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Pandala built his first mud house in Kollam in 1996, [1] comprising 2,500 sq. ft. of building, bringing him to the public's attention. His unique Architecture style paved way to many awards, and recognition. In 2011, Lalit Kala Academy awarded him the first Laurie Baker award [2] (The Hindu The Sunday, 30 January 2011).
The domestic architecture of Kerala follows the style of a detached building; row houses seen in other parts of India are neither mentioned in Kerala texts nor put up in practice except in settlements (sanketam) occupied by Tamil or Konkini Brahmans. In its most developed form, the typical Kerala house is a courtyard type (nalukettu).
The nalukettu and ettukettu buildings must have been inspired from the ancient Chinese house architecture or the ancient Chinese construction is inspired from this outstanding architecture from Kerala as the Chinese kungfu has inspirations from Kalaripayattu, the Kerala's ancient martial arts.
The Ilkal weavers house and a house from Chikamagalur are at display in Karnataka section. In the Kerala section, the Syrian Christian house known for its distinctive layout with the entrance leading directly to the granary, the Hindu house built largely using jackfruit wood and palmyra and the Calicut house representing homes in north Kerala ...
Tharavad, also spelled as Tharavadu (pronunciation ⓘ) (തറവാട്), is the Malayalam word for the ancestral home of aristocratic Nair families [1] [2] in Kerala, which usually served as the common residence for the matrilineal joint family under the Marumakkathayam system practiced in the state.
Kerala, one of India’s most popular tourist destinations, is prone to heavy rains, flooding and landslides. Nearly 500 people were killed in the state in 2018 in one of the worst floods.
There is only limited use of the craft. It's important to note that only a handful of temples in Kerala house idols crafted using Kadu Sarkara Yogam. This scarcity highlights the complexity and potentially diminishing knowledge required for its creation. A defining characteristic of Kadu Sarkara Yogam is the location-based construction.
Stilt houses are also popular in Kerala in the Kerala backwaters, another regions with high rainfall and regular flooding from monsoons. Although stilt houses in the Kerala Backwaters have been a traditional method of house construction for many years, following the disastrous 2018 floods in Kerala , many more stilt houses have been constructed ...