College life. Everyone has had a preconceived notion about college life when in high school. I had them too. And I, like every naive high school student, did not think…
“One question. What do you learn in Architecture college anyway?” is an enigma which I get asked often. It seems like everyone whom I come across is fascinated with the…
Architecture is often fantasised as tall buildings, skyscrapers, a white collar job, producing blueprints and the job being done. Little do they know, it’s five years of sleepless nights, under…
“It is 4:30 a.m., I wake up, turn off the alarm, and walk to my balcony to look out at the park across the street, and as I release my…
Have you ever wondered about that isolated corner in the street that you reminisce about when finding your way or that specific corner in your house that reminds you of…
Have you ever looked at the Gherkin and thought, “That is one weird-looking building”? But then you look again and reflect on it and see how good it looks. You…
Architecture is one of the only forms of art that has a finely knit relation to humankind. Many believe architecture is the “Mother of art and design”, while others dismiss architecture…
Architecture deals with the built environment, usually guided by societal development categorised by economic and social transformation. As a society, we always tend to look for progress and the future,…
The sleepless nights from graduate school have always been an excellent memory for each architect. These late hours spent talking, chatting, and those small work breaks at 2 am taught…
What amazes us? What makes a city iconic or beautiful? What comes to mind when we talk about Dubai, Paris or London? Is it just food? Culture? People? I am…
“I don’t think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think.”…
A world devoid of architecture or so let us envisage. As strange as it sounds, this world will be guided by the unspoken rules of design. The tug-o-war is only…