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Main Entrance Vastu: How to Calculate Which of the 32 Entrance Padas Your Door Is In

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Main Entrance Vastu: How to Calculate Which of the 32 Entrance Padas Your Door Is In

Divide each wall into 8, count clockwise from the right corner, and read off your door's pada. The 32 names from the Manasara and Brihat Samhita, two worked examples, and which padas the texts favour.

Oct 16, 202610 min read

Vastu Remedies Without Demolition: What You Can Change in an Existing Home

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Vastu Remedies Without Demolition: What You Can Change in an Existing Home

Room-use swaps, bed, desk and stove orientation, furniture weight, light, clutter and entrance changes: the Vastu remedies that need no demolition, and what to know about pyramids and crystals.

Oct 16, 20269 min read

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Vastu for the Pooja Room: Direction, Placement and Design for Homes and Flats

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Vastu for the Pooja Room: Direction, Placement and Design for Homes and Flats

Why practitioners place the pooja room in the north-east, which way to face while praying, what to avoid, and how to fit a mandir unit into a small flat.

Oct 16, 202610 min read

Vastu Directions and the 16 Zones Explained, With How to Draw Them on Your Plan

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Vastu Directions and the 16 Zones Explained, With How to Draw Them on Your Plan

The eight Vastu directions with their degrees, guardians and elements, the 16-zone wheel many practitioners use, the Brahmasthan, and how to draw the zones on any plan, including an L-shaped one.

Oct 16, 202610 min read

Vastu for Balconies, Terraces and Gardens: Plants, Water and Open Space

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Vastu for Balconies, Terraces and Gardens: Plants, Water and Open Space

Where Vastu practitioners put open space, plants, trees and water on a balcony, terrace or garden, where they disagree, and how loads, parapets and drainage limit what a flat or roof can take.

Oct 16, 202611 min read

How Long Does It Take to Build a House in India? A Stage-by-Stage Timeline

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How Long Does It Take to Build a House in India? A Stage-by-Stage Timeline

A realistic month-by-month timeline for a G+1 house in India, from design and building permission to handover, with the curing, inspection and monsoon limits that decide how fast each stage can go.

Oct 16, 20269 min read

Vastu for Water Tanks, Borewells and Septic Tanks: Placement on Your Plot

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Vastu for Water Tanks, Borewells and Septic Tanks: Placement on Your Plot

Where Vastu practice puts the sump, borewell, overhead tank and septic tank, what Indian public-health codes require between a well and a soak pit, and what to do when the two clash on a small plot.

Oct 16, 202610 min read

East, North, West or South Facing House: What Vastu Actually Says About Each

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East, North, West or South Facing House: What Vastu Actually Says About Each

How facing is defined, why the classical texts name a main door on every side, and what changes for east, north, west and south facing homes: door position, room zones and the sun.

Oct 16, 20269 min read

Architecture Portfolio for Masters Abroad: What Admissions Panels Want to See

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Architecture Portfolio for Masters Abroad: What Admissions Panels Want to See

Page and file limits from TU Delft, Stuttgart, Sheffield, UNSW, UVA and Maryland, and what a master's panel wants that a firm does not: research, process, writing and unbuilt work.

Oct 16, 20269 min read

Pooja Room Design for Apartments: Layouts, Materials and Vastu Basics

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Pooja Room Design for Apartments: Layouts, Materials and Vastu Basics

Wall units, niches, corner units, cabinets and fold-down mandirs for Indian flats: the dimensions designers use, materials from wood to CNC jaali and Corian, lighting, smoke and flame safety, storage and cost.

Oct 16, 20269 min read

Authorities Made Easy: Building Plan Sanction and Land Use in Delhi (2026 Guide)

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Authorities Made Easy: Building Plan Sanction and Land Use in Delhi (2026 Guide)

Who sanctions your Delhi building now that MCD is one body, what the new Master Plan for Delhi 2047 allows on your plot, and how online sanction, regularisation and the OC work.

Oct 16, 202611 min read

Architecture Internships in Bangalore: Where to Look and What to Expect

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Architecture Internships in Bangalore: Where to Look and What to Expect

How to choose a Bangalore architecture internship by the work you want to learn: homes, workplaces or institutions, plus COA-verified Bengaluru architects on MOA and how to plan the commute.

