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Towards Net 0: Foster + Partners Show Lead, Will Others Follow?
Aparna Rao June 14, 2019 at 01:34 PM
It is 2019, and right around the corner is 2020. Climate change due to unchecked fossil carbon emissions and its consequential threat to life as we know it on our planet is proven, accepted and looming large, notwithstanding the naysayers. According to the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction 20... read more ›
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The Future Of Chairs: 3D Printed Furniture
Aparna Rao April 02, 2018 at 05:31 PM
The future of design and production has more or less been hijacked by 3D printing technology. This method of additive manufacturing (as it is also called) is proving to be so hugely advantageous on so many counts that it is getting adapted into a variety of industries ranging from construction and rocket ... read more ›
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Solar Energy Options: Some Cool Products!
Aparna Rao April 06, 2017 at 10:58 AM
When the buzz around us is all about the energy crisis and the need to switch to renewable/ non-depleting sources, the obvious thing to do must be to make that switch in our own lives. But, as we all know, this switch is easier preached than made. Now, for example, harnessing the abundantly available sola... read more ›
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Brick-laying Machines: the future of building construction?
Riddhi Shah February 25, 2017 at 09:35 AM
In today’s technological era, machines are taking over all manual jobs. Soon we might see the same happening in the world of architecture and construction. Architects and designers can rest assured as there are no machines invented with the intellect to take over their jobs yet. But a company based ... read more ›
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Window or Balcony? Bloomframe says: Maybe, both!
Ar. Roopa Sabnis Pinge April 04, 2016 at 05:24 PM
Bloomframe – an innovative solution to urban living – sees the evolution of the concept of a kinetic window! Convertible from a window to a balcony, and back – Bloomframe brings new hope to apartment dwellers! Of course, the operating system must be foolproof before it is introduced in t... read more ›
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Incandescent bulbs: MIT’S new design more efficient than LED’s
Ar. Mansi Biyani January 15, 2016 at 04:41 PM
The incandescent lamps are back! And if Thomas Edison lived today, he would have been impressed with the new and innovative version of the erstwhile incandescent bulbs. Pushed a bit away from the market share due to the growing popularity of LEDs, the incandescent bulb promises to make a remarka... read more ›
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New-age Retailing: ZOV Display Solutions
Ar. Roopa Sabnis Pinge July 13, 2015 at 03:20 PM
Architects and visual merchandisers are forever looking for innovative and flexible, adaptable display systems, to enhance the ambience of commercial spaces and maximize merchandising impact. One new player in this segment is ZOV Display Solutions, which claims to offer high-end products and invisible sys... read more ›
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ProSafe Living: Bringing Home Global Design Standards in Disabled and Elder Care
Aparna Rao May 26, 2015 at 03:28 PM
In 'Sensitive Spaces - A Must for Smart Cities' we discussed how senior citizens and others with physical limitations, especially in India, face horribly unfriendly conditions  with almost no facilities at private or public places, guidelines or policies in place to make their lives inde... read more ›
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The Future of Lighting: LEDs and OLEDs
Ar. Roopa Sabnis Pinge November 14, 2014 at 08:26 PM
Lighting is the planning and use of light-fixtures to achieve a practical or aesthetic effect. The physics of light production and distribution, and the physiology and psychology of light perception drives the field of lighting design. But research shows that well-planned lighting can metam... read more ›
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