I'm an architect and writer from India. After chances of hosting, travelling and researching across architecture college and a bit of professional practice, I have found my passion in writing on affairs of the public, built and natural environments. I enjoy writing for its enriching creative experiences.

I have volunteered with WAC as a Country Reporter from India, and later a Deputy-Chief Editor. I'm currently in pursuit of Independent Journalism alongside studying literature and subjects of the Humanities.

I feel India has a growing talent pool of architects who write, which I believe can inform our profession much more than It has ever been. Keep reading, writing and sharing.

I'm at varunmadekumar@gmail.com

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News Articles by Varun Kumar (65)

Dr Gauri Bharat On Why Architectural History Matters And Teaching During The Pandemic

Apr 13, 2021 - 18:44 • 2,680

"Writing Could Analyse Relevance Of Good Architecture To Society" says Apurva Bose Dutta

Mar 07, 2021 - 10:35 • 8,068

Fourth Batch Dates For Architectural Writing Course By Acedge And Apurva Bose Dutta Announced

Jan 04, 2021 - 19:55 • 6,707

Winners Announced for The Architectural Essay Writing Competition 2020 conducted by IDHA Labs

Dec 07, 2020 - 14:29 • 7,493

Architectural Writing And Journalism Webinar Series Published by Academy of Architecture, Mumbai

Nov 22, 2020 - 17:46 • 8,933

CEPT University Invites Applications For Teaching Associate and Teaching Assistant Positions

Oct 30, 2020 - 14:39 • 6,965

Webinar On Architectural Journalism And Writing By The Literary Club, Academy Of Architecture, Mumbai

Oct 29, 2020 - 13:28 • 7,192

The Adda Experiment Re-imagines Public Spaces With Elements of Play

Oct 08, 2020 - 16:09 • 8,802

Crit Room Sessions By Ar-Critique Connects Students’ Works With Architects Across India

Sep 24, 2020 - 19:04 • 4,976

Undergrad Students Create An App That Brings Architecture News And Knowledge

Sep 10, 2020 - 13:37 • 3,465

Council Of Architecture Notices About Quacks Personating Architects, Enables Online Complaints

Jun 01, 2020 - 10:10 • 4,220

Council Of Architecture-India Goes Social, Kicks Off Programs

May 09, 2020 - 20:30 • 3,395

Charles Correa Foundation Launches Its Official Newsletter

May 09, 2020 - 14:29 • 3,884

Charging Infrastructure Guidelines For India's Clean Mobility Plans

Mar 08, 2020 - 17:15 • 4,027

Craft Before Common Era-The Northern Black Polished Ware

Dec 10, 2019 - 12:41 • 27,849

CITIC Tower By Kohn Pederson Fox Is Beijing's Tallest Building

Oct 11, 2019 - 13:09 • 11,889

Casa El Remanso By HJ Arquitectura

Oct 11, 2019 - 10:46 • 9,982

Stefano Boeri Architetti, Metrogramma Milano and Inside Outside Enliven the Parco del Ponte in Genoa

Oct 10, 2019 - 20:59 • 10,344

Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2019, Themed "Poetics Of Reason", Is Now Underway

Oct 10, 2019 - 08:08 • 10,463

Agent Crystalline By MARC FORNES/THEVERYMANY Speaks The Art Of Speed

Oct 09, 2019 - 21:38 • 11,201

Centre Pompidou Shanghai By David Chipperfield Architects To Open On November 8th 2019

Oct 09, 2019 - 20:46 • 13,345

Goldsmith Street Housing Development Emerges Winner of RIBA Stirling Prize 2019

Oct 09, 2019 - 15:06 • 11,386

Steampunk, Intuitive Design Outwitting Computation, Is 2019 Tallinn Architecture Biennale's Winner

Oct 08, 2019 - 19:11 • 13,525

Mini Quadruped Cheetah Robot by MIT Does A Backflip

Oct 08, 2019 - 15:26 • 10,760

MARC FORNES/THEVERYMANY’s Free(d) Form Principle And The Discovery of Zephyr Pavilion

Sep 21, 2019 - 11:20 • 12,836

Tod Williams And Billie Tsien Announced As Laureates Of 2019 Praemium Imperiale

Sep 20, 2019 - 15:03 • 10,727

Flower Store Design By Rina Lovko Studio Refurbishes A Warehouse With Rustic Aesthetics

