India

 UTTARKASHI

Houses that hold on

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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North East, Tehri, Earthquakes, Housing, Housing Construction, Building Materials, Architecture, Rural Development, India, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Shillong
India

 North East

Assam type solution

Publication Date: 
14/05/2001
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North East, Tehri, Earthquakes, Housing, Housing Construction, Building Materials, Architecture, Rural Development, India, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Shillong
Energy

 DEFORESTATION

The forest at Chakaria in Cox Bazar district has been denuded. According to a report in The Bangladesh Observer influential people have undertaken construction on these lands thus destroying the

Publication Date: 
30/01/2000
Down to Earth
Tags:
Ecology, Deforestation, Housing Construction, Bangladesh
India

 Protecting hill stations

a total ban on construction of farmhouses in green zones and immediate demolition of illegal structures in the Mahabaleshwar and Panchgani hill stations of Satara district in the state of

Publication Date: 
30/12/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Housing Construction, Satara (D)
Energy

 Tile tales

An innovative tile that could go a long way in reducing the cost of housing construction has been developed in the African country of Cote d Ivoire

Publication Date: 
14/08/1996
Down to Earth
Tags:
Housing Construction, Tiles, Rural Technology, Africa
Habitat And Urbanisation

Green architecture: design for a sustainable future

This book provides a balanced international overview of the way forward, showing how choice of materials and construction processes, response to landscape and climate, and - not to be forgotten - the involvement of users, can together solve environmental problems and produce a diverse architecture to suit human and regional needs.

Publication Date: 
Jan 1996
Robert Vale
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Tags:
Energy Efficiency, Housing Construction, Green Buildings, Architecture, Construction Industry, Sustainable Development
India

 Eco friendly building

FOR years, technical book alternative materials and cost building tech have been regularly lished. Government semi-government org tions like Housing Urban Development ration have published

Publication Date: 
14/11/1995
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Housing Construction, Architecture, Building Technology
India

 Homing in on tradition

Traditional models of architecture, especially for mass housing purposes, may yet be resurrected

Publication Date: 
29/04/1995
Koshy Cherail
Down to Earth
Tags:
Housing Construction, Architecture, India
India

 Baker honoured

Union urban development minister Sheila Kaul has presented Laurie Baker, the innovative architect lauded for his low-cost construction techniques, with the United Nations Habitat Scroll of Honour for

Publication Date: 
14/11/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Housing Construction, Building Materials, Architecture
India

 Safety lies in being traditional

"EARTHQUAKES don't kill, buildings do," says John Beynon, principal architect at UNESCO's regional office in Bangkok. Today, people are shifting to "killer buildings" as they give up their

Publication Date: 
14/06/1992
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Earthquakes, Housing Construction, Mud, Building Technology, Traditional Knowledge, India

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