Architecture

The annual Pritzker Architecture Prize has been awarded to Liu Jiakun of China, who earned the field's highest honour for affirming architecture that celebrates the lives of ordinary citizens, organizers announced Tuesday. Liu, based in Chengdu in China's southwestern Sichuan region, has said that the purpose of his architecture is to create a beautiful, just and dignified living environment, and that he tries to balance commercial needs with the human needs of the public. The architect upholds the transcendent power of the built environment through the harmonizing of cultural, historical, emotional and social dimensions, using architecture to forge community, inspire compassion and elevate the human spirit, Pritzker organizers said in a statement. Liu is known for creating public areas in highly populated cities where there is little public space, forging a positive relationship between density and open space, the statement said. Organizers cited his West Village in Chengdu, a 201

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Vishwakarma Puja is a celebration of the birth anniversary of Lord Vishwakarma. He is considered as the creator of the universe. As per the Drik Panchang, this year, the day falls on Sept 16

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GATE 2024 will be conducted February 3, 4, 10, and 11. Here are all the details on the exam, centres, questions papers, and where & how to download the admit card

Modi inaugurates weeklong event at Red Fort with aims of making it a flagship cultural initiative for India

PM to inaugurate weeklong event at Red Fort in Delhi with aims of making it a flagship cultural initiative for India

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NIASA announced NATA 2023 phase 2 results on Tuesday. Students can check their results on CoA's official website, i.e., www.nata.in.

The Council of Architecture released NATA admit card Test 1 on April 18, the exam will be conducted on April 21 and the result might be announced on April 30

Pritzker awardee, Doshi blended modernist values with local ethos; the IIM-B building is an example

Balakrishna Vithaldas Doshi, who was the first Indian to bag the Pritzker Prize, considered architecture's highest honour, has passed away leaving behind irreplaceable void in architecture industry

Doshi's architectural skills can be seen in some of the most iconic buildings in India, including IIM in Bengaluru and Udaipur

To explore a city littered with remnants of an era gone by, the 112-year-old Ambika Vilas in the heart of Trivandrum offers an ideal reprieve from modernity

The candidates who had appeared in the round 5 seat allotment can check and download result on the official website- josaa.nic.in

Two grand gateways and a majestic colonnade of 108 ornate pillars made of intricately carved sandstones, gushing fountains and a panel of over 50 murals depicting stories from Shiv Puran are among the major highlights of the soon-to-open 'Mahakal Lok' in Ujjain. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on October 11 inaugurate the first phase of the Rs 856-crore Mahakaleshwar Temple corridor development project here, located around 200 km from the state capital Bhopal. The over 900-metre-long corridor -- 'Mahakal Lok' -- billed as one of the largest such corridors in India skirts around the old Rudrasagar Lake which has also been revived as part of the redevelopment project around the ancient Mahakaleshwar Temple, one of the 12 'jyotirlings' in the country that gets devotees throughout the year. Two majestic gateways -- Nandi Dwar and Pinaki Dwar -- separated by a short distance, have been erected near the starting point of the corridor, which winds its way to the entrance of the ancient .