News, Achievements & Insights

Our work on the Mattancherry Palace vault restoration has been shortlisted in the Built Heritage category of the INTACH Heritage Conservation Awards 2025.

Four decades since our founding, NDVPL reflects on a practice built around one principle — engineering that respects what came before it.

Most cracks in old masonry are stable. Some aren't. Here's how we tell the difference using simple, low-cost monitoring methods anyone can start with.

Phase one of the Thalassery Fort wall stabilisation programme has been formally handed over to the Archaeological Survey of India.

A practical introduction to FETLA hydraulic lime — what it is, why it behaves differently from cement, and when it should (and shouldn't) be used in heritage masonry repair.

A field guide to building a traditional brick barrel vault — from centring and springer courses through to keying the crown, the way Kerala's master masons have always done it.

Portland cement is often used to "fix" old stone walls because it's cheap and familiar — but in historic masonry, it usually accelerates the very decay it was meant to stop.