Architecture

Built centuries ago, these Indian monuments are based on clever mathematical calculations and design principles that use algebra, fractal geometry and trigonometry.

Nestled among the foothills of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, The Retreat is a guesthouse that was made by a German who escaped Germany after a failed assassination attempt of Adolf Hitler.

Architect Balasunda Kaushikan built a 3000-sq-ft sustainable house in Tamil Nadu for Rs 55 lakh using locally sourced material. His house employs several sustainable practices that are eco-friendly and cost-effective.

Yuga Akhare and Sagar Shirude from Pune share how sourcing local materials and labour and upcycling waste helped them build a two-storeyed house for just Rs 4 Lakh.

Jayati Sinha, a San Francisco-based designer, has come up with a potential solution called Pop Hut, an an easily transportable, foldable and flat packed housing concept.

Bengaluru-based venture buildAHome has constructed an eco-friendly home made using locally available material such as Athangudi tiles and porotherm blocks, and minimised the use of steel and cement, staying naturally cool in the summers and saving thousands of litres of water every year.

Aji Anand, a resident of Kannur, Kerala, has constructed a mud home in his 1000 sq ft property without hiring skilled labourers or architects.

Built using mud bricks made from scratch, Sunyata Eco Hotel in Karnataka’s Chikmagalur is blazing a trail will its sustainable initiatives. From solar power and rainwater harvesting to earth tunnels and millet recipes, it's doing it all.

Veena Lal from Faridabad has built a unique sustainable home - using mud, stone and wood. The eco-friendly house uses no ACs and the toilets use no additional water.

About 17,000 students graduate from India’s architecture colleges with deficient skills to design environmentally responsible buildings. But here are some solutions to that.