Architectural design holds a strong impact in our lives, influencing our inhabited spaces, collaborating in work environments, engaging with our neighborhoods by the development of rapid urbanization & pressing environmental…
In architecture and building conservation, adaptive reuse is a strategy that rethinks and proposes methods to counteract the ageing process and deterioration of old and historic structures. The value and…
Romania, a country that has suffered a lot of damage to its cultural heritage due to emphasis on urbanisation and destruction during communism and the corruption that followed after the…
The fundamental character of a city cannot be fully understood through visual observation of its busy environment. It’s something deeper. The world exists beneath the surface of sound which turns…
Descending steeply towards the Mediterranean Sea on a hill, the Kasbah of Algiers is more than a heritage area—it is a living structure, resilient to centuries of civilization, resistance, and…
The way an artist uses a brush and a sculptor transforms a mere clay into a sculpture. An architect tries to design a space in the same way an art…
In an era dominated by high-tech solutions and global supply chains, a quiet revolution is taking place in the world of architecture. Designers and builders are increasingly turning to local materials…
Second-world countries are those nations aligned with the Eastern Bloc & Soviet Union, generally considered socialist or communist or socialist nations with central planning economics and state-owned industries. Countries considered…
Architecture revolves around the comfort of users and the well-being of humans; it reflects their presence, day-to-day life, and mood. As I.M PEi Said” Architecture is the very mirror of…
Oxford dictionary defines a time capsule as “a container storing a selection of objects chosen as being typical of the present time, buried for discovery in the future.” So, essentially,…
Peter Greenaway’s The Belly of an Architect (1987) is a story about Stourley Kracklite, an American architect whose health and marriage disintegrate. This coincides with a showcase in Rome celebrating…
Vernacular buildings hold more than structural value — they are blueprints of how people lived, adapted, and sustained themselves over generations. Rooted in indigenous knowledge, they respond to climate, materials,…