Did you know that the construction industry is responsible for nearly 37% of global carbon emissions, with a substantial portion coming from traditional building materials? The push for sustainable alternatives has never been more critical as environmental concerns grow. By embracing eco-friendly materials, we can significantly reduce our ecological footprint while conserving vital natural resources. This blog highlights 10 groundbreaking sustainable building materials transf

Sustainable construction methods complement green building materials by ensuring that the entire process—from design to completion—minimizes environmental impact. Here are some of the most impactful methods. Passive Solar Design Passive solar design is a method that maximizes the use of natural sunlight and thermal energy to reduce the need for artificial heating, cooling, and lighting. By carefully orienting a building and incorporating large south-facing windows, architect

I find it strange that for 50% of the World population, we only celebrate 1 day of the year. However, we can accept this as a gift of the new wave of feminism.  I have a different take on Woman & Man. The difference being purely outward. But each of us has masculine & feminine qualities – the qualities of the Sun & the Moon and I believe everyone is complete within themselves.  I am reminded of 2 incidents where this became apparent to me.  First is when I visited the Sri Aur

" BUILDINGS ARE AN EXTENSION OF OUR SKIN, A SECOND LAYER OF SKIN AFTER OUR CLOTHES. " We all know what climate is. As vast as the subject...

" The most important Building material in your home is Sunlight ! " In view of Makar Sankranti/Pongal celebrated last week, it got us to recollect and ponder about the importance of Sun and its light in our lives. We all know that Pongal is the harvest festival for farmers where they worship Sun god for all his creations that help them cultivate the food in their lands and much more. But, have we stopped to wonder how the Sun helps us and our h

Gratitude Villa is a futuristic house for tomorrow which is built for the modern needs along with reducing carbon footprint by 50%. Built amidst a vast spread of lush greenery, the Gratitude villa sets as an example of Modern architecture integrated with traditional design elements and aspects. Fly-ash Bricks Gratitude Villa has used Fly-ash bricks for all masonry walls. Composition: Cement – 6%, Flyash – 40%, M Sand – 10%, Crusher Sand – 44% The benefits of these bricks fo

Let me share in very simple common man’s terms, what I mean by Sustainable design. Let me take the help of geometry to explain my point. How will we define a straight line? The distance between two points, isn’t it? Which means the two points are apart! Which means that The beginning of the line is in one place and the end of the line is in another place. That is a straight line. What happens when a line becomes a circle ? When the end becomes the beginning – you get a cycli

Why is it so important today to develop Sustainably? If we have 100 buildings in India in 2030, today we have in 2020, only 30 percent of those buildings. That is the rate at which we are growing. We are at a point in the global economy and global technology where we can spearhead our development in a different direction. We do not need to do what the West has done. We can follow our own principles and our own inherent wisdom but in a cutting edge and modern context such that

If we follow Maslow’s hierarchy of needs – what are the needs of a human being? What do we need from our buildings? What are the most basic things we all need from our buildings? We need a shelter, we need protection, we need stability and we need utilities like water, electricity, roads, infrastructure. These are our basic necessities. Once these necessities are met, what do we need from our Buildings After our necessities are met, we need comfort. We want visual comfort, we