Cinema as Spatial Inquiry The relationship between cinema and architecture is rooted in their shared concern with the construction of space for human experience. While architecture embodies the construction of…
One of the most significant architects of the 20th century, Eero Saarinen is renowned for his structural experiments and sculpture modernism. Saarinen’s Shells: The Evolving Influence of Engineering and Construction…
Buildings and their architecture have always reflected the values, fears, and aspirations of their time. From hunting animals to use their remains in constructing huts to today’s glass giants skyscrapers,…
A Practice Shaped by Design Integrity Park + Associates, established in 1999, has earned a reputation as one of Singapore’s most conscientious architectural studios. From the start, Park + Associates…
In the first part of Movies in Architecture, we explored how architecture already carries cinematic qualities through frames and storytelling. Just as a film uses a screen to focus attention,…
As an architect, I have always been intrigued by the thought of what our designing ability can help us achieve beyond just creating tall, high-rise, soulless structures. How can our…
“May the odds be ever in your favour” A line voiced out at every instant before the Hunger Games and peak moments of battle, dripping in feigned optimism of the…
The cities were once shaped primarily by geography, culture, economics and human needs. Today, they are increasingly shaped by something else: “attention”. The public spaces, which were once designed to…
Homes were once understood primarily through their physical arrangement. Rooms had fixed purposes, and architecture defined daily routines through walls, doors, and furniture. Today, this relationship has become more fluid.…
Over the years, the understanding of architecture has evolved significantly reshaping the space as well as the perception of it.Initially each place was seen specific only for an activity- parks…
Buildings are like music to our memory lane. Just as music can trigger a certain memory from the past, so can the architecture of a city or a building too.…
Cities speak, not through words but with stone, glass, light and shadow. Every building, street, and public space encodes the priorities, histories, technologies and aspirations of the society that creates…