The city of Auroville represents humanity as a whole, a town providing perpetual education, calm and constant progress, and a youth that is driven by Divine Consciousness. The Mother imagined…
An award-winning woman architect and the founder of Fougeron architecture has been hugely inspirational to all the women in this male-dominated profession. Anne Fougeron founded her firm in the year…
For some people, giving up is never an option. They continue to travel their paths with all guns blazing despite all the obstacles life throws at them. One such person…
Jane Jacobs, a Canadian journalist, author, and a fierce activist, was one of the most monumental ornaments in the shaping of urban studies, sociology and economics. With her lack of…
Architect David Chipperfield is a British architect who was born in 1953. He believes that an architect should consider social values rather than reflecting individual ideas, and by the beginning…
Kenneth Brian Frampton is a British Architect, Educator, and Critic that was born on 20 November 1930. He is known for his written works and was one of the leading…
The iconic structures of famous architects are known and explored by many. Famous architects have built many timeless landmarks that might be on the bucket lists of many architects, students…
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475 – 1564) was known merely by his first name and was a prolific sculptor, painter, and architect. Most famous for his fresco work of…
Does hearing the word ‘slum’ conjure up an image of shanty, dingy places with sub-standard (or worse) living conditions like inadequate water-supply and insufficient sanitation facilities? The land of the…
Urban Planning is a gender dominant profession. The presence of male gender prevails in the statistics that clearly show it as a line and in comparison to that of women…
Perin Jamsetjee Mistri, is known to be the first woman architect of India, graduated in 1936. One of her works is St. Stephen’s Church. Pravina Mehta, upon finishing her degree…
How did he do it? How did Antoni Gaudí, one of the twentieth century’s most revered architects design some of the most extraordinary structures known to humankind: the Basilica of…