Architecture

          Hariyo Ghar – a decent house for farmers Hariyo Ghar is a sustainable house designed by reusable and locally available materials.  It was prepared for the Gardeners of ICIMOD. It will protect the gardeners during cold rainy days and has a private space for changing, adequate storage for their tools and their own pantry.  For this house they’ve re-used existing clay tiles for the roof and the pine timber planks for exterior wall texture. For thermal insulation rows of up-cycled bottles are assembled inside the walls. The double corner window in the South West lets the afternoon sun into the house and lights up the beautifully crafted bamboo mats.    Exterior walls of pine Interior woven walls Sustainable Mountain Architecture: Sustainable Mountain Architecture is a non profit initiative firm that focuses on sustainable design and improving building methods especially in the mountains. It was founded in 2013 at Kathmandu by

                                    The Opus Hotel, Dubai The Opus in Dubai by Zaha Hadid Architects , a mixed-use building formed of conjoined towers with a irregular void in the middle, is almost ready to open. The building is centrally located in the Burj Khalifa district near Downtown Dubai and Business Bay on the Dubai Water Canal. Its construction began on 2010 and was handover in 2018 . The Opus is a mirrored glass building occupied by a hotel, offices, serviced apartments and several restaurants.  The Opus is the  only hotel building which has both the interior and exterior designed by the late Zaha Hadid . The building appears to be a giant cube with an amorphous hole pushing through its center, although it is in fact a pair of towers connected at the top and bottom to create the void effect. The most characteristic feature of the hotel is its "giant irregular void" that links two glazed tower with smooth transition so as to two separate towers will appear as a

                                         Rastrapati Bhawan   ( Shital Niwas ) Architect : Kumar Narsingh Rana, Kishor Narsingh Rana   Kumar Narsingh Rana  was the first Nepalese to qualify as a Civil Engineer. He completed his education from Thomason Civil Engineering Col l, Roorkee, India. Kumar Narsingh together with his architect brother had designed and supervised the construction of Singha Durbar in 1907. These are some of  the remarkable palaces designed by Kumar Narsingh Rana along with his brother Kishor Narsingh Rana : Singha Durbar Kaiser Mahal Shree Durbar Shital Niwas Lakshmi Niwas Harihar Bhawan Babar Mahal            Fig : Shital Niwas Present photo                         Fig : Shital Niwas Past Photo Shital Niwas is the official  residence of president of Nepal which is located in Maharajgunj , Kathmandu. It was built by Rana Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher in 1923 for his son Krishna Shumsher who later donated it to the Government of Nep