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The Built Environs: Stainless Steel in its Making

Authors
Sanjiv Sood1, Neha Rani2, *, Sakshi Gupta2, Parvinder Kaur Marwah2
1Retired Executive Director, HSCC (Hospital Services Consultancy Corporation), Government of India Enterprise, New Delhi, India
2University School of Architecture and Planning, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India
*Corresponding author. Email: neha.manderna1998@gmail.com
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Neha Rani
Available Online 31 December 2025.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-964-3_14How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Architecture and Building Industry; Material Innovation; Research and Development; Stainless Steel; Sustainability; Systematic Literature Review
Abstract

Stainless steel, discovered in 1913, has emerged as a transformative material in the global construction industry. This research employs systematic literature review to examine the heterogeneous role of stainless steel as a building material, with a focus on three identified themes – evolution; properties, grades and their applications; and research and development post-industrialisation. Analysis was conducted to synthesise comparative trajectories of stainless-steel adoption in India and internationally, the extent of its integration in construction practices, and the barriers to research and development, innovation, and skill development in the Indian context. The study affirms that stainless steel is a versatile material that offers a combination of structural strength, aesthetic flexibility, long-term durability, lifecycle cost efficiency and sustainability. Ongoing improvements in investment, design-oriented research, and academia-industry linkages indicate that stainless steel in India shall soon align with global standards.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Conference Series on Sustainable Architecture Circular Economy (SACE 2025)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Sustainable Development
Publication Date
31 December 2025
ISBN
978-94-6463-964-3
ISSN
3005-155X
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-964-3_14How to use a DOI?
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© 2025 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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