The yearning to connect with our fellow beings is a powerful human drive. A space to mediate those interactions between one another is essential. Whether it be through face-to-face interactions…
Thought By Bima Poetiray In a time when design solutions are aimed at curbing the impact that the building and construction industry has on the planet, there are new ways…
Housing is always the best way for an architect to explain their design principles and outlook towards different contexts. It is no surprise then that housing has also been used…
Where this idea stems from There is a journal article by Ragna Boden on the influence of the Soviet Union on Indonesia that details instances where aid was given between…
(Warning: Minor spoilers regarding structure and certain themes of the book) Jiat-Hwee Chang, an architectural historian, discusses the notion of tropicality in ‘Genealogy of Tropical Architecture: Colonial Networks, Nature and…
Design philosophy What is modern about a high-rise building constructed in 1982 for one of the fastest growing cities in Southeast Asia? It is an entirely different looking building from…
There is an article by R.K. Upadhya that highlights perfectly the vision of an anti-imperialist society that India had in mind to shape itself into its current modern technoscience society.…
Role of Gensler Gensler provided The New York Times buildings with its energy-efficient interior spaces. Elements of an open and well-lit space are complemented by the building’s architecture from the…
What it means to design for social impact Cohousing Is a good case study where its original vision, intention and product from the designer had positive benefits in mind. But…
What would your dream art studio look like? Perhaps an architectural studio of 20-30 people with different specialized skills. A few people specialized in ecological design, the other interior design,…
Typography from the most unlikeliest of places In tracing the history of typography, one must first come to grasps with the classification of typeface systems that Maximillien Vox designed in…
Places of trauma make use of symbolism to grasp unspeakable experiences or events that could not be put into words. Duality of Settings Kate Chopin’s Beyond the Bayou has a…