For decades, climate was often treated as something architecture had to defend against. Heat was blocked, rain was diverted and interiors were sealed off from the environment. But as extreme weather, water stress and poor air quality become harder to ignore, architects are increasingly treating climate not as a constraint, but as a source of design intelligence.

That idea shaped the sixth episode of M-Connect Season 2, presented by Forbes India and powered by Marmo Solutions. The conversation brought together Avinash Parimoo, Co-founder and principal architect at Directions; Jaskaran Singh, principal architect at FAB Studio; and Manish Kumat, Founder and Chief Designer at Manish Kumat Design Cell.

For Parimoo, every project must begin with a close reading of place. A house in........

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