Undoing Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Memory talks about the most crucial challenges faced in the society of the 21st century: How can we make use of the large stock…
Reimagining Architectural Intervention Fred Scott’s pioneering work “On Altering Architecture” stands as a seminal contribution to the course of architectural theory that offers readers a comprehensive exploration of building modification…
When the elevator doors open and you step into the world of Silo, you are not visiting another dystopian set; you are entering a skyscraper. Instead of a building serving…
Some movies tell stories, while others create entire universes from scratch, resembling surreal oil paintings stitched together with a sense of madness. Tony McNamara’s “Poor Things,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos,…
Cities are not just recalled for landmarks, skylines, or famous landmarks, but for the imageability of any city, which plays an important role. Streets are where people move, congregate, and…
Spaces, always an extension of architecture — a space where form and emotion merge, Shyam Benegal’s Zubeidaa (2001), adapted from Khalid Mohammed’s screenplay, is not just a woman’s tale suspended…
Saltburn: Architecture of Excess What happens when beauty becomes unbearable? Saltburn (2023), directed by Emerald Fennell, is not just a story set inside a mansion; it is a story built…
Devdas, with over 13 remakes in Indian cinema, is one of the most adapted literary works crossing across multiple languages and cultures. Written as a semi-autobiographical book by Sarat Chandra…
“There’s always three incarnations of a story: the story that is being told, the listener’s interpretation, and the version the listener retells in the future.” — Tarsem Singh, interview with…
Tarsem Singh’s The Fall (2006) unfolds like an architectural dream, a tapestry of landscapes, monuments, and mythic spaces that blur the line between imagination and memory. Set in the silent…
In Indian cinema, very few films evoke the quiet charm and the rhythm of Mumbai’s middle class as gently as the 1976 Basu Chatterjee-directed Chhoti Si Baat. The film is…
Midsommar is a 2019 psychological horror film written and directed by Ari Aster, who is also known for his other work, Hereditary. The movie follows Dani, her lover Christian, and…