Oct 16, 202610 min read

How to Win an Architecture Competition: Concept, Board Layout and the Jury's First Look

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How to Win an Architecture Competition: Concept, Board Layout and the Jury's First Look

What published briefs and jury reports say juries look for, and how to build a competition board around one idea: hierarchy, the one-image test, text limits and anonymity rules.

Oct 16, 20269 min read

Architects and Interior Designers in Ahmedabad (2026): 15 Studios on MOA

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Architects and Interior Designers in Ahmedabad (2026): 15 Studios on MOA

All 15 architecture and interior design practices in Ahmedabad listed on MOA, with services, experience and direct contact. No paid placements and no commission.

Oct 16, 20268 min read

How to Make an Interior Design Mood Board Clients Approve the First Time

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How to Make an Interior Design Mood Board Clients Approve the First Time

For interior designers and students: the four kinds of mood board, a one-page layout that works, physical vs digital tools, presenting for sign-off, and copyright on found images.

Oct 16, 202610 min read

How to Do an Architecture Case Study: A Field Checklist for Documenting a Building

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How to Do an Architecture Case Study: A Field Checklist for Documenting a Building

Live vs literature case studies, permissions and etiquette, the measured drawing method, what to record on site, and a sheet template for turning it all into analysis a jury can read.

Oct 16, 202610 min read

Wardrobe Design Guide: Sliding vs Hinged, Depths, Finishes and Costs

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Wardrobe Design Guide: Sliding vs Hinged, Depths, Finishes and Costs

Sliding or hinged wardrobe? The swing space each needs, standard depths and heights, internal layouts, carcass boards, hinges and tracks, and what a bedroom wardrobe costs in India.

Oct 16, 20269 min read

Architects and Interior Designers in Pune (2026): 22 Studios on MOA

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Architects and Interior Designers in Pune (2026): 22 Studios on MOA

All 22 architecture and interior design practices in Pune listed on MOA, with services, experience and direct contact. No paid placements and no commission.

Oct 16, 20267 min read

Architecture Competitions 2026 to 2027: A Calendar of Credible Briefs (India and Global)

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Architecture Competitions 2026 to 2027: A Calendar of Credible Briefs (India and Global)

Seven open architecture competitions for students and young architects, each checked on the organiser's own site, with deadlines, fees and prizes, plus how to tell a credible competition from a fee collector.

Oct 16, 20265 min read

Architecture Internships in India (2026): Stipends, Timelines and How to Apply

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Architecture Internships in India (2026): Stipends, Timelines and How to Apply

What the Council of Architecture actually requires from your B.Arch practical training, when to start applying, how to judge a stipend, and the red flags that should make you walk away.

Oct 16, 20266 min read

Authorities Made Easy: Building Permission and Land Conversion in Pune (2026 Guide)

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Authorities Made Easy: Building Permission and Land Conversion in Pune (2026 Guide)

Which authority governs your Pune plot, how land conversion works after Maharashtra's 2025 reform, and the approvals people miss, with links to every official portal.

Oct 16, 20269 min read

2BHK Interior Design Cost in Bangalore (2026): Essential, Mid and Premium Budgets

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2BHK Interior Design Cost in Bangalore (2026): Essential, Mid and Premium Budgets

What a full 2BHK interior costs in Bangalore at three finish levels, where the money goes room by room, and how to read two quotes for the same flat side by side.

Oct 16, 20267 min read

Architecture Portfolio Examples (2026): What Strong Indian Portfolios Have in Common

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Architecture Portfolio Examples (2026): What Strong Indian Portfolios Have in Common

Six real portfolios by Indian architects on MOA, the one thing each does well, and a page-by-page plan you can copy for a job, an internship or a master's application.

Oct 16, 20268 min read

Setbacks, FAR and Height Limits: How Building Byelaws Shape Your House in India

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Setbacks, FAR and Height Limits: How Building Byelaws Shape Your House in India

Four numbers decide the size of every house in India: setbacks, ground coverage, FAR and height. What each one means, who sets it, and how to work out which one limits your plot.

Oct 16, 202610 min read