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Goa, India. An architect who refuses to build against the land she was born on. Tallulah D’Silva. Practice: Architecture T. Materials: laterite quarried meters from each build site, mud blocks made from Goa’s own red, yellow and black soils, reclaimed timber, lime plaster and no mechanical cooling required. At Dhara in Salvador do Mundo, the laterite walls breathe. Cut parallel to the stone’s natural grain, the porous texture regulates humidity through Goa’s brutal monsoon summers without a single mechanical system. D’Silva redraws constantly, not because something is wrong, but because the site is still speaking. Wind tunnels through a courtyard more fiercely than calculated, she adjusts the screen. Seasonal soil tests reveal unexpected clay swelling, she revises the footings. She calls this fidelity, not failure. She also teaches at the Goa College of Architecture. Her students dig earth pits before they open CAD. They test porosity before they render. Hands make before computers do. This is what it looks like when an architect belongs to a place instead of imposing on it. Architect: Tallulah D’Silva | Architecture T | Goa, India

I’m dead at Agassi’s description of Leander Paes at the 1996 Olympics

I’m dead at Agassi’s description of Leander Paes at the 1996 Olympics