A new book titled “NEW INDIAN ARCHITECTURE: 1947-2020", authored by Chandigarh-based architect Sarbjit Bahga and published by White Falcon Publishing, has recently been launched. It is one of the few ...

When India gained independence in 1947, the nation faced a decision that would determine the course of its architectural future: brick or concrete. A seemingly mundane choice of material was rooted in ...

The Most Beautiful Government Buildings in India: Where Architecture Governs: By Srishti Gupta Important buildings anywhere are a window into the culture, history, and architecture of that place. From ...

India’s temples offer far more than a glimpse into the country’s spiritual past. They feature extraordinary architecture, intricate marble carvings, towering stone structures, beautiful shrines, and ...

What happens when a country goes from being a colony to an independent nation? Many things change – but one wave of change doesn't often get its due: The look of buildings. A new exhibit at New York's ...

Join us for an illustrated study of the architecture of post-1990 India, a period that marks the liberalization of the country’s economy and captures the contradictions, glamour and displacement ...

Raj Jadhav is a registered architect, educator and award-winning researcher in Mumbai, India. He has written numerous essays, design features and papers for Indian and international publications. In ...

In the Indian state of Kerala there stands a huge building shaped like a ship. Another has a large yellow star dominating its facade. Then there’s the pair of gigantic palms sprouting from a structure ...

Pots, pillars and electric bulb sockets at the Nek Chand Rock Garden in Chandigarh, India. Giridhar Appaji Nag Y, CC BY-SA In a single week this June, the world of architecture lost two artists who ...

“COME INSIDE,” SAID Bijoy Jain. It was a bright April day of prodigious heat in Mumbai, India, with the monsoon still weeks away, and I wondered if the 54-year-old architect enjoyed witnessing that ...

Christian churches are usually instantly recognizable, thanks to their repetitive design: There’s usually a tower topped by a cross, with stained-glass windows and sometimes even Gothic statues. But ...