Modern Architecture
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Steel, wood to darkened glass facades: Reflections on Mumbai’s transition to a post-industrial metro
From a cluttered space of human bodies and painted metal, mirrored glass and security cameras now widely used across the metropolis have created an opaque city.
Ajay Gandhi
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An exhibition on South Asia’s ‘architectures of decolonisation’ struggles under its own weight
‘The Project of Independence’ at the Museum of Modern Art in New York is admirable but ends up with more variety than clarity.
Harshavardan Raghunandhan
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In photos: Architect Habib Rahman and the making of New Delhi in Nehru’s vision
His architecture reflected the modernist ethos of newly Independent India.
Vijayta Lalwani
Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Rights group PUCL seeks disqualification of PM Narendra Modi for hate speech in Rajasthan
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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Video: Meet Balkrishna Doshi, first Indian to win what is considered the 'Nobel for Architecture’
Doshi is the man behind the IIM-Bangalore campus, and some of India’s best low cost housing projects.
Shayonnita Mallik
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Architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi becomes the first Indian to win Pritzker Prize
It is the most prestigious award in the field of architecture.
Scroll Staff
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Cities of the future: What if elevators could move horizontally (and even diagonally)?
New technology could make it practical to build skyscrapers far taller than even today's highest – and change how people live, work and play in tall buildings.
Antony Wood, The Conversation & Dario Trabucco, The Conversation
Video
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Ten Indian architects who are harnessing traditional wisdom to build the homes of the future
In an increasingly concretised country, these men and women are going against the grain.
Eartha
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Watch: How Bangladesh’s Marina Tabassum built a mosque against all odds
The Bait Ur Rouf Mosque in Bangladesh is an ingenious visual treat.
Scroll Staff
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A night at India’s first capsule hotel shows that Mumbai’s space crunch is now a hospitality fad
The eerie quiet simulates space flight while the sterile, minimalist environment recalls the environs of an institution.
Aakash Karkare
The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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Watch: This hotel will let you sleep in a pod (but is that how you really want to spend the night?)
In Mumbai's crammed spaces, the chic capsules are a, well, out-of-the-box option.
Scroll Staff
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Video: Can the entire human race fit inside one building (and why is that even important)?
Fun fact: It would take onljust about half an hour to jog around it.
Scroll Staff
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Rise of the glass giants: How modern cities are forcing skyscrapers to evolve
The fifth generation of tall buildings are here, and they're more efficient than ever before.
David Nicholson-Cole, The Conversation
The Field
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IPL 2024: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit