Have you ever wondered why, in a nation, every region has its own colour palette which ranges from bright hues of Pink in Jaipur to muted white plastering and terracotta…
Colour Is Everything Close your eyes and think of your childhood bedroom, your favourite holiday destination, your favourite food, and your most-loved piece of clothing. Were any of these images…
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…
“I am not in danger. I am the danger.” It echoes not only through speech but also through every frame of Breaking Bad. It is not a TV show you…
In 1960, Australian architect and critic Robin Boyd published The Australian Ugliness, a bold and enduring critique of the nation’s built environment and cultural identity, a polemic that dared to challenge…
John Maeda is a designer, computer scientist, author, teacher, artist, etc. He was the president of the Rhode Island School of Design and is responsible for “all that stuff flying…
Eating Architecture (MIT Press, 2004) is an anthology of essays that explore the intersection of food culture and design. Editors Jamie Horwitz and Paulette Singley gather nineteen essays, arranged in…
Architectural criticism has long served as a mirror and a compass for the built environment, reflecting societal values while guiding future design directions. From the eloquent prose of 19th-century commentators to…
What is Copper Patina? Patina is the end product of a metal (such as copper, bronze, brass, or similar metals and alloys) undergoing a natural oxidation process due to exposure…
In this digital era, attention is currency. Trends on social media are the new briefs. Pinterest pin boards are the new moodboards. Just being functionally aesthetic for a space is…
Alicia Imperiale’s New Flatness: Surface Tension in Digital Architecture presents an engaging study of how digital technologies have transformed the relationship between architectural representation and built structures. The core of…
In a world dominated by visual spectacles, mass consumption, and hyper-mediatization, aesthetics in art and architecture have become significantly important, yet they stand in a precarious position for developing cultural…