New York stands in pride with Empire State Building and Washington D.C with The White House, Chicago possesses Navy Pier and San Francisco has the Golden Gate Bridge. But what…
Despite being America’s sixth largest city, San Diego has politely removed itself from the unspoken, but very tangible, race to dominate the skies. In an era where “taller is better”,…
Portland is a land of immense development and counterculture in providence to its dense population. This population is accommodated in the vertical communities due to the rising insufficient land availability…
London is well known for its eclectic architectural style. It is home to buildings of the Roman period, some fine Gothic-influenced edifices, Baroque architecture, and the many modernly designed buildings…
INDIAN CITIES: VARANASI Traditionally known as Benares (Banaras) -Varanasi is the epicenter of Hinduism. This holy city sits in the central region of the Ganges Valley in North India. It…
Architecture profession is about creating art that draws visitors, one that can hold to the memory of the tourist. It’s a constant challenge for architects and designers to satisfy the…
Every act of design is an act of advocacy. It is an advocacy of the ideals, beliefs, frameworks of the social being that is the designer, and advocacy of what…
The terms Urbanization and Urbanism are old and complex terms that differently describe the city-based processes by studying the way cities grow and the social problems that arise from the…
“We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us.” — are the wise words put forth by Winston Churchill and using the same reference with more people living in…
A good Public space design aims to create an architecture that is not just responsive to the context but also transformative. ‘Transformative over time, function, and user.’ Transformative architecture is…
“Space is a social morphology: it is to experience what form itself is to the living organism, and just as intimately bound up with function and structure” – Henri Lefebvre.…
India is a vast country offering a tremendous variety in urban life, with different cities and towns having their unique public places that have developed over the last many years.…