"India’s wealth of natural materials offers endless opportunities. The key lies in integrating them intelligently to suit the climate and context."

At this edition of the NDTV Real Estate Conclave, Principal Sidhartha Talwar joined Osama Shaby of NDTV and Abhishek Somany of Somany Ceramics to discuss a sustainable and culturally rooted approach to materiality in architecture. He urged designers to prioritise local sourcing to minimise transportation emissions and called for greater focus on materiality in architectural education.