Central cooling system

Guard rails around the tile-lined pit, with baffles above direct water from pipes above. The hole is open above through the pictured second floor, then on above through the third floor and finally the third floor roof to allow natural rain water to circulate.

Old Memories and New Life for an Ancestral Kerala Home

December 15th 2018
Unnikrishnan didn’t want to just preserve his family’s ancestral home in the village of Painkulam, Kerala. He also wanted to offer an authentic and traditional place that Kerala families could use for family functions and reunions. “They’re going to hotels and modern places these days, instead of doing what they traditionally did—gather in the family home.” So with that in mind, and w ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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