Sao Bernardo do Campo was founded by João Ramalho in 1553 and was historically perceived as the first Brazilian settlement built away from the sea. In 1938, it became a…
Architects in Goiânia – The notion of establishing a new state capital had been discussed in Goiás from its inception. D. Marcos de Noronha proposed establishing the state capital in…
Campo Grande began as a little community in 1877, built by farmers José Antônio Pereira and Manoel Vieira de Sousa (a.k.a. Manoel Olivério) who arrived from Minas Gerais just after…
Music moves individuals and transfers them to a seraphic and ethereal world that is seized in their memories. Its form is the interpretation of an idea that stems from the…
Berlin has established itself as a paradigm for European urban design. The element of its compact size pre-First World War urban districts; the emergence of suburban residential estates during the…
Hong Kong, one of the world’s famous cities, has many faces. As the most prominent site for researchers and journalists, it is also one of the finest places to make…
“Design is thinking made visual.” – Saul Bass Design Thinking is a cognitive process that requires different skill sets. Some people are naturally adaptive to the process while some need a…
Architects in Singapore – Singapore’s architecture reflects various influences and styles from multiple places and eras. These span from the colonial period’s varied styles and hybrid shapes to more current…
The city’s official name is a contraction of the (archaic) Dutch des Hertogen bosch — “the duke’s forest.” Henry I of Brabant was the duke in question, and his family…
Gliwice was first mentioned as a town in 1276. However, it was granted town rights earlier by Duke Władysław Opolski of the Piast dynasty. It was located on a trade…
Many Europeans (mostly Spaniards and Italians, but also numbers from Central Europe) immigrated to the city in the early twentieth century. In 1908, 30% of the city’s 300,000 residents were…
Juan Rejón named the city “Real de Las Palmas” when he founded it on June 24, 1478. Rejón was the commander of the invading Castilian army, which fought the locals.…