AKDA is a multi-disciplinary design studio with expertise in handling architecture,interiors, furniture & products.
clever people worry more because they are more imaginative and more alive to all the things that could go wrong.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) December 27, 2019
don’t worry less, worry smarter via @FT @lucykellaway
https://t.co/svPxRJVJcl
The scale of emissions has a direct bearing on temperatures
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) December 20, 2019
Climate change: warming trend will continue in 2020 https://t.co/1Gv4DtpUgq
‘The private home has done more harm to Indian urbanism than any other building’ - The Hindu https://t.co/pgvyMR20xB
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) December 9, 2019
The planet doesn't need money, it needs behavioural change: Sonam Wangchuk
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) December 4, 2019
https://t.co/j6fWeo4UYb
The economy grows by producing what 150 million of the top income earners consume. https://t.co/ANhuF7JGXi
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) November 24, 2019
Indian designers dismiss "design-school propaganda" as they decolonise their workhttps://t.co/84GTv9nkkN via @dezeen
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) November 19, 2019
Design Dekko https://t.co/fmv6XN8Akh
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) November 13, 2019
When they write the records, @LewisHamilton will have more world championships than Fangio, Clark, Senna, Vettel, Ascari, Stewart, Hakkinen, Fittipaldi, Alonso.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) November 3, 2019
Mercedes has been unrivaled in their strategy, technology & consistency over the past few years.
Machine, Not Man!
“..the design decisions that would successfully endure once I was completely out of the picture, rather than the ones that would be perfect in the moment of completion, those were actually the design decisions that would prove success.” https://t.co/sX3ewCDp62
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) November 3, 2019
Air pollution is a complex inter-related problem - The city’s ecological #footprint may be to blame - it’s soaring #demand for food has forced #farmers to cut down the turnaround time between #harvests by burning tons of crop waste, rather than dispose it off by cutting / grazing pic.twitter.com/cNr9oDHYAF
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) November 2, 2019
Our work is exhibited at the Alliance Francaise till November 03 as part of an event showcasing the importance of art in architecture pic.twitter.com/B60BMVUbPN
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) November 1, 2019
And when people have money, they convert it into emissions. That’s what wealth is.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) October 25, 2019
The myth of green growth via @FT @KuperSimon
https://t.co/rV92SPT1SL
Amit Khanna will be speaking on diminishing raw materials at the World Infrastructure Congress, Mumbai pic.twitter.com/X8d5AL5cGp
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) October 15, 2019
How will they will ever be able to condense the politics of 2019 into a single movie? #itscomplicated
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) October 9, 2019
Photography, like architecture, can be the art of serendipity.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) October 7, 2019
Ezra Stoller Turned Buildings Into Monuments | @NewYorker https://t.co/VvPJ9Aef5A
Architects were willing to run the gantlet of bureaucracy back then because they had design champions..
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) September 19, 2019
Why Can’t New York City Build More Gems Like This Queens Library? https://t.co/Jp4N3lKsrY
That is the best piece of architectural criticism I’ve read in the past few years. Brilliant. https://t.co/jfLiGdty9i
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) September 15, 2019
Hard to publicly defend owing to the elite nature of car ownership, but to those of us who know.. https://t.co/TzWtxjLejH
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) September 14, 2019
"Interrelating Architecture and Society".
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) September 9, 2019
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Amit Khanna will be part of a panel that seeks to address the multitude of challenges faced by India’s urban centres.
