Architect Brinda Somaya has built her fame in the field of architecture through her strong foundations that are rooted in intrinsic human values. Her noble precepts stemmed from impressionable childhood…
Studios 18, are eighteen residential apartments located on an undulating site in the deserts of Ras, Rajasthan, India. These apartments are spread out, over an area of 36 acres. The…
The Monte Rosa Hut is a contemporary version of a medieval donjon, designed by Bearth & Deplazes Architekten. The structure sits on top of 2,883 meters high rugged Swiss alpine…
Balakrishna Vitthaldas Doshi is an Indian architect born on 26th August 1927. He is the first Indian to receive the Pritzker prize which is considered to be the most prestigious…
Rem Koolhaas, aged 76, is a world-famous architect who has been recognised by the world for his modern and out of the ordinary designs and architecture marvels. These designs stood…
Architecture etymology: arkhi – téktōn, “techne … reveals whatever does not bring itself forth and does not yet lie here before us, whatever can look and turn out now one…
The distinctive and tremendous monument dominating the area of Loz Feliz in Los Angeles, California, is nothing short of a temple. But this stone-colored building is not a temple instead,…
The essay studies two of Fumihiko Maki’s public interactions: his Kinoshita Lecture in CUHK School of Architecture and text from ‘Nurturing dreams- collected essays on architecture and the city.’ Of…
“I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and straight lines offered by reinforced concrete.” -Oscar Niemeyer.…
An architect fulfills his dream at the expense of his client and Frank Lloyd Wright was no stranger to this liberty. He was known for his lavish designs that would…
The Chichu Art Museum, which literally means “art museum in the earth” is a unique modern art museum located on the art island of Noshima in Japan. The museum, home…
If you are traveling through Ohio, be on the lookout for an enormous picnic basket that might appear like a misplaced piece from a giant’s picnic. This mysterious seven-storey structure…