“Integration of the old and new is not a design challenge for us… they both find a distinct place in our design process.” – Sonali Rastogi (Godrej GBCS, 2015) Sonali…
While architecture is often defined in terms of buildings, it also includes other important components that make up the city: interstitial spaces between buildings, including streets, ramps, walls, bridges, and…
I pass this building every morning on my commute from Lalbaug to Lower Parel. It’s wedged between the bigger structures, narrow and exhausted-looking. The original brick is exposed in patches…
Temporary structures have recently become an important part of the urban fabric as quick bottom-up approaches have proven successful in bringing people together. Despite being regarded by some as band-aid…
The shape of a building is not simply a form that appears in an architect’s mind. It is shaped by legal standards and frameworks that guide the first steps of…
The role of architecture in films and television shows often goes unnoticed. The architecture dictates the narrative of many movies and series. One can easily guess the character’s mood or…
Curating Art Architecture and cinema might seem like two entirely different fields, but the beauty lies in their power to bridge disciplines, connecting people, spaces, time, history, and culture. This…
As architecture gradually descended into obsession with harmonised forms, unyielding permanence, rigid orders, Vitruvian symmetries, and the glass-curtained grids of modernism, an emerging mind from America’s suburbs rejected that discipline…
Aura Venckunaite is a Chicago-based architect and educator whose work connects architecture, fashion, and material culture. She holds both her bachelors and master’s degree in architecture from the University of…
The skyline of the city, the roads, the marketplaces, and the speedy development of the city have all been used to describe Mumbai. But there were times when the coast…
Travancore House was one of several residences established in New Delhi for the rulers of princely states during British rule.Travancore House occupies Kasturba Gandhi Marg, within the wider historic area…
The Citadel of Qaitbay is a Mamluk fortress located on the northern side of the Pharos Peninsula in Alexandria, Egypt. It was built by order of Sultan Al-Ashraf Qaitbay in…