In China, architecture and culture are closely related to one another. Many buildings hold cultural connotations. The facts from the culture of China help people understand the architectural structure and…
Can sensitive urban planning and the use of “slow” architecture help slow down the fast-paced lifestyles in metro cities? The relationship between the pace of life and urban planning has…
India is a country with diverse cultures, traditions, and architectural styles. Like no other country in the world, India boasts heterogeneity from caves to conventional residential dwellings to skyscrapers. Each…
Africa is a vast continent, along with being culturally diverse. There are lots of architectural styles that can be observed throughout the continent. Just like other countries, African architecture has…
With rising temperatures, longer summers, and natural calamities hitting multiple places globally, the world is privy to the concept of global warming and climate change. Sustainable development and energy efficiency…
‘By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities,’ opined the renowned Greek philosopher Socrates more than sesquimillennia…
When people think of urban spaces, they think about plazas, community gathering spaces, parks, gardens, and pedestrian spaces. Urban spaces aren’t just about areas for the public, it is about…
World’s Best Cities – A city is a result of urban sprawl. It grows and develops according to its people. Cities must progress with time to accommodate the current times…
In this decade of the 21st century, half of the world’s inhabitants live in cities which would transcend into a whopping 60 per cent within the next two decades. This…
London Skyscrapers – “Most old cities are now sclerotic machines that dispense known qualities in ever-greater quantities, instead of laboratories of the uncertain. Only the skyscraper offers business the wide-open…
Featured works – Sameer Kulavoor, Ritesh Uttamchandani, Rachel Lopez, Sudhir Patwardhan, Pallon Daruwala, and Peter Bialobrzeski, extracts from Extreme Urbanism IV: Looking at Hyper Density – Dongri, Mumbai (Harvard University)…
A little girl walks in long strides trying to keep up with her mother’s quick pace. Weaving through the bustling crowd, her mother knows just where to go, and the…