Architectural education is a long term commitment that extends well beyond Architecture School. This continuity of knowledge acquisition is the product of the expectation of an architect to know a…
After the overcrowding of Rio de Janeiro and due to government structures’ scattered location, there was a vote to design a new Capital on a barren plateau in the country’s…
The Reversible Destiny Lofts were built in 2005 in suburbian Mitaka in Tokyo. The project concept, coined by Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins and termed procedural architecture, was the first…
In the world’s second-most populous nation, at the outset, it is tempting to assume that too many people contribute to a problem that is already manifold and propel climate change…
India’s emissions have been historically low when compared to large countries and developing nations alike. The per-person emission in India is 1.8-tonnes per capita compared to the 4.8-tonne global average;…
Indian education, continually fluctuating in curriculum based on changing governments and their ideologies, somehow, consistently falls short in bridging the gap between academia and practice, between historical deprivation and contemporary…
In a sloped roof interior with clinically white walls and sparse modernist furniture, leaning towards the glass backdrop overlooking the beach is Alejandro Aravena. The Pritzker Prize-winning Chilean architect sits…
Climate change is a design challenge unique to the 21st-century. Despite scientists sounding the alarms for over a century now, climate change is only receiving attention somewhat proportional to its…
Located at the edge of France, Dominique Coulon & Associés is an architectural firm of national and international renown. With a legacy 25 years in the making, the agency has…
Perched on the hills of the Akaishi Mountains, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan is an ‘onsen’ or hot spring hotel in Hayakawa, Japan. Founded in the Keiun era, it was named after…
