Cities worldwide are facing a critical challenge in the form of streets that have been designed to serve vehicles instead of people. Traffic congestion, environmental degradation, and fractured social spaces…
Cities are often thought of as continuous urban spaces, a fabric of streets, squares, homes, and institutions that bring people together. History, however, has shown time and time again that…
Renowned architect, educator, and curator Lesley Lokko has been awarded the esteemed African Cultural Icon Award in recognition of her revolutionary contributions to architectural education and discourse. The award honors…
Ruins are normally associated with the past. There are ruined walls, roofs, and stones that have been left behind. However, in modern architectural designs, the concept of ruins has been…
Motorsport as a System of Spaces Sports documentaries may emphasize rivalries, characters, and dramatic moments. However, Formula 1: Drive to Survive provides a more complex experience for designers interested in…
Mattel.Inc is one of the most iconic legacy brands in the world of consumer goods. The company was established in 1945, and its history is a great example of how…
Chennai’s urban environment is shaped by recurring cycles of disturbance, including monsoon flooding, cyclones, extreme heat stress, water scarcity, coastal erosion, and large-scale displacement driven by infrastructure development. These overlapping…
Climate as a Design Imperative Architecture is always influenced by climatic conditions, but in very few regions is this correlation as straightforward and uncompromising as in the hot-arid areas of…
Today, the field of sustainable design is aided by data, modeling, certification, and performance metrics. But despite this technical sophistication, there is often a difficulty in linking sustainable facilities in…