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Today’s Question CLXXVI

•November 27, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Recognize this structure…

Answer in a day…

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Posted in Architect, Art, Building, Location

Today’s Question CLXXV

•November 11, 2009 • 6 Comments

Recognise this beauty. Whats her story…

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CLXXV

Cracked by Sacridfig, madhuri and Akshatha. Mansi and Noronha were spot on with their answers.

Posted in Building, Connect

Today’s Question CLXXIV

•November 5, 2009 • 6 Comments

A little pressed for time, 3 Questions at a go!!

Identify:
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Cracked by Akshatha, Vivek, Shreyas, Chetan SG, Chetan Noronha and Mansi

Posted in Building, Location

Today’s Question CLXXIII

•November 5, 2009 • 3 Comments

Identify the project and architect, shown below are the interiors:

CLXXIII.1

CLXIII.2

CLXXIII

Cracked by Mansi & Chetan SG

Posted in Architect, Building, Location

Today’s Question CLXXII

•November 5, 2009 • 2 Comments

Identify the architect and project shown below in plan :

CLXII

Cracked by Akshatha & Vivek

Posted in Architect, Building, Location

Today’s Question CLXXI

•November 3, 2009 • 3 Comments

Revisiting an old topic with a new twist… Recognise.

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This

Nicely done Mansi, Akshatha and Chetan SG.

Posted in Architect, Art, Building, Location

Today’s Question CLXX

•November 3, 2009 • 3 Comments

Recognise this historically significant structure…

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1

160.1

2

Cracked by Akshata, Mansi and Noronha.

Posted in Building, Location

Today’s Question CLIX

•November 1, 2009 • 2 Comments

Recognise this building and its architect…

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CLIX

Nicely done Noronha and Akshata.

Posted in Architect, Building, Location

ArchiParlance

Today’s ArchiParlance II
Today’s post is a feature on Moshe Safdie’s Khalsa Heritage Complex. I had recently been to a talk by Bani Singh on the Khalsa Heritage Complex, organised by the Goethe Institute Bangalore, as a part of the World Heritage Day lectures. Although this talk was not strictly about architecture, it gave a few incites into the [...]
Today’s ArchiParlance I
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Willie Smits and Dr. Dickson Despommier, what geniuses
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