Each year, we celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th to recognize women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements and to call for gender equality. The goal is to raise awareness about the need to end gender-based violence

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The all-encompassing townships are rapidly gaining ground in the urban setting due to their focus on self-sustenance, efficient planning, community living, and mixed-use approach. Varsha Jain, Principal Architect & Co-founder, Creative Architects & Interiors (CAI)

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We must prepare for a future of either completely deadlocked, polluted, and unliveable urban grids, or undertake successful implementation of Transit-Oriented Development, writes Akash Pharande, Managing Director, Pharande Spaces. We must prepare for a future

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A safe, well designed, and a self-sufficient home in a gated township delivers peace of mind, comfort, and privileges, making community living a growing preference; not surprising then that the concept is gaining traction in India’s real estate

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The trend of themed homes has been there for quite some time, but the emergence of alternative real estate asset classes and the pandemic has fuelled further demand for housing as buyers now prefer owned homes over rentals, with the new design

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Developers are making efforts to make our spaces more liveable, resilient, sustainable, and affordable; they are leveraging technology, emphasising on net zero homes, rethinking design, and providing accessibility to benefits like an all-time low real estate valuation

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With our collective duty to ensure sustainable and environmentally responsible solutions, it is more important than ever that the real estate industry strives to get things right the first time and build structures to last. Plastering is one of the most general and ancient

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Arun Kumar, SVP - Design & Engineering, SOBHA, describes the products and the construction technology being used in projects, and the new solutions that are adding value to new-age processes and operations. The foundation to every revolution is materials

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JP Infra introduces the first Urban Forest in a residential township in Mumbai using the Miyawaki technique. Real estate developer JP Infra Mumbai is using the Japanese technique of Miyawaki forest to raise a natural urban forest within the ~11,000 sq.ft premises

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Rahul Kadri, Partner & Principal Architect at IMK Architects elaborates on the firm’s approach to Urban Design & Master-Planning. Architecture and design always exist within a larger urban, social and ecological milieu. And as a practitioner, one must be conscious

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Offices in Mumbai can save ₹175 cr power bills annually by switching to greener air conditioning: JLL Report. Mumbai’s Grade A office space currently stands at 144 million sq. ft, of which only 42% (60 million sq ft) uses centralized Heating, Ventilation

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P Gopalakrishnan, Managing Director, Southeast Asia and Middle East, GBCI, discusses the long-term benefits of sustainable projects. There has been growing awareness about the need for sustainable and innovative developments even before the pandemic accelerated

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Anil Pharande, Chairman, Pharande Spaces, calls for Real estate developers to shoulder a greater responsibility as Green Homes acquire a new relevance amid environment alarm bells

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Environmental friendly developments, clean energy, and sustainability, will be key in real estate developments, observes Munish Baldev, Founder & CEO, J.S Martin & Co. With use of advanced technologies having become an integral part of urban planning and architecture

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The future of livability and accessibility has to be accounted for by architects and real estate developers, and all aspects of adaptability have to be imbibed within the design philosophy Mitu Mathur, Director, GPM Architects and Planners

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