A rebel revolution and uprising that ended up as large-scale civil war—this is the Syria of today. Everyone well-informed in the last ten years knows about the downfall of the…
There is continuous evolution in architecture, whether it’s about construction technology or tools required to design. In 21 century, there is more sustainability, that is, buildings that conserve heat, reduce…
Over the course of human history, cities have painted their built environments creating eye-catching and mesmerizing color palettes. Colors in the urban environment have risen to counter the environmental factor…
As rightly quoted by Italo Calvino in Invisible Cities: “With cities, it is as with dreams: everything imaginable can be dreamed, but even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals…
Navi Mumbai is also called the twin city of Mumbai. Situated in the western suburbs of Mumbai, this city is the brainchild of eminent architect and urban designer Charles Correa,…
The story of Chinatown is the story of an old, immigrant neighborhood. It is a locality intricately woven into the fabric of the city of San Francisco, bounded by Broadway,…
With the widespread high-speed rail transportation system that has been an incentive towards urban growth in the twenty-first century, the train systems of normal speed have gradually been replaced, either…
The world is constantly growing, and people are looking for resources, opportunities, and intervention to create an advanced habitat. After the 4th industrial revolution, the human realm observed a shift…
Even with a very structured economic development plan many countries across Asia have a huge gap between the levels of development of rural and urban sectors. Urbanization, suburban sprawl, industrialization,…
Indian cities, usually experienced in the daytime, are often missed out from dusk to dawn. While a lot of places are an unsafe junk of horrifying experience, a few cities…
From prehistoric times to the early nineteenth century, civilizations, ancient or modern, all have sought defensive measures at one time or the other. To attack and seek protection have always…
Destruction in Pompeii – Located in the Province of Naples in Italy, the ancient city of Pompeii` is one of the most-visited historic places in the world, for being the…