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IIT Kharagpur believes that the ancient Indian architecture philosophy of Vastu Shastra must be taught to architecture students to make them more "well-rounded." The institute recently conducted a workshop on the subject and plans to include an introductory course for first and second year undergraduate students, and a more exhaustive course for post-graduate and research students. IIT faculty members say that there is no reason why Indian architecture students shouldn't know ancient Indian architectural traditions, and believe that Vastu concepts aren't religious and are instead based on science. Vastu principles can be traced back to the Vedic period, say historians. "Times are changing and across the globe there is a renewed interest in ancient Indian knowledge. So, it is natural that we will tweak our syllabus to include Vastu in architecture and infrastructure classes," Joy Sen, a faculty member of the architecture department, told TOI. Source : huf

From 1916 to 2002. Kanvinde    plays with space and forms. His designs are slender, balanced, proportionate, neat and well crafted.     The building is important but most important is the gate of the user. Example is “Isckon   Temple”.   He gave much    more importance to the natural light. He gave such a form to the building that it can solve the problem of ventilation as well as excessive heat . He believed in Vernacular Architecture. He believed    that the image should be such that can set the mood and interest for which the building stands for. Both inherent    values and historical influences contributed towards good architecture. An art can be to nourish the senses. Art is purely an aesthetic exercise. He believed    that a grid of columns    forming a matrix giving structural   and spatial aspect would turn a   design to more sophisticated and   faceted. He treated his building with   “VASTUSHASTRA”. He also used Vernacular Architecture in   foreign. WORKS

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet  ( 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) A   Spanish   Catalan   architect from   Reus   and the best known practitioner of   Catalan Modernism . Gaudí's works reflects an individualized and distinctive style. Most are located in   Barcelona , including his   magnum opus , the   Sagrada Família . Gaudi’s style is characterized by freedom of form, voluptuous colour and texture, and organic unity. He worked almost entirely in or near   Barcelona . Much of his career was occupied with the construction of the Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family (Sagrada Família), which was unfinished at his death in 1926. The architectural work of Gaudí is remarkable for its range of forms, textures, and polychromy and for the free, expressive way in which these elements of his   art   seem to be composed. The complex geometries of a Gaudí   building   so coincide with its architectural structure that the whole, including its surface, gives the appearance of being a natural o

Delhi,  The capital of India, have from the times immemorial faced huge problems,  be it violence against women,  murders,  illegal immigration, corruption, etc. And this time its pollution.  Delhi already was among the top most polluted cities in world, and now the pollution has crossed all the past records. You will find masked people everywhere on the streets. The Air Quality Index (AQI) has crossed the hazardous mark of 500+. The level of particulate matter PM10 on Sunday reached at 1690 umg/m3 at 8 am in Anand Vihar and 1,300 umg/m3 at 6 pm in central government employees’ residential colony RK Puram. It’s multiple times higher than the permissible limits (50-100). “The air pollution level in Delhi has reached a stage where people should evacuate the city. The AQI has crossed the hazardous level of 500 and now touching almost 1,000. It’s unimaginable,” said Ravi Agarwal, director, Toxics Link, an environmental NGO. According to some,  the cause of pol