Urban Theory often arrives in abstraction, diagrams of flows, arrows of capital, and density compressed in numbers. Cities are not systems; they are lived stories. Critical imagination is a practice…
Learning is a lifelong process. Formally educated in school, informal education transpires through life experiences and the surrounding environments. Learning begins the moment a baby takes their first breath- the…
Tashkent is not a city that can be understood in one glance. It is built from many moments in time. Every street, building, and open space carries a memory of…
In recent years, architecture and design have been undergoing quiet but significant changes. In 2026, these shifts are expected to become more visible, influencing how architects and designers think, work,…
Indian cities are repositories of diverse layers of history that have been manifested in the architecture of the past. Examples of this are the havelis, industrial sites, colonial structures, religious…
Impact of vernacular traditions, social living patterns on mass housing projects for low-income families and poor communities. This article discusses how two distinct architects – B.V.Doshi and Laurie Baker worked…
The Lunuganga Estate located in Bentota, Sri Lanka, epitomises a sincere intersection between architecture as a physical discipline and its role as a custodian of hospitality memory. Architecture goes beyond…
I grew up in Delhi, surrounded largely by plain concrete buildings. Whenever I visited Rajasthan to see my grandparents, it felt as though I had stepped into another world altogether.…
When raging waters tear through towns during flash floods, what determines survival is not just nature’s fury but how we choose to build against it. Flash floods devastate hundreds of…
The Shift in How Architects Design The field of architecture tends to keep changing continuously as much as its tools, yet there are tools that enhance efficiency, as well as…
In architecture, we define materials through their physical properties: the robustness of concrete, the tensile strength of steel, or the tangible weathering of wood. Our approach to the materials of…
India marks 78 years of complete Independence, where multiple architectural icons, along with multiple western inspired architecture-built structures, can be seen built in the country. But the main factor that…