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Richard Rogers has died. What a remarkable life. The Pompidou Centre and the Lloyds building are extraordinary buildings and the last great inventions in architectural design.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Dec 19, 2021
That was one hell of a #Formula1 season.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Dec 12, 2021
So @Buildofy went ahead and made kind of an awesome video about one of our buildings 👇🏼 Compact Multi-unit House in Safdarjung, New Delhi | AKDA https://t.co/BxeCrVs7ZZ via @YouTube
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Dec 6, 2021
Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary https://t.co/tmRysnACms
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Nov 20, 2021
is it possible for a divided humanity to provide essential global public goods? Remarkable insight on how we can share our divided world via @FT https://t.co/k6WZytTsXp
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Nov 3, 2021
It includes a promise for India to get 50% of its energy from renewable resources by 2030. That is going to take some doing and we are all going to have do our bit. COP26: India PM Narendra Modi pledges net zero by 2070 https://t.co/2G0DfzpU92
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Nov 2, 2021
If we don’t act now, it will be too late! Climate change: Sir David Attenborough in 'act now' warning https://t.co/3ohopPDT8R
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Oct 26, 2021
This is an absolute truth. Good architecture simplifies https://t.co/pfOteqPizW
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Oct 21, 2021
Yes, that’s us! https://t.co/RdF8Mf46vl
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Oct 20, 2021
This is becoming increasingly obvious https://t.co/QyPWunVnLA
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Sep 30, 2021
Exciting stuff, this https://t.co/cb4EDVAZZu
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Sep 22, 2021
India has neither announced the net zero year nor has it submitted to the UN an updated climate plan with raised carbon-reduction ambition, as required by the Paris agreement every five years. Climate change: The world awaits India's net zero deadline https://t.co/Ld7VGhId1w
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Sep 20, 2021
Despite all the promises to take action, the world is still on course to heat up to dangerous levels. Buildings consume 30% of energy worldwide. Make buildings more efficient and carbon reductions will follow. Climate change: via @BBCNews https://t.co/7ic4nKybgX
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Sep 18, 2021
The issue is “social silence”, posited by Pierre Bourdieu. He put forward the notion of an issue hidden in plain sight that we usually ignore because it seems slow-moving, technical or vaguely familiar due to our cultural biases. via @FT https://t.co/iIdIptoo8J
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Sep 17, 2021
Books mean different things to people—or different things to the same person—at various points in our lives https://t.co/NEIltlU1Y3 via @NewYorker
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Aug 29, 2021
Global warming will hit 1.5C by 2040, warns IPCC report via @FT Even with rapid emissions cuts, temperatures would continue to rise until “at least” 2050, the scientists said, and lead to further extreme weather events. https://t.co/i3JB7vlDFX
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Aug 9, 2021
The world is likely to temporarily reach 1.5C of warming within 20 years even in a best-case scenario of deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, a landmark report on climate change signed off by 234 scientists from more than 60 countries has concluded. https://t.co/XnP38omPaK
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Aug 9, 2021
This wonderfully written piece by @alyngriffiths at @dezeen captures the essence of our residential project in New Delhi. https://t.co/G7Y0KCi9Je
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Jun 15, 2021
Is brutalist architecture going the way of mid century modern? In the sense of there being some really exceptional buildings that came from lesser known architects practicing at the top of their game? https://t.co/xZv93C3ENR
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) Jun 11, 2021
Amit Khanna’s piece on the changing climate and how it is undermining the growth potential of India #WorldEnvironmentDay #ClimateCrisis https://t.co/oNKKv0mPlw
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) June 4, 2021
This is important. Don’t demolish if you don’t need to https://t.co/vx61AYW242
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 27, 2021
On a quiet residential street in New Delhi, a monumental circular aperture sits within a square brick screen. https://t.co/JbSNJU8Vkl
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 27, 2021
In case you missed it, https://t.co/Esm9XtsrAw
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 24, 2021
How do you have a conversation about architecture using a building?https://t.co/BNGIoUpfut
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 22, 2021
What is architecture? It’s a ongoing conversation, and this one is with the best of them https://t.co/Esm9XtsrAw
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 21, 2021
On a quiet residential street in New Delhi, a monumental circular aperture sits within a square brick screen.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 21, 2021
https://t.co/BNGIoUpfut
Too many corporate net zero goals are too vague and distant. Some smack of abject #greenwashing.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 19, 2021
Beware the looming net zero car crash via @FT
https://t.co/pE51dm98sa
Interesting to see Environmental Protection & Digital Self Determination viewed as fundamental human rights. https://t.co/lkr2XtAPNf
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 8, 2021
A great light has gone out.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) May 5, 2021
Ashish Ganju was the foremost thinker in architecture in India and he has left a huge void in the pedagogy of the profession
Privileged millennials are likely the most educated generation in the history of mankind, have higher earnings and a greater inheritance corpus than any of their forefathers.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) April 28, 2021
What does this imply for progress?
Fast population growth in the region is adding to pressures on Himalayan forests, with the increase in agricultural activity making it harder to manage burning.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) April 11, 2021
Forest fires spread across Indian Himalayan state via @FT
https://t.co/FMUImXnFCb
The central message? There is no time to wait.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) April 6, 2021
'Every choice matters': can we cling to hope of avoiding 1.5C heating? | Environment | The Guardian https://t.co/ZnJCq9Ui3s
Condensing @ShashiTharoor https://t.co/uHbfRzndoL
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) March 16, 2021
Emerging concerns that some of the construction methods and materials used have not lived up to the engineering breakthroughs that only recently enabled 1,000-foot-high trophy apartments.
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) February 3, 2021
The Down Side to Life in a Supertall Tower: Leaks, Creaks, Breaks https://t.co/tNoRJSITLB
Architectural criticism and journalism have and continue to help us understand how we arrived at this built environment and what the future holds. https://t.co/USskCjd3g5
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 26, 2021
2021 is looking pretty good so far
— AKDA (@akdaoffice) January 1, 2021
