Urban Planning is a process that borrows from people’s experiences and requirements. The planning approach for each city has to be tailor-made for its users and must pave way for…
Architecture is not just about designing beautiful buildings and merely just for aesthetics. Good Architecture is a driving force for economic growth for any given place. The history of many…
Recreation, rejuvenation, and refreshment- The Central Park in Manhattan, New York is not a “typical park” but a collective product of numerous leisure pursuits and an emotional attachment for the…
Place branding has become a vital city marketing strategy focused on soft selling factors of the cities. Place branding can foster the economic development of the city as well as…
Water being non-abundant yet being an important element for the creation of everything on planet earth needs to be conserved urgently and made sustainable for upcoming generations. The ratio of…
After the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, the residents of the capital city of Poland found themselves surrounded by ruins. Around 85% of the buildings were destroyed and it took 50…
The world has seen rapid growth in industrializations and population in the 20th Century that has impacted the world in various ways. We have seen urbanization become so rapid with…
Spaces functioning differently at day, noon, and night? Umm, why not. With the rising urban population and scares, land, effective and efficient use of the available spaces seems to be…
The architecture of Bengal, which comprises the modern country of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, has a long and rich history, blending indigenous elements with influences from…
Peri-urban sectors such as those of Chennai, once described as rural, have been converted into places of comfortable living and globally financed special economic zones. Chennai has expanded by occupying…
Calcutta had held the post of the administrative capital of British India for over 150 years. However, Lord Curzon’s partition of Bengal had caused huge Nationalist opposition in Bengal. With…
‘Walking into a cafeteria, it would be filled with students frolicking and chatting with sticky notes, journals and laptops sprawled about with steaming cups of coffee.’ A university town can…