Watch Sonali Rastogi, the founding partner of Morphogenesis, speak at ID Symposium 2024. A powerful oration into the current state and future perspectives of architecture in India, her symposium session hit home with jarring factual information and inspiring ideas on how to design for longevity in India. Rastogi emphasised the importance of providing her clients with honest statistics and carbon-positive design and architectural development methods. She shared examples of some of her projects that reflect traditional Indian craftsmanship styles of stone inlay, cladding, mirror work, and intricate carvings. Rastogi’s talk exemplified how older architectural techniques can be implemented in contemporary buildings, thus contributing to conscious architecture.