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An insight into the neo-vernacular ideologies, as applicable in architecture.
A documentation of a traditional vernacular settlement in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh ; with understandings and applications of the traditional wisdom as practiced by Didi Contractor.

'Ityuta’, is a national level architecture symposium conducted by the Department of Architecture, Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur, India. The symposium in the earlier years has witnessed eminent architects like Ar. Krishnarao Jaisim, Ar. Chitra Viswanath, Ar. Kotha Gowri Ar. Sathyaprakash Varanashi, Ar. Kamal Sagar, Ar. Neelam Manjunath, Ar.Sanjay Mohe and Ar. Bijoy Ramachandran.

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Archiprix 2017 will be hosted at Ahmedabad in 1st Feb – 10th Feb February 2017 in cooperation with CEPT University Ahmedabad. Archiprix International is a biennial event which showcases the best graduation projects of students from all over the globe in Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture. This is the ninth edition of Archiprix.

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In the late 1970s, the Government of India launched an initiative to build in every state capital an institution to celebrate the cultural and creative output of the nation. Although the scheme was largely unsuccessful, one shining example remains: Bharat Bhavan (‘India House’), located in Bhopal.

Designed by Indian architectural luminary Charles Correa, this multi-arts center first opened its doors in 1982. More than thirty years later, it continues to house a variety of cultural facilities and play host to multitude of arts events. The design of the complex is a product of Correa’s mission to establish a modern architectural style specific to India and distinct from European Modernism. Drawing on the plentiful source material provided by the rich architectural heritage of his home country, at Bharat Bhavan Correa produced a building for the modern era which manages to also remain firmly rooted in the vernacular traditions of India’s past.

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The Charles Correa Foundation is organizing its second annual Z-Axis Conference entitled Buildings As Ideas, which will focus on buildings and the nature of the questions they raise. The inaugural conference, Great City... Terrible Place, which was held in March 2015, intended to describe the city.

This conference is a tribute to the memory of Charles Correa and is the third in a series of events the Foundation has held named Buildings As Ideas – the first was in January, being one of four evenings Celebrating Charles Correa; the second an exhibition on Correa’s unbuilt work which opened in March; and this third event, the conference, will explore in greater depth what Correa believed – that buildings are ideas that manifest and take form.

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All architecture remains a fantasy up until the moment when it is fully materialized and ready for its intended use. Testing new spatial possibilities is a never-ending process. Physical scale models and sophisticated computer-generated renderings are widely used by contemporary practitioners to explore this creative endeavor. Undoubtedly, these will remain necessary tools in architects’ investigative pursuits. They are efficient, effective, and convincing. Still, there is something particularly authentic and candid about traditional hand drawing that other techniques can’t quite capture. They transmit artistic visions with the right balance of clarity and interpretation, and engage our wildest imaginations helping us envisioning new ideas and dreams in architecture.