“We must be as familiar with the functions of our buildings as with our materials. We must learn what a building can be, what it should be, and also what…
Surrounded by the world’s most high-tech fruit packing warehouses, the 16,500-square-foot Washington…
“Architecture hasn’t done a great job by telling all our stories equally.” …
It’s said that a woman with a dream is a force to be reckoned with and Jane Jacobs emulated this. She was born on 4th May of 1916 to a…
Madrid has always been not a city but a way of life.…
Casa Milà or ‘La Pedrera’ is one of the most iconic works…
Reminiscence – A story told about the past by narrator Once in a while, comes along a project where the Architect plays the role of a narrator to represent and…
The Sistine Chapel is a must-visit site in Rome. It is not…
Isn’t this a question we all had someday? Maybe when we were…
“Manners maketh the man and also make good architecture”.” Translation of two-dimensional drawing into three-dimensional structures is the absorbing part of practicing architecture”.” Bricks are like faces made of burnt…
“Even a brick wants to be something.” –Louis Kahn The Framework Getting…
Interior Architecture of a Resort Residence in the middle of a lake…
Initially known as the capital city of Vijayanagara Empire, Hampi is now one of the finest historical sites of ancient age in the world. It has served as the capital…
Military architecture has been in existence for centuries, ever since one needed…
From kindergartens to universities, the system of receiving education has changed drastically…
The translation of a building from a mere concept at the back of an architect’s mind to a real-life monument is a difficult journey, laden with several obstacles. Most often,…
Box House: Scandinavian Art and Kerala Craft “A Clean, Well-lighted Place”, the…
Of late two Bio-terminologies have been doing the rounds in architectural circles.…
Fascination and extraordinaire are the only by-products that nature gives us when behaving as an immense source of inspiration! Biomimicry is an innovation method that derives inspiration through the study…
Nature and natural processes are the guiding principles or the main metaphors…
In a post-modern contemporary age with an alarming increase in population, cities…
Cities play a crucial role in the fight against climate change. They already account for over half of the world’s population and it is projected that six out of every…
Modernization refers to a model of a progressive transition from a ‘pre-modern’…
Ask any local or visitor and he will tell you that Chennai…
Can you imagine a whole 40,000 square meter office building designed around its hall? Welcome to the Edge, in Amsterdam. A building born of the merge of advanced technology and…
The Interlace is a high-density residential development that reimagines the skyscraper as…
From Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia to Frank Lloyd’s Wright’s Guggenheim, criticism is…
One of OMA’s largest ever projects and first major in China, the CCTV Headquarters aim to revive as ‘loop’ skyscrapers which took about 10 years in construction in accommodating Offices,…
‘History repeats itself’, may it be fashion, drama, music, art or anything…
Many studies have shown how shapes, forms, colors, tones, textures, materials, etc.…