December 2020 brought the construction field a special package the shiny New UDCPR i.e. Unified Development Control & Promotion Regulations. These regulations are a combined set of rules for the entire state of Maharashtra except for a few authorities instead of different rules for every district and municipal corporations, while they also bring in a…
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Why you need to hire an Architect/Professional.
A guide to choosing better… Most often people tend to wonder as to why they need to hire an Architect or a professional to do their designing, when the job can be done quite easily by themselves or someone with a different qualification who can probably provide them “free advice” or guide them for presumably…
Vernacular Architecture: Need and Uses.
Need, necessity, requirement.. Multiple words, a cause for invention. Vernacular Architecture is also an offspring of this cause. Since primitive times stone age man has been practicing Vernacular Architecture, unknowingly. The use of tree hides, straws, bamboo and the oldest form of shelter i.e. stone caves as places to seek shelter are all an…
How to reuse old furniture?
AGING OF FURNITURE ITEMS & HOW TO USE IT WISELY. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new” -Socrates ‘Change is inevitable’ and most of us are in the constant need of changes to avoid the monotony in our lives. Even though sometimes…
Architectural Conservation : An Obligation to the Community
“Conservation” as soon as this word comes up we think of all the rich cultural heritage our country holds. Every country, state, nation has monuments which are considered to be their proud possession. But why is there a need to protect this rich heritage ? That is the main question. ‘The most environmentally benign building…