The completion of the Goethe-Institut (fig.1) in Dakar, Senegal, designed by Diébédo Francis Kéré and his practice Kéré Architecture, marks a significant shift in how cultural institutions are conceived, constructed, and experienced.…
Architecture frequently claims to be “user-centered,” yet the reality of contemporary practice suggests otherwise. While design briefs emphasize comfort, accessibility, and experience, many buildings are shaped more by economic pressures,…
A world built on making things now judges companies by what those things mean. Bēsō fits right into that change, seeing itself less as someone who builds chairs and more…
The contemporary design profession is often viewed as a choice between two contrasting modes of practice: Freelance and stable employment. While both are frequently romanticized, freelancing offers a sense of…
Architecture has never been politically neutral. Buildings and cities are frequently influenced by the experiments and ideologies of the governments that build them. Even though architecture is often discussed in…
Architecture often reflects the ideas, technologies, and cultural values of its time. In rapidly growing cities, architects have repeatedly experimented with flexible building systems that can adapt to and reshape…
Architecture is never neutral. It organizes movement, spatial organization, distributes power, and frames social life, which influences how people feel and behave. Yet public conversation revolves around appearance: is it…
In today’s world, the growing network and easy accessibility of digital media have transformed how architects engage with theory, precedent, and global practice. YouTube, for instance, has become an informal…
Boston City Hall (see fig.1) is one of America’s most controversial yet enduring symbols of mid-century Brutalism. (Archeyes, 2024). Completed in 1968 and designed by Kallmann, McKinnell & Knowles. Since…
Military architecture has played a crucial role in the world of architecture; it has historically reshaped structures by constantly evolving through technologies of warfare, shifting political ideologies, and changing understandings…
History is inextricably linked to the history of drawings. From the “lineaments” of Leon Battista Alberti, that did represent the real Renaissance, up to the early 20th-century hand-drafted calfskin, the…
The relationship between built environments and fragile ecosystems has historically been in conflict in the architectural world. However, as the architectural discourse shifts towards the “Anthropocene”, for example, the Wasit…