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2:30pm on 11th September at the @leelagurugram… https://t.co/d04ND1NZD0
The coming of age of @Charles_Leclerc
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) September 8, 2019
Perhaps this season a popular driver will win the @F1 world championship!! pic.twitter.com/azDODFDLhm
“People are moving to cities in their billions, and most of the new growth is happening without a plan.“
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) September 3, 2019
The inside story of Guardian Cities: a new kind of journalism @guardiancities https://t.co/aZmd4G9Cd4
300 MPH!! https://t.co/gnoOzCLEca
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) September 2, 2019
2019: The Summer of Stokes. When you can do no wrong.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) August 26, 2019
The Ashes Day 4 Highlights | Third Specsavers Ashes Test 2019 https://t.co/OSGrqmXftw via @YouTube
“The architecture of every epoch is defined by the materials it employs.”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) August 23, 2019
Going Green with Building Materials via @RealtyMyths https://t.co/CCRgyJKprV
Freedom.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) August 15, 2019
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The idea of liberation is many things to many people. To us, it is about the ability to intellectually conceptualise sustainable building solutions rather than be forced to implement rules enforced by… https://t.co/G3smjnnYWn
The growing body of evidence, showing that connection of nature and people is beneficial for mental and physical wellbeing, is informing decisions and local plans.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) August 13, 2019
Vertical gardens breathe life into the city via @FT
https://t.co/khcfG58PKr
“Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet, is either mad or an economist.”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) August 9, 2019
Infinite growth is a pipe dream via @FT @VaclavSmil
https://t.co/pAbTqoo7yi
“Loose monetary policy is supposed to boost economic activity partly by forcing capital to embrace investment risk — and fund growth.”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) August 2, 2019
Family offices are diving into new markets via @FT @gilliantett
https://t.co/jyeQM646yw
Temperatures in Siberia last month were as much as 8C above long-term averages
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 31, 2019
Siberian wildfires prompt Russia to declare state of emergency via @FT
https://t.co/KEGPFU1SYT
In 2010, when he was chief executive of Google, Eric Schmidt said that the company’s policy was “to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it”.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 21, 2019
Is privacy dead? via @FT
https://t.co/v15sI0sXop
Our workplaces are set up for convenience, not to get the best out of our brains
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 21, 2019
How to escape the ‘hyperactive hivemind’ of modern work via @Calnewport_ https://t.co/rSw1983GRr
Architectural Disclaimer! https://t.co/BhGmtNIdJM
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 17, 2019
Global public goods can only be provided by co-operation among states.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 16, 2019
The case for sane globalism remains strong via @FT
https://t.co/OawCHYJn8Z
Quick question - who scheduled the final set of the Federer-Djokovic match at the SAME TIME as the last 4 overs of the Cricket World Cup?#TwoTelevisionsButOnlyOneSetOfEyes
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 14, 2019
Well done all of you.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 10, 2019
Now can we please get back to work? pic.twitter.com/oQvmZrrRXP
Macro-prudential policymakers should be mindful of broader implications for systemic risk to avoid precipitating declines in house price levels when the economy and the housing market are in a fragile state.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 5, 2019
2019 Global Financial Stability Report from IMF https://t.co/5I9QW4H8V5
“The Chernobyl disaster reveals the true extent of our environmental impact on the planet. Harmful as it was, the nuclear accident was far less destructive to the local ecosystem than we were.”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 2, 2019
How plants reclaimed Chernobyl's poisoned land https://t.co/BIhHtQZYCl
45 degrees in France & Ice 1.5m thick carpets Mexico's Guadalajara
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 1, 2019
Does anyone still doubt man made climate change? https://t.co/YbBs7kli9Z
“The world is gradually abandoning the Platonic idea of the philosopher-king and has switched to the opposite extreme — a populist government that largely ignores economists.”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) July 1, 2019
Age of the expert as policymaker is coming to an end via @FT
https://t.co/MXKllqMPGL
Reuse by Recycling.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) June 22, 2019
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These #brick tiles have been removed from the roof of an old #building that needs fresh #waterproofing (besides other things). A common terracing technique (still prevalent) was to lay these… https://t.co/ILDIgG38Wc
Reposted from ifj_journal.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) June 20, 2019
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This project continues to set benchmarks for cost efficiency while highlighting the importance of bold design https://t.co/Onj0az2WsN
That’s Us!! https://t.co/zftU5JMjUY
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) June 19, 2019
Responsible Bespoke Luxury.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) June 18, 2019
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Nothing in this photograph is “imported”, which has unfortunately become a euphuism for quality in the context of #IndianDesign.
