Above the verdant lawns of Poissy, near Paris, a phantom ship hovers: The Villa Savoye. The undisputed holy grail of modernist architecture, Le Corbusier and his cousin Pierre Jeanneret completed…
The year 2021, unlike its tedious predecessor, could only be described as good and eventful. The year had seen the rise of the Squid Game phenomenon, Suez Canal memes and…
The Tomb of Salabat Khan II is a historic monument in the city of Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra. It is a simple and interesting building to understand architecturally. Historic buildings help…
Travancore House was one of several residences established in New Delhi for the rulers of princely states during British rule.Travancore House occupies Kasturba Gandhi Marg, within the wider historic area…
The Citadel of Qaitbay is a Mamluk fortress located on the northern side of the Pharos Peninsula in Alexandria, Egypt. It was built by order of Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay in…
The Sacré-Cœur de Casablanca has been popularly called a cathedral, though it served as the principal Catholic church of a Protectorate-era city. Designed by Paul Tournon, it took more than…
Cradled by the steep mountainous landscape of the Karakoram Range in remote northern Pakistan, lies Hunza Valley, tracing its history back to the 10th century. Much of the ancient fabric…
Its Late-October in Kolkata, and as Maa Durga leaves for her divine adobe in Kailasha leaving the Bongs with the promise of “Asche Bochhor Abar Hobe” (It will again happen…
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…