BOOK REVIEWS


M N Ashish Ganju
Thinker and Architect
2024
Edited by Narendra Dengle
 

 

Gardens of Delhi
2024
Swapna Liddle &
Madhulika Liddle

 

 

Design X Design
@ 10: Whither Design India
2024
Iftikhar-Mulk Chishti
 

 

The Industrial Ephemeral
Labor and Love in Indian Architecture and Construction
2022
Namita Vijay Dharia
 


Biodiversity Parks
Nature Reserves of Delhi
2021
Prof. C.R. Babu & Rajeev Kr. Tiwari
 
 

Gandhi's Places
An Architectural Documentation
2024
Editors: Neelkanth Chhaya, Riyaz Tayyibji and Tridip Suhurd
 
 

100 Plants
Trees | Shrubs | Grasses
2023
Study: Geeta Wahi Dua
 

 

Nainsukh, the Film
Still Lives • Moving Images
2023
Srikanth Srinivasan
 



Uncivil City
Ecology, Equity and the Commons in Delhi
2020
Amita Baviskar
 
 

Blueprint
2018
Gautam Bhatia
 


 

Architecture of Santiniketan
Tagore’s Concept of Space
2013
Samit Das
 

 

Wonders of Nature
Ustad Mansur at the Mughal Court
2012
Asok Kumar Das
 


Islamic Gardens and Landscapes
2008
D. Fairchild Ruggles
 


 

Design with Nature
1969
Ian L. McHarg
 



 

Architectures of Transition: Emergent Practices in South Asia
2024
Rahul Mehrotra, Devashree Shah and Pranav Thole
 
 

A Call to Return: a journey with Didi Contractor
2024
Lakshmi Swaminathan
 




Trees and Shrubs of Mukhteshwar, Uttarakhand
2024
Soham S. Kacker
 

 

Shades of Blue: Connecting the Drops in India's Cities
2023
Harini Nagendra
and Seema Mundoli

 
 
CURRENT ISSUE LA81
| editorial

HISTORIES, LEGACIES & EMERGING LANDSCAPES


| legacies

LEGACIES OF URBANISM AND TEACHING
BOOK REVIEW: CITIES, CITIZENS, CLASSROOMS AND BEYOND
Review by Meghal Arya


BRIDGING ARCHITECTURE, NATURE AND PEOPLE
TRIBUTE: CHRISTOPHER CHARLES BENNINGER
Varsha Gavandi


IN PURSUIT OF MEANING
TRIBUTE: RANJIT SABIKHI
Sachin Jain


A GARDEN CITY CHRONICLE: LALBAGH
BOOK REVIEW: BANGALORE’S LALBAGH |
A CHRONICLE OF THE GARDEN AND THE CITY
Review by Seema Mundoli



| landscape & architecture

SUSTAINABILITY AND SIMPLICITY
Padmaja Pradhan


SPACES THAT INSPIRE, NURTURE AND ENDURE
Ranjan Daniel



| urban spaces

THE STORY OF A THOUSAND PARKS
REVIVAL OF THE BBMP PARKS OF BENGALURU
Preetanshi Singh & Shantesh Kelvekar


ECO RESTORATION OF LAKES
ENHANCING THE BLUE GREEN NETWORK OF THE CITY | COIMBATORE
Oasis Designs Inc., New Delhi


BKC SCULPTURE PLAZA
BANDRA, MUMBAI
Hemali Landscape Studio, Mumbai


NEPEAN GREENS
RECLAIMING INCLUSIONS: A DEMOCRATIC AND SUSTAINABLE URBAN HAVEN | MUMBAI
Compartment S4, Mumbai


THE RAVINE PARK
GODREJ RIVERGREENS | PUNE
Studio POD + Enviroscape


RUINSCAPE
LANDSCAPE FOR A MICROBREWERY | BENGALURU
VSLA, Bengaluru



| informal

DESIGNING A MULTISPECIES CITY
STRAY DOGS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
Ananya Jain


RECLAIMING LANDSCAPE
COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND THE MANY LIVES OF KOLIWADA, DHARAVIKareena Kochery & Samidha Patil



| infrastructure & technology

BIOPHILIC DESIGN & CITIES
ENHANCING HUMAN LIVING THROUGH NATURE-INSPIRED, MULTISENSORY ENVIRONMENTS
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