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The sofas, cushions, rugs, tables, lamps and even the… https://t.co/9ah9KIfSYw
“It’s historically unusual, but for the past decade we have had the highest temperature every year. This is becoming the new normal,”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) June 16, 2019
India swelters as record temperatures become ‘new normal’ via @FT
https://t.co/qBoeK2S3yg
An overarching framework of consistent principles and metrics that can be integrated into policy, but primarily can be used as a tool for businesses to drive the transition to a net zero carbon built environment. India needs this!!
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) June 9, 2019
https://t.co/MO2lkFfJcH
Still Learning to Design?
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) June 8, 2019
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We sure are.
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Design is your approach to a problem and in residential projects, identifying the problem is often the hardest thing to do.
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Imagination is your greatest friend when it… https://t.co/TgaHPgGDHC
“Despite having completed more than a dozen marathons, I don’t “love” running in the straightforward sense. It’s closer to my relationship with writing — I love having run.”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) June 7, 2019
Brilliant piece on running by @LauraNoonanFT via @FT
https://t.co/9R4an1zZy7
World Environment Day.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) June 5, 2019
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It’s 2019 and we are at a tipping point when it comes to the management of our resources. We could either continue our consumption patterns or we can enact change in our lives that impacts… https://t.co/RdQnj110F5
“There is little point shifting to low-carbon energy if the costs of the transition lead to more imports of steel from less green sources.”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 29, 2019
Politics remains the biggest obstacle to climate change action via @FT
https://t.co/GUx2NXSGsP
Pumped hydro is a century-old technology, which provides about 95 per cent of worldwide energy storage linked to electricity grid systems.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 28, 2019
Renewable energy: Australia bets on a ‘water battery’ via @FT
https://t.co/lRLDJ3e7PG
Never thought I would say this, but respect to #LewisHamilton for Monaco - Solid Race Driving Skills#DoingNikiLaudaProud
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 26, 2019
..Don DeLillo with his forbidding business card, which read “I don’t want to talk about it” ..
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 26, 2019
The anti-social secret of success via @FT @JananGanesh
https://t.co/P4iqLtgUqM
Families that eat together..
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 24, 2019
Joint Family House Designs: Tips for a harmonious shared space https://t.co/T5eT4rgPvq<%shareBid%> via @ArchDigestIndia
Thursday Morning View.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 23, 2019
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While everyone in the country (including most people in the #SmartCitiesIndia conference) are checking the election results, I am enjoying an intellectually stimulating morning in some… https://t.co/rWBDUbair5
Speaking today at @smartcitiesind on the need to focus technological solutions towards those who can least afford them pic.twitter.com/w2dClGzNbo
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 23, 2019
The Smart City / Discussed.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 22, 2019
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No matter how distant our inevitable urban future may seem, we need to be prepared to confront the challenges.
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Catch Amit tomorrow morning at the #SmartCitiesIndia as he speaks about… https://t.co/P2r3uhWmfr
“..my architecture is not consciously Chinese … I’m a western architect”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 17, 2019
Is that the curse of globalization & west-centric architectural education? To allow even a rare talent like Pei to abandon the vernacular.
Architect IM Pei dies, aged 102 via @FT
https://t.co/ZC4VgpZSh2
“I became addicted to that repeated swipe from one vaguely interesting thing to what promises to be, but rarely is, a slightly more interesting thing. “
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 12, 2019
Is it ironic to post this to Twitter via @FT @mark_haddon
https://t.co/VVvFZ95WTy
In a nutshell, this is why big cities thrive
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 12, 2019
“We don’t have children because we don’t have the young people. We don’t have the young people because we don’t have the jobs that will support the lifestyles that they want.”
Cheap Old Houses via @FT
https://t.co/Es6wLdeTkb
Kahn & Ando: Exploring the greats of modern architecturehttps://t.co/XF9qkiE8yL
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 9, 2019
Attempting to find a solution to a problem facing many cities: how to provide enough social housing as urban property values rise.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 5, 2019
Inside the tower block refurbished for luxury living via @FT
https://t.co/pIVPHRpaTG
“Are we in the best of times? Or the end of times?”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) April 29, 2019
Attenborough, Gates and the battle between optimism and pessimism
via @FT @gideonrachman
https://t.co/hPKJFYyfme
“Mies himself, incidentally, lived in a solid, classical turn-of-the-century apartment block.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) April 26, 2019
Apparently he liked the high ceilings.”
