Healing Spaces, Esther Sternberg once quoted, “If a place can make you happy, can it also make you well?” He wished to highlight how spaces have the power to heal us.…
In today’s globalized world, an increasing number of communities are made up of residents from divergent cultures, religions, and ethnic backgrounds. Though diversity brings the potential for deeper social capital,…
Biophilia (meaning love of nature) emphasizes human’s inborn attraction to nature and natural processes and without connecting with it, human health could suffer. So, the biophilic design creates a human-centered…
Equality is probably the most misunderstood and misused word in all of the dictionaries. The term stands for the state of being equal especially in status, rights, and opportunities. In…
The concept of restoration in architecture has now become a favorable idea of relevance in today’s design scenario. With erratic changes in ways of living that result in momentous climatic…
Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia is the first of this architectural concepts typology, inspired by a forest. The Eastgate Development in Zimbabwe emulates a termite nest with the help of ventilated facades.…
Designing a house or a structure for a visually impaired person results in amazing architecture, even better than our standard designs. This is because intricate factors and necessities are deeply…
Aviation is one of the most “global” industries that connect people from different cultures and businesses across continents. The evolution of airport architecture has been significantly modernized over the decades.…
“Effective social media use entails listening, promoting dialog, and providing massive value to other people. Social media tools are just tools – they are only as effective as the architect…
“To create nice and more importantly, meaningful, appropriate atmospheres, we need to focus our attention not on the quantities but on the qualities.”-Day, Christopher (1990:46) Architecture is one of the…
Retail streets are an ancient form of shopping zones for people worldwide. These are in fact, the liveliest part of a town or a city, people of different age groups,…
Architecture is a ‘built environment’ and Psychology is an ‘individual experience of the physical environment’. Hence, architectural psychology is a study based on the interaction of people with the spaces…