A building can survive its original purpose and acquire a meaning that its designers could never have anticipated. The Residency, Lucknow is a striking example. Today, visitors encounter broken masonry,…
Whereas traditional universities generally expand horizontally and require vast spaces, here in Bangladesh’s capital city, Dhaka, a university has been built vertically in a dense urban area, in a way…
Death is considered eerie and frightening. Yet, when you step into Cimitero Monumentale, one of Milan’s largest cemeteries, you experience a quiet peace. The cemetery boldly and beautifully honours the…
When Ryland Grace wakes up from an induced coma, utterly alone, millions of light-years away from Earth, with the fate of humanity resting in his hands, he must get creative…
The Oyo State Cultural Centre sits hidden, almost in isolation, among the thick vegetation atop the Mokola hill. The building isn’t seen until it is seen. As the road climbs…
For Studio Gang, architecture is at its core sustainable and a facilitator for the community. Sensitivity to the environment and community guides their contextual design choices, which call for change.…
Sundaranand is a Co-Living shelter for an urban context situated near the university area in Ahmedabad, India. The process of building this shelter took years; it started in 2022 and…
The Heritage School is one of the best examples of climate-responsive educational architecture in Pune, located in the lush green area of Ambi. The campus, which was designed by Madhav…
On a site with up to 45 degrees of slope in a small residential pocket of Kalpetta, Wayanad, the initial site work is excavation for deep foundations, which forces the…
Design – Planning, Design solutions, and philosophy The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Home to roughly 550 faculty members, 8,000 students, and 1,250 support staff spread across 250 hectares of…
Every harvest, Kolkata undergoes an architectural transformation. Streets that are usually buzzing with traffic become pedestrian promenades, neighbourhood parks turn into exhibition halls, and clubs around the city prepare for…
A Palace of Power, Waterfront Majesty, and Cinematic Immortality in Maharashtra The Krishna River Whispers History If you stand on the banks of the Krishna River near Wai in Maharashtra’s…