Sep 20, 2019 - 11:32 • 10,909

The Twist Museum By BIG Connects Art To Nature

Sep 19, 2019 - 04:31 • 14,434

How do-it-yourself soak pits can augment groundwater locally

Sep 03, 2019 - 12:12 • 25,026

How to find water again in your city? By Aquifer Recharge

Jul 24, 2019 - 12:38 • 15,227

Winners Of The Taj Amity Pavilion Design Competition By Archdais

Jun 09, 2019 - 00:13 • 26,371

Oblique Land, A Performative Stage Design By Salon Alper Derinbogaz

Mar 26, 2019 - 00:36 • 13,969

Aedas Releases First Views Of The Integrated Hub By Andrew Bromberg

Mar 17, 2019 - 01:53 • 17,640

Condominio Monti By STUDIOTAMAT Redefines Hospitality

Mar 16, 2019 - 01:38 • 16,199

2019 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship Calls For Applications

Mar 15, 2019 - 06:48 • 16,162

New MK Gallery By 6a Architects Will Be Open To Public Shortly

Mar 13, 2019 - 03:28 • 13,389

OMA’s Xinhu Hangzhou Prism Commences Construction

Mar 12, 2019 - 09:40 • 25,278

Bauhaus’ Centenary Year To Witness A New Museum By Heike Hanada

Mar 11, 2019 - 02:48 • 14,364

Zine Making Workshop by Rohini Kejriwal, Chennai Photo Biennale

Mar 06, 2019 - 05:49 • 8,956

The Architects (Amendment) Bill, 2018, on Reforms in Practice and Education

Feb 16, 2019 - 10:36 • 21,633

The Objective Basket, Studio Wood, Kochi Biennale Foundation

Jan 14, 2019 - 11:58 • 24,000

The Changing Facades Of CEPT University, Ahmedabad

Dec 17, 2018 - 09:11 • 54,398

Importance of inclusive development-Housing Colony by Hatch Workshop

Nov 08, 2018 - 09:15 • 19,616

Design Matters-The MASA Annual Event 2018, Bengaluru

Oct 02, 2018 - 06:21 • 18,229

Why Buildings Fall-In Light Of The Recent Collapse Trail In India

Aug 27, 2018 - 05:57 • 16,701

Archdais Launches Its First Design Competition-Taj Amity Pavilion

Aug 20, 2018 - 05:41 • 11,578

Art And Architecture's House No. 4

Jul 26, 2018 - 19:38 • 21,423

Project Suitcase-Importance of Design Based Housing Solutions in Indian Contexts

Jun 11, 2018 - 09:48 • 20,930

4000 Square Foot Wall Painting Risen at Mumbai’s Majhi Metro Art Festival

May 23, 2018 - 11:29 • 19,623

Funktion Design Studio’s Concrete Portals Carry and Suspend Office Spaces

May 21, 2018 - 11:50 • 18,428

Agricultural Training Center By Studio Advaita, Nimblak Village

Apr 28, 2018 - 12:43 • 35,816

How Many Indian Architecture And Design Schools Are On Social Media?

Apr 20, 2018 - 11:40 • 24,391

Jai Jagat Theatre, Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad- By SEAlab

Mar 20, 2018 - 12:31 • 23,898

Exploring Rooftop Homes in India with 3 Projects

Feb 26, 2018 - 13:20 • 28,732

"How To Use Your Rooftop in India" explores 3 Indian projects

Feb 25, 2018 - 11:04 • 33,104

Positive Urbanism in Mumbai As "Chal Rang De" Paints Asalpha Village

Jan 26, 2018 - 11:29 • 25,263

Indian Art Stories-Four Artists To Follow

Jan 18, 2018 - 01:29 • 26,468

How Anukruti’s Playgrounds Transformed Lives in Indian Schools and Slums

Nov 27, 2017 - 18:08 • 28,017

Rural kids sleep and study better with Nishan Nazer’s furniture

Oct 26, 2017 - 22:32 • 13,000

Architecture competitions by Archasm are India’s own International Creative Forum

Sep 25, 2017 - 20:19 • 16,991

Lessons From Kagal: The Hut-To-Hut prototype by Rintala Eggertson Architects

Aug 12, 2017 - 13:36 • 16,939

Play Architecture plays grand for the SIAA’s Artistes Recreation Center in India

Jul 18, 2017 - 21:12 • 28,700

The Book Building: A Door Way to Fresh Design Perspectives

May 21, 2017 - 21:56 • 22,086

Narrating architecture in the comic way with Anuj Kale

May 14, 2017 - 21:35 • 58,908

Iwan Baan, Ken Yeang among speakers at IIA Cochin Center’s Grand Monsoon Architecture Festival 2017

Apr 14, 2017 - 15:23 • 14,495