Minister P.C. Vishnunadh promises to address architect community’s concerns
The Minister was speaking at the installation ceremony of the office-bearers of the Indian Institute of Architects, Kerala Chapter 2026-28
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The Minister was speaking at the installation ceremony of the office-bearers of the Indian Institute of Architects, Kerala Chapter 2026-28
How should we envision the African city of tomorrow? A city adapted to population growth and climate change, and freed from a colonial past that is still very much present in some places. Africa’s first pan-African architecture biennale, held this week in Kenya, is seeking to answer that question.
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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.