Architects play a crucial role in the built environment, and therefore, they must be ecologically and socially responsible when designing. Focusing particularly on this concept, the OBEL Award was founded…
The National Art Centre, Tokyo: A Spatial Manifesto of Cultural Flexibility and Visionary Architecture The National Art Centre, Tokyo (NACT), is an unusual model of a publicly funded cultural centre…
When modernism comes to mind, we often picture it with exposed concrete work, glass work, and geometric facades, but here comes something that contradicts it. Placed in the modern urban…
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, “gentrification” refers to the process by which a place, especially a part of a city, transforms from a poor area into a wealthier one, typically…
The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa is an IB international school situated by the stunning Likoni Channel in Mombasa, Kenya. As the first school in the Aga Khan Development Network’s (AKDN)…
The Kalakshetra Foundation proudly stands on Chennai’s coastlines as a testament to the country’s art and culture. A shrine to artistic endeavor, as the name implies. The institute was established…
Set amidst the lush gardens and mango orchards of Baroda, the Lakshmi Vilas Palace is one of the most impressive and historically significant royal residences of the Gaekwads, the Maratha…
Studio Name: NLÉ Architects (Kunlé Adeyemi) Client: Community-led, supported by Heinrich Böll Foundation Area: Approx. 220 square metres Year: 2013 (prototype), dismantled in 2016 Location: Makoko Waterfront, Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria…
Designed as a tribute to Sayagyi U Ba Khin, the first accountant general of the Union of Burma and a leading authority on Vipassana teachings. It represents the Buddhist heritage…
Marine Drive, often referred to as Queen’s Necklace, is a 3.6 km long, graceful curve of reclaimed land, where the city of Mumbai seems to pause, just for a moment.…
Romania, a country that has suffered a lot of damage to its cultural heritage due to emphasis on urbanisation and destruction during communism and the corruption that followed after the…
Boarding a bus from Alleppey to Kumarakom, a small town in the heart of Kottayam district, traversing through the backwaters, on the banks of the Vembanad lake, is the famous…