrusion of buildings – that…

AR Reading List 043: new towns

15 January 2021 By AR Editors

The latest instalment of our series of AR Reading Lists: seven carefully…

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AR Reading List 044: utopia

22 January 2021 By AR Editors

The latest instalment of our series of AR Reading Lists: seven carefully…

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Stepwells of Ahmedabad: water-harvesting in semi-arid India

8 April 2021 By Tanvi Jain

Ancient underground water-harvesting structures can inform urgent new practices of water provision

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Highway revolution: the politics of India’s rapid road-building programme

31 May 2022 By Nitin Bathla

Thousands of miles of new roads, constructed under the promise of economic…

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Revisit: Wall House in Auroville, India by Anupama Kundoo

18 January 2023 By A Srivathsan

Infused with Auroville’s experimental spirit, Anupama Kundoo’s Wall House offers ideas that…

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