As architectural studios and firms re-open after the lockdown, offices will inevitably have to be pandemic-proofed before employees can step in. Work patterns have to change and hygiene will become…
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, and so on are disasters that are not under man’s control but the first thing they take from man is their land and shelter. Emergency shelters…
‘The world will not evolve past its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation.’ – Albert Einstein The 21st century has entered the era…
One fine day, a piece of life-altering news rocked the world in unison. The information about a new virus affecting humanity came around. It went on to be declared a…
A scene from a park or an active street on an ordinary day before the Covid-19 pandemic would have featured an assortment of activities. Be it pedestrians exchanging pleasantries on…
How is it possible that we are aspiring to go “back” to normal when everything we knew as normal has now changed? Putting on a suit and taking the train…
What is going on with the architectural exhibitions that were taking place in the close future? 2020 comes defined by the restrictions and limitations of a situation that reached every…
Bridges have always been a subject of fascination displaying the marvels of engineering. They not only help in forming new transport routes saving travel time for expanding cities but also…
China has a newly-affluent middle class, in constant search for models to showcase their newly found fortunes. In China, mimicry is seen as a form of mastery and is often…
American architect Frank Lloyd Wright coined the term “organic”. Organic architecture is the designing philosophy that refers to the architecture that advocates the human psyche with the natural environment. It…
Coco Chanel once said: “Fashion is architecture; it is a matter of proportions”. And she was right. Even though architecture can be misconceived as just designing buildings, architects are often…
…with destruction evolves construction; with time evolves style! Whether destruction out of wars or outbreak of epidemics, living organisms on earth have always witnessed drastic changes ever since life existed.…