Wang Shu is an architect of Chinese origin. He is based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. He was born on the 4th of November 1963, in Urumqi, in China’s far west.…
Conservation projects come in many shapes and sizes – adaptive reuse, expansion, and much more. Although not built from scratch, these projects are equally challenging since it takes a lot…
One of the most influential names in the history of Dutch Design(ers), Jan Des Bouvrie is known for painting the Netherland white. With his sleek design and minimalist approach, he…
I was barely thirteen when I was wandering around the complex of beautiful earthen houses in Kandbari – without an inkling of a clue about the genius and the beauty…
Balkrishna Doshi is a renowned Indian architect who has gained international recognition for his significant contribution to India’s post-colonial modern architecture. In 2018, his life’s work was honoured with the…
One of the few architects who designed from an early beginning towards climate change and has worked for over 60 years towards sustainable growth. Coming from a background of medicine…
Lawrence Halprin was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, from 1916 to 2009. Halprin earned a Master of Science in horticulture at the University of Wisconsin in 1941 after…
A long list of geniuses have starred in contemporary architecture: names like Rem Koolhaas, Enric Miralles, Peter Eisenman take the stage every night, startling the audience with their brilliant, innovative…
“The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context.” ~Vittorio Gregotti Vittorio Gregotti is a name associated with a…
Adolfo Natalini was an Italian architect, a real pioneer and an advocator of the radical movement of the 1950s and 1960s against the dictation from the rules of society through…
Day by day, we see that the earth is changing due to the rising greenhouse gas emissions, which leads to an increase in the average temperature, melting of glaciers, rise…
1951 It was a time in society where every field was disgustingly monopolized by the patriarchy and where many imminent male figures were feminists by word but very few by…