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India is in the midst of a massive construction boom, but what makes its modern architecture distinctly Indian? Menaka Doshi explores buildings designed around the country’s climate, culture and people, rather than simply borrowing from the West. Photo Credit: Vinay Panjwani/Sanjay Puri Architects (Source: Bloomberg)
An eye-tracking study of 52 celebrated interiors puts Rio's Real Gabinete Portugues de Leitura eighth in the world, Brasilia's Metropolitan Cathedral joint 13th and the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus 20th. Only Brazil and the United States place three buildings in the top 20 - no European country manages more than one. The post Brazil Places Three Interiors in a Global Top 20, Matching the United States appeared first on The Rio Times.
The initiative to restore the Veera Vasantharayar Mandapam at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, which burned in a fire, ran into many hurdles. After an uphill struggle, a team of around 150 sculptors, led by sthapathi V.P. Velmurugan of Tiruppur, managed to complete the project, with the renewed hall being formally inaugurated on August 30
Hyderabad’s Old City remains a living repository of the city’s layered past, where legacies of Qutb Shahi and Asaf Jahi dynasties continue to find expression in its bustling markets, language, traditions and cultures. Even as urbanisation and fast-paced modern life reshape Hyderabad, this part of the city retains warmth, character and cultural memory of an era gone byOld cities have a way of making time feel negotiable. In Delhi, Lucknow or Hyderabad, the past does not simply survive in monuments and old buildings; it lingers in the character of their historic quarters, where another era seems to exist alongside the present.