Modern metropolises like New York City are known as the “concrete jungle”, evoking a bleak mundane picture of life in such cities where glass, steel, and concrete overpower all senses.…
A quiet debate unfolding in studios, universities, and design conferences worldwide, amidst an era of algorithmic perfection and rapidly expanding technology, goes like this: Is the designing field- particularly architecture-…
Old ideas can sometimes utilize new buildings, but new ideas must often use old buildings, as Jane Jacobs noted in her book, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.”…
The customer experience nowadays extends far beyond serving clients with quality beverages. Creative cafe design focus on multisensory environment creations appealing to all senses. The simple coffee break becomes an…
Architecture and its principles can only be truly understood when one is willing to explore them. The exploration should extend beyond one’s desktop or home studio; individuals should challenge their…
Every city is heading towards making itself pedestrian-friendly because of the detrimental consequences of vehicular traffic on the cityscape. Most cities in the development phase have focused on the automobile…
AI has become an important part of our day-to-day life. We are moving between technological eras so quickly that we are unaware of how our dependencies are changing. From flip…
A few years ago, the launch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) disrupted all kinds of jobs. ChatGPT, by OpenAI, launched in 2022 is created to assist and engage with humans naturally.…
“Let this be a new town, symbolic of freedom of India unfettered by the traditions of the past….. an expressions of the nation’s faith in the future” – Jawaharlal Nehru,…
Politics, we can all agree, is an inextricable part of our lives, unequivocally prevalent in every facet of our sociocultural fabric. It is a powerful, strategic battle played out between…
Biomaterials in regard to architecture, design, and construction are materials derived from living organisms or nature. These often have lower embodied carbon. These materials are also known to sequester carbon…
The Emergence of Hyper-Responsive Urban Environments Smart cities are starting to sound like news these days. The new buzz is about hyper adaptive urbanism, where cities transform into self learning…