Movie: Indian architect Sandeep Khosla explains the importance of outdoor learning at DPS Kindergarten School in Bangalore, India, which won the education category at last month's Inside Festival in Singapore. More about "The courtyard is the soul of DPS Kindergarten School"
Indian studio Khosla Associates used a modular concrete framework, bold colours and perforated terracotta screens to create this climate-sensitive kindergarten in Bangalore, which topped the education category at the Inside Festival awards earlier this month. More about DPS Kindergarten School by Khosla Associates
Concrete canopies shaped like leaves shelter the rooms of this house in the coastal town of Alibaug, India, by SJK Architects (+ slideshow). More about The Leaf House by SJK Architects
Local basalt stone mixed into the concrete used to construct this holiday home in India helps to connect it with its mountainous site (+ slideshow). More about Khopoli House by SPASM Design Architects
News: architect David Adjaye has unveiled his design for a facility to house master silk weavers in Varanasi, India. More about David Adjaye reveals design for a silk-weaving facility in India
This coastal holiday house and swimming pool by Mumbai practice WE Design Studio is positioned over a stone retaining wall in the hilly landscape of Alibaug, India (+ slideshow). More about House in Alibaug by WE Design Studio
News: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has unveiled its competition-winning proposal to build Mumbai's tallest skyscraper. More about Proposal unveiled for Mumbai's tallest tower
Indian architect Anupama Kundoo brought a team of Indian craftsman to Italy to construct a replica of a house inside the Arsenale at the Venice Architecture Biennale. More about Wall House by Anupama Kundoo at Venice Architecture Biennale 2012
Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop has worked with people from one of Mumbai's poorest areas to transform traditional water carriers into leathery vases. More about Matka Vases by Pepe Heykoop
Architect Filipe Balestra of Urban Nouveau has sent us his proposal for a series of towers built in the swamps surrounding Mumbai, sketched out on a napkin. More about Bombay-Nouveau by Urban Nouveau
Dezeen Wire: The New York Times claims that Antilia, the 27-storey house in Mumbai owned by India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, is still acting as a pricey pied-à-terre, with Ambani's family choosing to spend their time in a more modest 14-storey converted apartment block in the south of the city - The New York Times
Dezeen Wire: historians and campaigners are warning that the 358-year-old Taj Mahal near the city of Agra in northern India will collapse in two to five years if urgent action is not taken to maintain rotting wooden foundations - The Daily Mail
A scooping concrete roof cantilevers over the rear entrance to a house by the Ganges River in northern India. More about Rishikesh House by Rajiv Saini + Associates
A terracotta-coloured earth wall bounding the edge of a research complex in Pune, India, vanishes into a hillside. More about Lupin Research Park by Malik Architecture
This jumbled house in India features an elevated steel tunnel, bridged corridors and a rooftop swimming pool on stilts. More about House at Alibag by Malik Architecture
Pointed cantilevers project above an office block that is sandwiched between a corporate complex and a slum in Mumbai (photographs by Edmund Sumner). More about GMS Grande Palladium by Malik Architecture
Lego-like blocks are stacked along the walls of this cafe in Chennai by Indian studio Mancini Enterprises. More about Mocha Mojo by Mancini Enterprises
Construction has begun on a large-scale housing development designed by Dutch firm MVRDV for Pune, India. More about Future Towers India by MVRDV
Photographer Edmund Sumner has sent us his pictures of a temple by Mumbai studio Sameep Padora & Associates. More about Shiv Temple by Sameep Padora & Associates
Photographer Edmund Sumner has shared with us his photos of this house that cost just $12,000 to build by Matharoo Associates in Ahmadabad, India, featuring shutters weighted with concrete balls. More about The House with Balls by Matharoo Associates