There is huge housing demand all over India. Already over 30% of India’s population, that is over 377 million people, lives in urban areas. The urban housing shortage has been estimated to be 25 Million residential units at the start of the 12th five year plan in the year 2012. Residential buildings have the highest…
Category: Asia
Homes for people – with a window in a bathroom
India is an overwhelming experience. Even after my several visits there, this feeling does not fade away. For a Finn coming from a country of 5 million people, truly understanding the scale of Indian city development makes you almost freeze. Many aspects of building construction being self-evident for us are not that in India. Use…
Urban China – fast city development from scratch
While visiting Shanghai and Beijing last month I couldn’t stop wondering the speed of evolution of cities. Around every corner you could see massive building construction sites reaching the sky. At the same time, most beautiful urban quartiers showed the best of modern city life. China has more than 150 cities with over 1 million…