The houses that architects build for themselves via @FT @edwinheathcote
https://t.co/5UtDXa6GPX
“We spend a great deal of time studying history, which, let’s face it, is mostly the history of stupidity.”#StephenHawking #EarthDay pic.twitter.com/9E0V0BNUlp
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) April 23, 2019
Honored to be part of @smartcitiesind https://t.co/Z9OjlhWduM
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) April 18, 2019
We get some love from @houzzindia via @decoretteindia for House X, a brick house that seeks to defy normative design https://t.co/UydksKUPOf
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) April 8, 2019
We Must Act Now https://t.co/bj02Hn5dWV
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) April 7, 2019
It's time for architects to choose ethics over aesthetics. Take responsibility, own that you are part of the problem, and do something about it.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 28, 2019
Brilliant stuff by @tcmurray https://t.co/8kSFQ1ATcF via @dezeen
If you really want to affect environmental outcomes and social outcomes, it’s not shaping a single building that matters, It’s shaping a community.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 25, 2019
To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars https://t.co/dkmRCdZC8Y
We love houses!! https://t.co/ZJRgSdHcIP
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 25, 2019
Apologies for being clueless on current affairs, but when did #DelhiDaredevils become #DelhiCapitals?
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 24, 2019
The quality of buildings in the postindependent era of India has always been a debatable, as modernist predilections of design ideals forced the abandonment of traditional craftsmanship in the pursuit of bland simplicity.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 20, 2019
In our firm, we are foregoing modernity to be sustainable
You can really make a big difference to the energy footprint and to utility bills and to the comfort of a house.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 17, 2019
How to do a green home renovation via @FT @pilitaclark
https://t.co/whDU0FBHL7
What is design’s role in business?
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 15, 2019
“In reality, design is not that important” J Maeda https://t.co/LlrDlcFiuR
Best consumer advice I’ve read in ages.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 15, 2019
What the author implies, but doesn’t mention is that using Indian Marble in India is sensible because it’s sustainable / economical / tougher / prettier, etc
Via @houzzindiahttps://t.co/Y62E4EHPAx
It just wouldn't be appropriate to make a cluttered film about Dieter Rams - in which he regrets contributing to the current culture of overconsumptionhttps://t.co/SKWlJoaRCi via @dezeen
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 6, 2019
The rise of Asian powers such as China and India may create new models: step forward, the “civilisation state”.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 5, 2019
via @FT @gideonrachman
https://t.co/iEhtOK7rlo
Books about climate change usually make for grim reading. Even before you pick it up, you know the plot: the Earth is doomed and humans are to blame.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 4, 2019
Not this one. There Is No Planet B, by Mike Berners-Lee via @FT @lesliehook
https://t.co/LKOAkxd5lI
Possibly erroneous omission of Mumbai-Nashik-Pune, but fantastic insight nevertheless. These conurbations are the future of economic growth.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 2, 2019
Mapping the Mega-Regions Powering the World’s Economy @CityLab https://t.co/9cDrnst48x
Have you voted yet?
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 2, 2019
Tri-Tessellate has been nominated for the ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards and your vote could make all the differencehttps://t.co/TVqEazfuSv
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has prepared a Draft National Urban Policy Framework (NUPF) which outlines an integrated and coherent approach towards the future of urban planning in India.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 2, 2019
Comments welcome till the 10th of March https://t.co/avx4PiLQd0
Voted yet?https://t.co/CpN5VHYFkk pic.twitter.com/yoa1kLUHaC
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 26, 2019
With over half a million people living in 525 acres, #Dharavi doesn’t need redevelopment, it just needs legitimacy & services.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 26, 2019
Dharavi Redevelopment Project awarded to Dubai-based STChttps://t.co/uyAlIJL0ca via @NewIndianXpress
We have been shortlisted for Building of the Year.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 25, 2019
Vote for Us!https://t.co/CpN5VHYFkk pic.twitter.com/szTy5MLuIt
Policy has always dictated real estate investment (or vice versa) pic.twitter.com/4lNSPvLUCx
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 22, 2019
And just like that, winter in Delhi is over.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 21, 2019
We can now go back to designing (as Correa so eloquently put it) “A Place in the Shade” for the 10months of summer pic.twitter.com/K8yDaBHU2j
Hate wasted space?
