recycled materials

This multipurpose pavilion, constructed with repurposed waste materials by architect Samira Rathod, embodies the story of reuse, resilience and sustainability.

As cities transition to more eco-friendly options of design and construction, we browse through some compelling sustainable architecture projects.

Through their company ‘Hexpressions’, Abhimanyu Singh and Shilpi Dua are building affordable, eco-friendly homes using recycled paper panels that are strong, durable, and sustainable.

Popular Malayalam writer Echmukutty and her architect husband Padmakumar built an eco-friendly home in Kerala. Made of recycled bricks, stones, mud, recycled frames and glass, the house has a slice of nature in every corner.

Built using mud and debris, this low-cost home in Bengaluru is all things eco-friendly - from solar panels and rainwater harvesting to organic garden and greywater recycling!

With bricks from a demolished site and second-hand tiles, furniture and teakwood, the house is a lesson to us all!