Timeline of restoration: Fondaco Dei Tedeschi, OMA Project: Fondaco Dei Tedeschi Location: Venezia, Italy Year: 2017 Architect: OMA, Rem Koolhaas Stone once said, “You are a product of your Environment”.…
The old Palace of Westminster, London, the seat of parliamentary government of the United Kingdom, was destroyed in a fire in 1834. Most of the palace burned to ashes, with…
The old yacht club, formerly known as the royal Bombay yacht club, was founded in 1846 in Colaba. It was initially envisioned to be one of the premiere gentlemen’s clubs…
The Saint Peters Basilica, located in Vatican City, Rome, is one of the most magnificent examples of renaissance architecture in the world. Built over the burial site of St. Peter,…
Materials palette – ‘No political power lasts forever. Whether Persian, Indian, or Roman, every empire in history broke down for certain obvious causes.’ (Priyadarshini, n.d.) The decline of the Mauryan…
Developed in the 1930s, Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete, or GFRC, incorporates hydration products of cement or cement with sand and glass fibres. The first country to reinforce concrete with glass…
Ceramics designer, derived from the Greek word “keramikos” which means pottery, was the art of mixing clay and water, molding it into a particular shape, and later subjecting it to…
Degree in Construction Management to oversee a construction project onsite, choose and verify the materials used, make important decisions, and manage clients and other consultants while learning from the onsite…
A client invests in their project/s, but what if coordination problems with architects, engineers, consultants, and others occur? Who will help to fill the void that is coordination? A construction…
Music beholds the beholder! The abstraction of the sound of music hypnotizes the most rigid soul. A Performance space serves as a medium of entertainment, they narrate cultural lineage through…
Our understanding of construction materials and their environmental impact has never been greater than the day we live today. Construction materials are getting more complex, innovative, and futuristic. Some draw…
What’s stronger than the African sun? Probably particles of sand and salt. Coincidentally, the intuitive Egyptians encountered a native soil at the edge of the saline water bodies of the…