Pavitra Sriprakash, Director and Chief Designer at Shilpa Architects Planners Designers writes a weekly column on Sustainability for The New Indian Express titled “ECOLOGIC”. This week she writes about the updated draft of the 2012 Solar Energy Policy, and how SOLAR POWER can brighten up our homes and lives. Full Article below.  Also available on..

17-Nov-2018, Pavitra Sriprakash, Director and Chief Designer, Shilpa Architects Planners Designers Pvt. Ltd, in her weekly column on Sustainability, writes about “health and other benefits of riding bikes”.   Click here to read the article on The New Indian Express Site, or read the full article below.  As always, we look forward to your feedback and suggestions.  You..

09-Nov-2018, Pavitra Sriprakash, Director and Chief Designer, Shilpa Architects Planners Designers Pvt. Ltd, in her weekly column on Sustainability, writes about “innovations in the materials used in bricks”.   Click here to read the article on The New Indian Express Site, or read the full article below.  As always, we look forward to your feedback and suggestions at..

02-Nov-2018, Pavitra Sriprakash, Director and Chief Designer, Shilpa Architects Planners Designers Pvt. Ltd, in her weekly column on Sustainability, writes about “adopting smart solutions for the sake of nature”. Click here to read the article on The New Indian Express Site, or read the full article below.  As always, we look forward to your feedback..

28-Oct-2018, Pavitra Sriprakash, Director and Chief Designer, Shilpa Architects Planners Designers Pvt. Ltd, in her weekly column on Sustainability, writes about healthier alternatives for “Cleaning Products” as we embark on our Diwali cleaning and purge routine.  Do reach out to us at and email your thoughts to studio@shilpaarchitects.com if you have additional ideas to share! You can read..

19-Oct-2018, Pavitra Sriprakash, Director and Chief Designer, Shilpa Architects Planners Designers Pvt. Ltd, in her weekly column on Sustainability, wrote about “Embodied Energy” during the last week’s article (available here).  During a recent panel discussion, she was asked if a Leaf was more high-tech than a smart phone, for which her answer was that the Leaf was..

14-Oct-2018, Pavitra Sriprakash, Director and Chief Designer, Shilpa Architects Planners Designers Pvt. Ltd, in her weekly column on Sustainability, writes about “Embodied Energy”.  During a recent panel discussion, she was asked if a Leaf was more high-tech than a smart phone, for which her answer was that the Leaf was “Eco-Tech”.  This sparked out a..

06-Oct-2018, Pavitra Sriprakash, Director and Chief Designer, Shilpa Architects Planners Designers Pvt. Ltd, in her weekly column on Sustainability, writes about “Plogging” – collecting trash and cleaning public spaces while working out!  Picking + Jogging.. Read below to find out more! Full Article Below.  Article also available on the New Indian Express Site. I regularly jog to the..

29-Sept-2018, Pavitra Sriprakash, Director and Chief Designer, Shilpa Architects Planners Designers Pvt. Ltd, in her weekly column on Sustainability, writes about bioplastics, and the primary issue with them – their disposal. Read the Full Article below or from the New Indian Express Site. The ongoing innovations and developments in the space of bioplastics seems glacial..

Rivers are considered lifelines yet garbage piles, people encroach and untreated sewage pours, unabatedly. Rivers flowing through urban India, except for the Sabarmati in Ahmedabad maybe, speaks of our collective apathy and insatiable greed. In urbanized areas small, headwater streams are often buried and forgotten. As cities develop with roadways, parking lots, and buildings; waterways..