Facts Inhabitants – Around 677,000 Area – 370.2 km2 Educational institutions – The University of Michigan, Tubman School of Architecture, Penny Stamps School of Art and Design, The University of…
Cities have always been the breeding ground for new ideas and technologies. They are the platforms where innovation takes place every second of the day. Cities often move at lightning-fast…
Cities have existed since the first known civilizations in mankind. Described as a densely settled place with extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitization, utilities, land use, production of goods and…
Nestled along the banks of the Mediterranian Sea at the western edge of the delta of the Nile River, the port city of Alexandria stands as an indispensable part of…
Yaodong is an ancient beautiful dwelling of the Loess Plateau of Northern China. Yaodong translates to cave houses. An unusual simple construction that enriched the relationship between man and the…
Movies provide a surreal escape into cities that one has never been to or can never be. New York is one such city that creates that canvas for most of…
Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is located at the edge of the Chao Phraya River. In the early 17th century, when Bangkok—then known as Ayutthaya—was merely a cluster of ramshackle…
Urban design is defined as “the manipulation of the physical environment” by the late University of Washington Professor Meyer Wolfe. Urban design pursues multiple objectives for multiple clients i.e. the…
“Sri Lanka is a beautiful little island nation parked perilously close to India; a little too hot, a little too humid, and perhaps too expensive, but to its credit are…
Adelaide is the beautiful capital of South Australia. The city of Adelaide rests on the Torrens River. Flanked by The Great Southern Ocean to its south and a series of…
The lively, bustling streets of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, are home to more than 10 million people residing there. The city has a rich reputation for housing the different…
Russia as a country has seen various phases of architecture throughout its being. Spanning from the early wooden architecture where its roots lie, its branches spread on to the architecture…