How do architects build what they build? How do they construct a narrative that speaks in terms of meaningful spaces? Are architects also ‘storytellers’? Before I made my pursuit in…
Earlier, the outline of architecture was restricted to the term “building”. A person tends to sum up his knowledge of any field in one word for his understanding, but further…
“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Charles Darwin Everything in the universe has been…
An architect’s journey starts right from the moment he/she finds themselves intrigued by the endless possibilities and fun behind it. Pursuing the same we managed to pull our weight to…
Automotive cities, also known as car-centric or auto-oriented, are urban areas where the design and infrastructure prioritise cars as the dominant mode of transportation. These cities have extensive road networks,…
Yasmeen Lari, dubbed a “Architect for the Poorest of the Poor” and Pakistan’s first female architect, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)…
One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again, mused Renzo Piano, emphasizing the continued rebirth of creativity and an…
The most compelling thing about architecture school is that it is, in essence, a bunch of semi-related subjects thrown into a blender to create something that, by the time you…
One does not simply study architecture. They must also be fully willing to embrace a nocturnal lifestyle, cultivate a taste for rejection and experience patience-testing scenarios that become funny anecdotes,…
Architecture is a gruelling and grinding process. When I began my journey to become an architect I was excited along with being very nervous. My first year went by really…
At the end of every chapter, it makes sense to review lessons learned, reflect on errors and accomplishments, consider then continuing that way, or take a different path. Having finished…
Booming to knowledge from a beginner not really understanding the veracity of the tall standing structures to simply gazing at the wonderful strikes of curves and lines, voids and spaces,…