Fungus used to build arching pavilion in Kerala
A group of Indian and Italian architects has built a pavilion in southwest India using mushroom mycelium, to demonstrate how the material could be used to create temporary venues for major events. More
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India will ban self-driving cars to protect jobs
India has become the first major economy to say no to driverless cars, with transport minister Nitin Gadkari saying the government "won't allow any technology that takes away jobs". More
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India's young architects must be taught to appreciate their design heritage, says Balkrishna Doshi
India is at risk of losing its architectural identity, because the country's design schools aren't teaching students to respect local heritage and traditions, according to architect Balkrishna Doshi. More
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Key projects by influential Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi
With Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi set to deliver the Royal Academy's annual architecture lecture this evening, here's a look at four pivotal projects the architect built in Ahmedabad, captured by photographer Edmund Sumner. More
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Our latest Pinterest board hones in on India's architectural boom
We have compiled a new Pinterest board devoted to the recent growing presence of stunning Indian architecture projects on Dezeen, including the Awadh Shilpgram crafts hub and a Mumbai house covered in reclaimed windows and doors. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Rippling red brick facade shades house in Surat by Design Work Group
Design Work Group has completed a family home in the Indian port city of Surat, which features a gently undulating brick facade that offers shade from the sun. More
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Pavilion-like house offers spectacular views of India's Western Ghats mountains
Volcanic stone walls and sculptural skylights are among the features of this holiday home by Khosla Associates, which looks out over a picturesque mountain lake in southwest India. More
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New photographs offer a look inside a modernist theatre in Le Corbusier's Chandigarh
Neelam Theatre, one of three cinemas built as part of Le Corbusier's construction of Chandigarh, is revealed in these new images by British photographer Edmund Sumner. More
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Samira Rathod's Shadow House provides refuge from scorching Indian sun
A weathered steel roof slopes over the gravelled courtyard at the centre of this concrete house in western India, which architect Samira Rathod has designed to offer residents plenty of shade from the sun. More
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Anahata's pared-back house in western India features facade designed as "a piece of art"
The sculptural facade of this house in the Indian city of Belgaum comprises staggered blocks containing rooms that extend out from a central plant-filled courtyard. More
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Penthouse apartment in India revamped by Studio Course to mimic a traditional veranda
Studio Course has overhauled the upper level of a penthouse apartment in Pune, west India, creating mix of indoor and outdoor rooms that surround a rooftop garden. More
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Awadh Shilpgram is a crafts hub influenced by traditional Indian architecture
Architecture studio Archohm has completed a campus for promoting crafts in the Indian city of Lucknow, featuring a cluster of grass-roofed workshops and a spiralling shopping arcade (+ slideshow). More
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Carlo Ratti building digitally connected retreat in the Himalayan mountains
Construction has started on a digitally connected co-living and co-working retreat in the Himalayas, designed by Italian architect Carlo Ratti. More
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Archohm completes wedge-shaped socialism museum in northern India
Architecture firm Archohm has completed a wedge-shaped museum in Lucknow dedicated to the late Indian independence activist Jayaprakash Narayan (+ slideshow). More
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Rohan Chavan's public toilets aim to provide a safe socialising space for women
These public toilets by architect Rohan Chavan are built around an old tree in the Indian city Thane, and include a hot-pink sitting area where women can socialise (+ slideshow). More
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Sameep Padora builds Buddhist Learning Centre in an Indian forest grove
Volcanic stone dust was used to build the walls of this Buddhist education and meditation centre, designed by Sameep Padora & Associates for a woodland clearing in rural India (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More
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Le Corbusier's Chandigarh government buildings captured in new images by Benjamin Hosking
World Heritage Corb: for the next instalment in our series on the 17 Le Corbusier buildings added to UNESCO's World Heritage list, Australian photographer Benjamin Hosking shares new images of Capitol Complex in Chandigarh – the Indian city that gave the architect a chance to test his Modernist theories on a grand scale (+ slideshow). More
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Abraham John Architects transforms pump room into garden lounge for Mumbai film studio
This garden pavilion by Abraham John Architects provides a lounge for a film production studio in Mumbai, featuring a glazed ceiling and walls to offer views of a jackfruit tree (+ slideshow). More
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House with stone walls built by Spasm Design around a sunken courtyard in India
This house in Malavli, India, features walls made from local Kotah stone and a glazed, subterranean courtyard (+ slideshow). More
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Sliding and spinning walls animate facade of house by Matharoo Associates
At the touch of a button, the chunky marble walls that surround this house in India divide up into spinning and sliding panels, revealing a more lightweight glass facade behind (photos by Edmund Sumner + slideshow). More