Curating Earth : The Practice of Everyday Architecture

By Rupinder Singh and Jayesh Hariyani

Curating Earth: The Practice of Everyday Architecture reflects on two decades of design by INI Design Studio--not through a conventional monograph, but through a series of deeply reflective dialogues.

What defines INI's ethos is not a fixed aesthetic language, but a set of ten design drivers that allow the studio to approach each project as uniquely situated. The "Design Drivers" are not rules, but lenses--flexible, evolving principles that respond to each project and its context. The dialogues--staged between architects, planners, theorists, and students--form the heart of the book. They critically examine these drivers and reveal how they are woven into everyday practice. As these exchanges show, INI does not merely describe buildings; it probes the values, constraints, and aspirations that give rise to them.

Spanning approximately 35 projects and richly illustrated across 350 pages, the book explores how architecture can remain responsive in a time of ecological urgency, digital acceleration, and shifting human needs. It begins with ancient concepts like technē--the ethical, skillful practice of making--and moves through contemporary discussions on technology, sustainability, and aesthetics, ultimately returning to questions of beauty, justice, and the condition of being human, of being-in-the-world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1972474022
• ISBN13: 9781972474020
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: ORO Editions
• Length: 320 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 11.7"