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 20, 2019
Come to IHC to hear why Indian cities get designed the way they do?
And what you can do to change the status quo pic.twitter.com/kWNXhHDIDG
Remarkable end to an intellectually stimulating day at MWC Confluence 2019 with some deep insights into the way cities work by @lordstern1, @ArunMaira & @VishaanNYC #ThinkingCities pic.twitter.com/f4EkoUIbwd
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 13, 2019
Optimism around India’s solar push has taken a hit over the past year
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 12, 2019
Smoke clouds obscure India’s solar revolution via @FT @simonmundy
https://t.co/S0q8Oxq4qy
“There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men. There is no room in the world for mediocre women.” M. Albright https://t.co/DXqgfPZ5Pp
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 11, 2019
“Architecture Should be About What It Can Do, Not What it Can Look Like”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 6, 2019
@ArchDaily n Conversation with Michel Rojkind https://t.co/9G3cwtKejB
Only through a rigorous process of decolonisation can design and the creative industries confront the structures of oppression that have influenced their development for more than two centuries.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 27, 2019
Icon 188: Designing the Tropical https://t.co/DJrzgbDIcy via @iconeye @Hiyapriya
"While new museums, galleries and beautiful one-off houses grab attention the world over, it is affordable housing that is the fundamental enabler to the future health and vitality of the city." https://t.co/AcTJXH4WrH via @dezeen #PaulKarakusevic
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 26, 2019
“It won’t be possible to hit the UN SDGs without using private funding”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 23, 2019
Governments won’t fund sustainable development. Will private finance step in? via @FT
@gilliantett https://t.co/lbnctUEsXZ
Lead juror for Hybrid Futures 2019 - Work x Fly @uniQxyz pic.twitter.com/Fyq1ddZPLy
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 21, 2019
The bad news you never hear from Japan after an earthquake is what a sustainable building needs to emulate - to quietly work in the background and to not need rebuilding
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 17, 2019
How Japan's skyscrapers are built to survive earthquakes https://t.co/BqjqI3uYte
One person’s masterpiece may be another’s carbuncle. But is there at least some public consensus on what is welcome and what constitutes blight?
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 15, 2019
Can we trust the government to judge what's beautiful? In @guardian by @OllieWainwright https://t.co/hma7A4IZ7e
This just in. We are in the Top 50. Again.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 12, 2019
We remain steadfast in the belief that architecture needs to be responsible to all stakeholders - buildings have a lasting impact on the environment and a there is a huge positive difference that a well designed building can make. pic.twitter.com/hBJDVU0GwM
Dark! https://t.co/Ca6qubqyJg
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 11, 2019
Damn! https://t.co/vQvB0oAmqJ
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 11, 2019
“perhaps the most sophisticated, witty and thoughtful new building in London in years”
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 10, 2019
And probably getting demolished.
Amin Taha: London’s most controversial architect via @FT
@GRPWK @dominicLut https://t.co/4X7FIACOqe
If greenhouse gas emissions are to be reduced, it will have to be through a mix of technologies including renewables, efficiency, energy storage, nuclear power, carbon capture & others.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 8, 2019
Read ‘A Bright Future’ by Joshua Goldstein & Staffan Qvist via @FT
https://t.co/BPDaxB9h2F
It is the irony of our moment that prudence requires the rejection of austerity.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 8, 2019
We must prepare now for the likelihood of a recession via @FT
https://t.co/FbL5X4OuUS
An architect’s delight, but perhaps too close to “big brother surveillance” for our comfort.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 6, 2019
Interesting to see lots of roof details, though https://t.co/Fv2f5rkekn
