Climatic zone in India - The Design Gesture

Climatology in Architecture: An Important Aspect of Every House Design

Climatology is the scientific study of climate. Climatology in architecture is a study related to the climate and the built environment. Buildings do not exist in isolation; they exist in a specific geographic environment. As a scientific discipline, architecture strives to ensure the harmony and unity of architecture and the surrounding geographic environment. If this […]

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Architecture in Composite Climate: Effective Design Considerations for Composite Climate

Eeti Goel

India is home to an extraordinary variety of climatic regions, ranging from tropical in the south to temperate and alpine in the Himalayan north, where elevated regions admit sustained downtime snowfall. Climate can influence the planning of towns, buildings, and settlement designs and may evoke strategies to market the efficiency of thermal comfort. The built

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Architecture in Extremely Hot and Dry Climate

Riya Ahuja

Understanding the climatic conditions of a region is very beneficial to the designers and the occupants. Each region has its own list of elements and conditions which should be thought upon before effective designing. In this article, the measures to be taken for effective analysis and planning in hot and dry climates are covered. The

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Architecture in Extremely Cold Climate

Eeti Goel

Nature of the Cold Climate Regions that dwell in the cold climate zone are situated at high altitudes. States such as a Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachala Pradesh, Sikkim, and the northern part of UP have a cold climate. The temperature ranges between 20–30 degrees Celsius in summers, while in winters, it ranges

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