Life in an architecture school is a unique journey. You finish off with high school and enter a new pedagogical system with a relatively more attractive environment. It exposes you…
Architecture is a complex discipline. It goes beyond the explicit to understand even what is apparent in existence. It investigates the idea of a space in terms of positive and…
A tactical approach or jugaad in Hindi refers to using limited resources and small scale actions that can serve to bring about a significant change innovatively and frugally. While concerning…
When one turns their hand to going solo and starting a company, there are innumerous factors that tend to pull them back. Although an architect desires to have an eponymous…
Chernobyl is a city in northern Ukraine that went through an apocalyptic event in 1986. It shook the entire world with the explosion of the Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl…
Istanbul, a city where history resonates in its predominant Byzantine and Ottoman architecture, also reflects the style of the empires which have ruled over it. Its royal heritage has been…
Mies was a German-American architect. He was a director at Bauhaus. His architectural style drew inspiration from modern times while expressing the spirit of this era. He coined the phrase…
Technology has transformed our ways of sharing, creating and building in the last five decades. Architecture is a congruence of both a technical and creative skillset that is executed using…
1. Beginning of the Vatican Museums The onset of the Vatican Museums takes us back to the early 16th century. It began when Pope Julius II purchased the first sculpture…
Quito is the oldest of all South American capitals and the capital city of Ecuador. The striking architecture in the well-preserved town became a part of the UNESCO World Heritage…
Two decades into the 21st century, radical changes have occurred in the field of architecture. Referring to the building construction materials, significant changes have taken place. One is not in…
The design approach in the architecture discipline, especially in the last few years has been in a solid coherence with sustainability. While initially, the aim was to reduce the carbon…
