First things first, I wish to make it clear that the views presented in this article are not influenced or biased in any way by me being a stakeholder in...
Mahatma Gandhi once famously remarked, ‘Mother Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed’. Do you know that at the rate of destruction that we...
Glass is undoubtedly the material of choice for curtain walls. It represents the ultimate material of choice for lending a diaphanous appearance to the building envelope. Glass is also a...
The design and structural performance of laminated glass in overhead glazing applications like canopies and skylights is very critical as it has an impact on the safety of occupants of...
Today, we have gone past the point where going ‘green’ was an option. It has now become an absolute necessity. The concept of green building design relies on minimising the...
An Iconic, large, free-flowing space being built on the ground floor of J W Marriott hotel in Kolkata is the epitome of technology. The Diagrid, coming up at the entrance...