
These blog posts capture my reflections as an architect, college professor, practitioner, code official, thinker, and a tourist. They constitute Mimamsa Diary.
The power of the collective
The swarming of birds shows the power of collective movement which transcends the individual flight path of a single bird. Similarly, I hope that the collection of these blog posts transcend the individual posts and create a composite picture of a personal journey that is full of intrigue, excitement and adventure.
On Architectural Education
- Iowa’s Changing Downtowns
- Indigenous Architecture of Chaco Canyon
- A Sustainable Island Community: Mexcaltitlan
- The future of studio culture
- 3D printed concrete bridge
- Mass Customization Through Digital Design, Singapore
On Architectural Practice
- Buddhist Torana at Kearny NJ Town Hall
- Headquarters Building Entrance Inspired by Indian Architecture, Jersey City NJ
- Smart Growth with Light Rail Transit, Jersey City NJ
- Urban Interventions, Bloomfield NJ
- Architecture of Interconnectedness: IIM Bangalore
- Louis Kahn’s Legacy Lives on at IIM Ahmedabad
On Building Department Processes
- An oasis amid electric grid failure: Puerto Rico Convention Center
- What you don’t know can be fatal: Safety First
- Building Permit Processes: No lines, no waiting, build today
On Architectural Destinations
- A Sustainable Home for a Buddhist Monk, Junagadh, India
- The Stepped Well of Adalaj, India
- The Sun Temple at Modhera, India
- Dholavira: The Rise and Fall of a Harrapan City
- The Great Wisdom from Ancient Greece
- Great Urban Design: Piazza Navona, Rome
- Buddhist Architecture of Borobudur, Indonesia
- A Glimpse of Modern Architecture: Panch Mahal, India
- A Glimpse of Minimalist Architecture: Jantar Mantar
On Contemporary Architecture
- Ice Cube for the 2022 Winter Games
- The Starfish has landed: Beijing’s new international airport
- A Trapped Whale: Budapest Architecture
- Big and bold architecture: Copenhagen, Denmark
- American Acropolis: Getty Center, Los Angeles
- Bruce Museum Addition, Greenwich CT
- Contextually Modern Architecture: Grace Farms, New Canaan CT
- Minimalist Architecture: Jane’s Carousel, Brooklyn NY
On Vernacular Architecture
On Architectural Books
1 The New Landscape: Urbanization in the Third World by Charles Correa
2 Formal Structure in Indian Architecture by Klaus Herdeg
3 Formal Structure in Islamic Architecture of Iran and Turkistan by Klaus Herdeg
On New Architectural Products
On Zoning and Planning
On Noteworthy Legal Issues
On Building Code Determinations
Title image: Just as swarming is a collective behavior of individual birds in flight, these individual blogs when put together narrate a compelling story. Swarm of birds Christoffer A Rasmussen (Rasmussen29892 at da.wikipedia), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons