A view of a challenge by Home of Verandahs by GroupDCA, Harayana.
To say that the Indian summer season of 2026 has been unforgiving is an understatement. With temperatures starting from 42–45 levels Celsius throughout many elements of the nation, warmth is now not a seasonal inconvenience — it’s starting to reshape how properties are designed and constructed.
“We’re more and more seeing local weather as the start line of design reasonably than one thing that will get addressed later by way of mechanical programs. With rising temperatures and longer summers, the way in which a home sits on the positioning, its orientation and the way it opens up have turn into way more essential than ever earlier than,” says Neelesh Kumar, principal architect of 23 Levels Design Shift, a Hyderabad-based structure and design agency.
Printed – Could 01, 2026 06:16 pm IST
