Thursday, February 16th, 2012
David Stairs Cement trucks parked along Doddaballapur Road Every environment has its signature building material. In Africa, rammed earth and thatch were, for centuries, the default until they gave way to bricks and mortar. I’ve always thought of North America as the wood construction capital of the universe, due to its wealth of forests. The [...]
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
David Stairs Editor’s Note: With this posting we launch our Indian Journal category of D-A-P India. For over thirty years, ever since seeing Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy in the 70′s, I’ve dreamed of being here. As is often the case, I made it elsewhere first, to Africa, which was a good buffer. Uganda has many [...]