ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 9 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1036311/circular-by-tradition-indias-vernacular-building-practices-for-a-warming-world Fri, 28 Nov 2025 04:00:00 +0000 Ananya Nayak https://www.archdaily.com/1036311/circular-by-tradition-indias-vernacular-building-practices-for-a-warming-world Across India's varied geographies, from coastal backwaters to desert fortress cities, architecture evolved with a deep, instinctive connection to climate. These were not isolated craft traditions but complete ecological systems in which material cycles, thermal comfort, and community knowledge were interdependent. As COP30 turns global attention toward the links between heritage and climate resilience, India's vernacular practices appear less as historical artifacts and more as climate technologies refined over centuries.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/978837/water-harvesting-the-ancient-typologies-that-sustain-us Mon, 28 Mar 2022 04:30:00 +0000 Matthew Maganga https://www.archdaily.com/978837/water-harvesting-the-ancient-typologies-that-sustain-us The 22nd of March 2022 saw the twenty-ninth commemoration of World Water Day – as a worldwide water crisis continues to leave populations vulnerable. It is an extremely multi-faceted issue. Governance sadly determines water accessibility, with marginalized people disproportionally affected. Urban typologies are another factor. The over-pumping of groundwater sources to meet the water demands of Hanoi, for instance, has resulted in arsenic being drawn into Vietnam’s village wells.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/912055/studio-lotus-designs-new-visitor-and-knowledge-center-in-india Mon, 25 Feb 2019 04:00:00 +0000 Eric Baldwin https://www.archdaily.com/912055/studio-lotus-designs-new-visitor-and-knowledge-center-in-india Delhi-based design practice Studio Lotus have won the competition to design the new Visitor Center and Knowledge Centre at the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India. The design features metal and stone dry construction that explores flexibility and modularity to meet evolving needs. Selected from three finalists, the winning entry attempts to create an architectural system for the next phase of interventions in the Fort through new linkages in the precinct.

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