Does Size Matter? Let us begin with two anecdotes to set the stage. [caption id="attachment_81169" align="alignleft" width="408"] Snippet of the ‘SmokeVent’ section, presently in the National Building Code published in...
Parameter Checklist While Designing and Planning Your Home: Finalise the budget and discuss it with the builders/contractors. Make sure safety and security parameters are built in First with proper planning...
Background Spread over 18.5 acres, Jio World Centre is a multifaceted development where people will get together to appreciate art, to exchange ideas, to celebrate culture, and to soak in...
Like all building elements, façades will age and be subject to soiling and structural deterioration, accelerated by exposure to man-made pollutants and other environmental factors. Damage or deterioration to façade...
One of Dubai’s next tallest structures has reached its peak. The Uptown Tower near JLT has reached 329 meters in height, with the final concrete pour on the building’s 79th...
Tell us about your practice and design approach? Al Habtoor City, Dubai Khatib & Alami is a multidisciplinary design firm with a...
The manufacturing industry is building back fast post lockdown; so are façade and fenestration industries, undismayed by significant labor and supply chain challenges, raw material price variations, and reduced margins....
Efficient buildings are designed to provide occupants with a comfortable, safe, and healthy living and work environment. This requires superior architecture and engineering designs, quality construction practices, and intelligent operation...
Aspect Terracotta louvers are often designed and used in front of glass curtain walls, window area, passages, etc., producing a passive shading effect for the building. These louvers can also...
The building envelope is often referred to as the skin of the building that protects the core from environmental damage. Largely understood as a tempering screen that wraps around the...
What are the important tools for creating future façades? Traditionally, we have always used general rules of climatology for designing façade by assessing the solar gains. With the emergence of...
The façade of the building has always remained the most significant from the point of view of both the designers as well as the developers. The façades of the buildings...
One of the most famous materials that are used in construction is glass. In present times, these are used a lot in windows, doors, railings for balconies and staircases, etc....
Introduction The façade industry is facing a crucial moment, as many other industries and in particular, the construction industry is in the middle of a very convulse time, affected by...
The ‘Urban Square’ is a commercial development in Gurugram, Haryana. The commercial complex is strategically located on the Golf Course Extension Road within the Pioneer Park Township. Planned as four...
As more and more Indians travel around the world they are exposed to the cutting-edge technology used in modern building facades that exist in different countries and they notice the...