Humble, just as his building materials made of earth, Architect Laurie Baker is truly The Gandhi of Architecture who believed in life and architecture that is simple & true to…
With the dawn of the modern era, when architecture saw the coming of minimalist principles, Frank O Gehry sought to break the rules. Then the world witnessed the coming of…
The future certainly looks very uncertain but where we were in the past and where we are today is a true reflection of where we would be in the future.…
The monumental palaces, tombs, and mosques of the Mughals need no introduction. These buildings came with grandeur, magnificence, lavishness, and a dominating visual character. But it is the gardens the…
I interned at BV Doshi’s Vastu Shilpa Consultants from December 2015 to May 2016, as my semester requirement for my graduation course. I had applied with a lot of hope…
The recent earthquake of 2015 in Nepal led to approximately 755000 buildings being destroyed and the death of around 9000 people, with many others injured. The earthquake of 7.6 magnitude…
Water bodies, the breathable spaces that majorly encompass the void in the urban fabric are naturally the key to healthy living environments. Right from the birth of the waterbody, it…
Community, an integrated unit consisting of several fragments, all bound by singular synchronization, finds the core of its strength in the ‘scale’. Communities vary from micro to macro scale and…
Careful consideration of context and its surroundings, as well as the community needs, are the forces behind the creation of any space. These spaces are meant to serve a defined…
Popularly remembered as the American architect whose buildings were characterized by powerful, massive forms, Louis Kahn was born in a poor Jewish family in Pamu (presently in Estonia) on February…
Description: PREVIOUS STATE: The little Italian village of Povegliano, near Treviso, hadn’t a own square in his territory before the construction of Piazza Municipio. In 2006 the major announced a…
“I always liked this city because of the intimacy, the congeniality of the people here: very generous, very helpful and encouraging. And I think that’s what the essence of this…