The Life “In-Between” The architecture of a city reinforces and represents its systems, often forming icons that remain imprinted in minds. Yet it is the spaces in between its buildings;…
Marco Polo in 1272, after a visit to Persia (City of Yazd) wrote “Yazd is a good and noble city and has a great amount of trade.” Here, obviously just…
Streetscapes and climate While walking through a Goan street, one can easily identify the blend of tropical heat and the calming sloping roof. This is an apt representation of how…
The background of any masterpiece is as much part of the artwork as the strokes that the artist makes. This background, or seemingly ‘empty’ space, is referred to as the…
“Sometimes it’s the imperfect stuff that makes things Perfect” This quote plays a catalytic role in the Final Season of the iconic Sitcom, The Big Bang Theory, where the protagonist,…
Natural light in architecture is the one element that conveys design decisions (be it spatial layout, material choice, colour or scale). It gives meaning to how each space is intended…
Since, olden times architecture is what is required by people from temples, schools, parks to houses. Architecture is what revolves around the people. But, in modern times, some decisions are…
You ought to notice what the sun is doing to your room today. Not in any dramatic way. Just look at the floor for a moment. There is probably a…
Architecture is often understood through buildings themselves—their façades, materials, structures and forms. Yet buildings are rarely experienced as isolated objects. People move between them, pause beside them, gather around them…
Rem Koolhaas once said, ‘A building has at least two lives – the one imagined by its maker and the life it lives afterward – and they are never the…
What do you understand by the word “space”? The term is associated with a lot of subjects, but what we are talking about here is the space you occupy as…
A city is more than hard concrete, tall buildings, and skylines; it is the warmth, the conviviality, and the human connection that give it its true essence. Strangers meeting at…