Indian Architecture & Construction Network

The Morpholio Project. Founded in 2011, the project began when a group of architects and academics came together to research the ways in which the proliferation of device culture, the development of the cloud, and the ubiquity of social networking, are collectively shaping the creative process. Morpholio now seeks to create a new platform for [...]

Today, India is the 2nd fastest growing economy in the world. The Indian construction industry is an integral part of the economy and a conduit for a substantial part of its development. Construction is the 2nd largest economic activity after agriculture. Construction accounts for nearly 65 per cent of the total investment in infrastructure and [...]

The IIA Awards are one of the oldest and most respected marks of success in the architects and builders community in India, especially since the Institute is the only body of Architects in the country that has been associated with all government bodies, for more than 90 years in the industry. As such, it is [...]

CAADRIA 2012, Chennai, India, April 25-28, 2012 CAADRIA : Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia CAADRIA 2012 invites submissions of original research papers, posters and exhibitions on topics in computational architectural design research, including but not limited to the following areas and aspects: Design intelligence and automation Design cognition and analysis [...]

Acreconf is a two day international conference which is organised by the Delhi Chapter of ISHRAE, in association with ASHRAE India chapter. This conference was started in the year 2001, where it was attended by nearly 200 delegates with 25 technical papers. This conference has been attracting a lot of interest and has been growing rapidly. The last ACRECONF held in 2010 was attended by over 1800 delegates and had attracted over 98 technical papers.

Indian Concrete Institute Tamilnadu Chennai Centre in association with IIT Madras is organising a One Day National Workshop on Precast concrete Buildings in India: Practices, Possibilities & Prospects on 6th August 2011 at IIT Madras, Chennai. The Sub Themes for the above workshop are as below: • Precast concrete Buildings in India: Prospects, Possibilities & [...]

FOUR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS FOR UIA TOKYO 2011 COMMUNITY DESIGN FOR CHILDREN’S FUTURE ‘Wisdom and Dreams’ is the theme proposed to to children, adolescents, young peopleand everyone around the world who would like to offer ideas that can provide children andthe residents of disaster stricken areas in Japan an environment that will allow them toassume the [...]

Indian Institute of Architects, Chandigarh-Punjab Chapter is going to organise “Young Architects Festival” (YAF) in Chandigarh on 14-15-16 October, 2011. It will include a Seminar on: CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE – BEYOND CORBUSIERISM Session 1: Chandigarh: Tryst with Modernism Threat & challenges before Chandigarh/ cities Ø  Changing Skyline and Cityscape Ø  Growth of the City and Slums Ø  Re [...]

Nagpur: In a ray of hope for the disabled and senior citizens, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court has asked the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) to conduct a survey of all the government/semi-government buildings in the city on facilities being offered. The IIA has been told to take the help ofNagpur Municipal Corporation [...]

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Architects have to script their own agenda while creating new idioms in this age of homogenised culture, suggests Indian architect Charles Correa. ‘Young architects have to stick their neck out to do something new and write their own agendas,’ Correa said in his address at the launch of his book [...]