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Build with bamboo, bring home nature
Bamboo is increasingly finding acceptance as structural element in architecture. As a renewable resource, it has found favour among architects wedded to sustainable building technology, writes T. NANDAKUMAR.


For a healthy lifeline
Here are a few tips on planning water supply and sewage disposal for a home.
The infrastructure trap
Kochi is growing rapidly. But does it have the necessary infrastructure to cope with this fast-paced growth?
Centre approves 56 JNNURM projects
The Centre, earlier this week, approved 56 projects costing over Rs 3,500 crore for 20 cities during 2006-07 under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The projects approved are for Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam, ...
Designing for parking to keep up with growth
In growing cities the need for sufficient parking hardly gets enough attention. We would have to adopt different norms when designing parking lots for residences, small or large apartment complexes, offices, commercial establishments, shopping co mplexes, a combination of shops and residences, hospitality sector, public spaces such as airports, stations and recreation zones, campuses and so on.
UAE property giants heading for India
A booming economy and the huge middle-class segment in India offer a lucrative destination for investors. Several leading real estate companies in the UAE have announced major plans in the country.
Now you can wash dirty linen in style
Last week home appliances manufacturer Fagor unveiled before journalists in Madrid its unique product Driron. It looked like a fridge-freezer. But actually it was a dryer having a feature to iron clothes using steam. Driron would be introduced in ...
Construction firm to invest Rs.2,500 crore
Samiah International Builders Private Ltd, housing and real estate developers, has announced four housing projects in Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh, which will be completed by November 2008, at an investment of Rs.2,500 crore. "The residential ...



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