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Explore why Indian villages built sloping tile roofs, blending climate resilience, culture, and beauty in ways modern concrete cannot.

Once confined to history books, the Yazh is now being played again, thanks to luthier Tharun Sekar and his band, Uru Paanar. The group is reintroducing ancient Tamil music to modern audiences.

In Hisar, architect Gokul Goyal has found an ingenious way to keep his home cool using 7,000 kulhads. As summer approaches, his eco-friendly design offers a refreshing solution.

Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi—the first Indian to win the Pritzker Prize—talks about how to find symphony and sustainability in architecture.

Architect CN Raaghav's sustainable, eco-friendly home in Coimbatore called Casa Roca aims to be entirely sustainable with zero carbon emissions.

Tamil Nadu architect Rajiv Kumarvel has built an eco-friendly mud home that remains naturally cool even in the summer, and saves thousands of litres of water.

Kerala architect, Elizabeth Cherian, filled her 10 cent terrace garden with leafy vegetables, tapioca and pumpkin during the lockdown due to COVID-19

Dhananjay Shinde, a city-based architect restored the 100-year-old Udoji boarding school in Nashik with a green touch

"I didn’t want the usual stairs and classrooms and wanted to create a fantasy land for the children. So I incorporated outdoor classrooms, a slide that goes through the entire building and an amphitheatre with walls made of glass bottles."

To keep the house well-ventilated and breezy, he used windows and openings to create what is known as the ‘Funnel Effect’. Find out how. #SustainableHomes