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…
India is experiencing climate change not as a distant environmental prediction, but as something increasingly visible in everyday life. Summers are becoming harder to endure, intense rainfall is disrupting cities,…
Urban green infrastructure is often framed as a design and planning issue: cities need more parks, trees, wetlands, green corridors, and open spaces to address environmental issues related to global…
Ahmedabad is India’s first city to have been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage City in the year 2017. One reason for this is its small neighborhoods, known as pols,…
In the modern world, we spend a lot of time on roads, rest stops, and bridges. It has become a repeating cycle of where we are and where we want…
The world is evolving with new trends, innovations, and new materials. When talking about designing a single project, be it a house, the market follows trends, and what the market…
Drive past any growing skyline, and it’s hard to miss. Cranes stitched between half-finished towers, hoardings wrapped around entire city blocks, the constant low hum of a mega-development taking shape…
Cities are often organised around movement, productivity and constant activity, leaving little room for the slower processes of observing, experimenting and simply staying with an idea. And yet, these slower…
Human actions have in the past caused damage to nature, and now see how nature in turn is destroying humans. We are constantly exposed to devastating news about disasters such…
Global warming and climate change are two of the serious problems plaguing the 21st century. The oxygen levels are dropping; the ocean levels are rising; the ozone layer is depleting,…
For centuries, the traditional archetype of architects and designers was defined as an isolated, singular visionary: “the master builders”. The architectural lore largely rested on the myth of solitary dictators.…
The first time I went through a public library that had been frequently photographed, I spotted the security guard before I saw the atrium. He was standing by the entrance,…