Architecture

Urban India is increasingly embracing sustainable architecture, with architects using eco-friendly materials to reduce environmental impact and support local craftsmanship. Projects featured here highlight how these materials enhance energy efficiency, durability, and aesthetic appeal while promoting traditional skills and reducing carbon footprints.

The Stone House in Jaipur is built using pink sandstone and lime. Kamal Malik, the architect behind the project, shares how the home is an ode to the legacy of Rajasthan.

Ancient building styles like 'kath kuni' and 'dhajji dewari' draw from traditional knowledge. As cloudbursts and landslides ravaged Himachal, these wood, stone, and mud homes stood firm where many modern ones crumbled.

In the sweltering summer of Gujarat, ‘Cool House’, a sustainable home designed by Samira Rathod, uses no ACs and coolers to remain naturally cool.

Looking for inspiration to build your eco-friendly home? These 10 architectural ideas combine innovation with traditional means of construction to design homes on the base of sustainability.

Looking for ideas to build a modern nalukettu mud house? Karai weekend home near Chennai uses mud and reclaimed wood to fuse modernity with Tamil Nadu's traditional architecture.

Dhruvang Hingmire and Priyanka Gunjikar, architects of 'Building in Mud', create cement-free, eco-friendly homes that stay cool, using natural materials and lime plaster.

Collaborating with award-winning artist Lakhichand Jain and Geeli Mitti, Kiran Amati built a unique sustainable home near Mumbai using natural materials like wood, mud, cow dung, and straw.

The Mudhouse, a family-run homestay in Kerala is a sustainable sanctuary surrounded by sandalwood forests, boasting of mud cottages and a treehouse. Here's what goes behind running it.

Did you know Jaipur was India's first planned city in 1727, as per UNESCO? The brain behind it was the Rajput 'astronomer prince', Sawai Jai Singh II.