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Throttling at full speed into the 21^st century, with technological advancements in the world of architecture and construction going far and beyond all expectations and imaginations, we turned a Utopic world into pragmatic reality. Right from the skyscrapers soaring high, to converting a desert into a dense urban forest, we achieved control over harsh climatic conditions through materials and technology. While learning to build in erstwhile impossible conditions, we also learned to strike a balance with the environment by building sustainably. We also addressed the issue of urban density by looking at the future of building on water!

However, come 2020 - and we are no longer so sure of the future! No technology, no artifical intelligence, no augmented reality - nothing helped save the world from the Covid-19 pandemic! 

Innovative. Intriguing. Inspiring - these three "I's" have formed the basis of architecture and construction in Dubai. Sustainability has always inclined towards using resources wisely while saving them for the future generations. Dubai has apparently taken this concept to a whole new level. Already owning the title of building the World's Tallest Structure, Burj Khalifa (828 m tall), they have set high standards in the field of construction and technology.

Often, seemingly inane forwarded messages lead to beautiful discoveries. Stefano Furlani was one such, for me. When I received on my cell phone a series of images of stone art - without due credits,  mind you – I went online to ‘search’ their source. Stefano Furlani was the name that instantly popped up; and given the fact that these images have gone viral, it wasn’t surprising at all. So, from a faraway town in Italy, here are some incredible compositions in stone!

IIID MRC invites you to attend a Webinar Series: Parametric Algorithms in Design – an initiative powered by Hybec Lighting.  

Mentored by Ar. Rajesh Patel, co-ordinated by Ar. Milind Pai and moderated by Mr. Conrad Gonsalves – the Webinar Series will see four very talented Indian design studios sharing their work and ideology; focusing on the use of parametric algorithms in their explorations.

Starting with Ar. Amit Gupta (28^th April Tuesday), Ar. Sushant Verma (29^th April, Wednesday), and Ar. Nuru Karim (30^th April, Thursday), the series concludes with Ar. Seeja Sudhakaran and Ar. Khushbu Davda (1^st May, Friday).

To join the webinars click the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86431318189

As digitisation and telecom technology advance to enable logging in to work from remote locations, the home appears to be the most preferred work location. Not that the idea is entirely new as some businesses were always run from home, but the culture of working from home was never as popular as it is today, being as enabled by technology as it is. Though technology also enables working from your bed or couch or whichever corner of the house may be available, you do want to address work with a certain sanctity and decorum, and would like to exclusively assign it a small part of your home. Well, the internet is teeming with Home Office décor ideas for this purpose; we take a look at some interesting ones as we analyse the requirements of such a space.