Luxury has popularly been mutually inclusive with energy guzzling and resource depleting designs or rather, operations and maintenance. Everyone today, particularly GenZ, wakes up wanting to drown in luxury to…
Architecture is often described as a discipline rooted in tradition, precedent, and continuity. Architectural education begins with studying historic buildings, canonical architects, and established design methods. While this lineage provides…
Cities are constantly changing due to economic upheaval, population increase, and infrastructure development. These processes typically result in fragmented, underutilized places known as urban voids. Abandoned industrial sites, vacant plots…
The transportation structure of cities is undergoing a massive transformation as they face congestion, climate crisis, and emerging travel behaviours. Planners in several cities across the U.S. are testing shared…
Urban areas in the Middle East experience some of the highest heat conditions in the world. Strong solar radiation, dry climates, and dense urban growth increase the urban heat island…
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…
Throughout the history of architecture,windows have always played a critical role. Light has always been connected with architecture, shaping the design methodology and principles of construction. Windows are more than…
The psychology of an individual does not depend solely on the brain and how well one can cope with stress or emotions. The surrounding environment plays a crucial role in…
Buildings and spaces as we know them now are lit up using daylight, and artificial lights as the sun starts to set. This consumes a lot of energy, especially for…
Cities in a Warming World Indian cities are growing at an unsurpassed rate. As populations increase and new developments emerge, old structures often need to be demolished to make way…
Architecture is not only about designing buildings, it’s also about understanding how people perceive and experience space. An architect’s ability to observe, interpret, and imagine the built environment plays a…
Design thinking is often associated with visualisation, sketching, rendering, and digital models, yet at the same time, designers engage with a more immediate and embodied source of knowledge: touch. Designers…