eco-friendly architecture

A 17th-century Japanese invention is making a quiet comeback, this time on Indian rooftops. Rain chains aren’t just beautiful, they’re helping homes harvest rainwater and recharge the earth.

Explore Sathya Prakash Varanashi’s ‘Varanashi House’ in Bengaluru, a sustainable home that stays cool without AC, owing to natural materials, cross ventilation, and water features.

Architect Petchimuthu Kennedy’s Wendy House in Kerala is a masterpiece of sustainable design—built without cutting a single tree! Instead of clearing land, he designed the home around existing trees, proving that modern architecture can embrace nature. Could this be the future of eco-friendly living?

Designed by Shriya Parasrampuria and Prashant Dupare of Blurring Boundaries, this home is surrounded by five mango trees and built using upcycled tiles, marble, and locally sourced bricks.

Sustainable Indian Architecture: With materials that date back to the Harappan Civilisation to those that reduce noise, the construction landscape in India is seeing a shift.

From a bungalow built at a budget of Rs 22 lakh to procuring local construction materials from a radius of 3-5 km, unTAG is setting affordable and sustainable architectural goals.

Architects Nithin MS and Manoj Badkillaya, built a sustainable home in Karnataka that has reused old wood and roof tiles along with locally-sourced materials. This is how it took shape

Dr Arya Gopi and Joby Joseph from Kerala built their sustainable home using very little concrete and walls that needed no plastering.

An Ahmedabad-based architect couple, Bhadri and Snehal, who started tHE gRID Architects, has built Mitti Ke Rang, a restaurant from clay, turmeric, reclaimed jute and wood and more.

Inspired by William Laurie Baker, Maharashtra-based ABHA Architecture, by Praveen and Vidya, uses eco-conscious material palettes and passive cooling strategies to build cost-effective, durable and disaster-resistant homes.