“Today I am accused of being a revolutionary, yet I confess to having had only one master: the past; and only one discipline: the study of the past.” These words…
Culture can be defined as the totality of values, beliefs, symbols, systems, etc. shared by a group of people who learn and transfer this knowledge through interactions. Tradition, on the…
Architecture can be termed as a philosophy that gets embedded in us unknowingly. Right from birth, we start building a sense of our surroundings and eventually start responding to them.…
A question that a historian often faces is regarding the relevance of history. The debate remains unresolved to this day. When it comes to architecture, architectural history is a subject…
In the year 1969, a competition was announced by the Indian government to develop an exhibition complex that would host Asia’s third International Trade Fair and the first major international…
Scroll, Scroll, Swipe! (pause) Wow! Interesting work. Nice presentation. Tap! Ah! Interesting ‘logo’ as well. Contact! Now-a-days, this is how most of us are engaged, exploring and motivating ourselves through…
Do you want to be a starchitect? Do you want pictures of your buildings flooding instagram feeds? Does your design deserve a trendy story in AD or other trending magazines?…
The architecture of the 20th century is a collection of thought-provoking and encapsulating modernism which evolved in different forms across several parts of the world. Embodied styles such as expressionism,…
The architecture of the 20th century is a collection of thought-provoking and encapsulating modernism which evolved in different forms across several parts of the world. Embodied styles such as expressionism,…
Architecture is the product of a conversation between client and creator. The architect assesses the needs and desires of a client and translates them into a form of inhabitation. So…
In a world where black is the new black, at least for those ‘no-nonsense’ architects, it would be no understatement to say that color and architects have had a somewhat…
Isn’t it fascinating how buildings around the globe in all the countries and continents express themselves in a divergent yet unified way? Just like we human beings, the buildings breathe…