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Curating Earth: The Practice of Everyday Architecture
By (author) Rupinder Singh, By (author) Jayesh Hariyani
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Curating Earth: The Practice of Everyday Architecture reflects on two decades of design by INI Design Studio—not through a conventional monograph, but through a series of deeply reflective dialogues. What defines INI’s ethos is not a fixed aesthetic language, but a set of ten design drivers that allow the studio to approach each project as uniquely situated. The “Design Drivers†are not rules, but lenses — flexible, evolving principles that respond to each project and its context. The dialogues — staged between architects, planners, theorists, and students — form the heart of the book. They critically examine these drivers and reveal how they are woven into everyday practice. As these exchanges show, INI does not merely describe buildings; it probes the values, constraints, and aspirations that give rise to them. Spanning approximately 35 projects and richly illustrated across 350 pages, the book explores how architecture can remain responsive in a time of ecological urgency, digital acceleration, and shifting human needs. It begins with ancient concepts like technē — the ethical, skillful practice of making — and moves through contemporary discussions on technology, sustainability, and aesthetics, ultimately returning to questions of beauty, justice, and the condition of being human, of being-in-the-world.
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Publisher | Oro Editions
Published date | 14 Sep 2026
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 365
Dimensions | 297 x 210 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-1-9724-7402-0
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BISAC | architecture / individual architect
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