AI technology is invading every field, including historic preservation. However, one important factor cannot be ignored, and that’s the ethics of using AI to redesign heritage neighbourhoods. These heritage areas…
Following a four-year restoration, Casa Batlló, one of the most extraordinary spaces, has opened its third floor to the public for the first time. This is the last original residence…
Historic settlements in India have generally relied on an intricate understanding of geography, climate, spirituality and culture to develop architecture. While modern developments tend to be divorced from their surrounding…
Indian Institute of Advanced Study, formerly known as The Viceregal Lodge in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, stands as a prominent example of colonial-era architecture in the Himalayan region of India. From…
The stepwells of Telangana are located within the Deccan Plateau. In a region where surface water evaporates rapidly under the scorching heat. They were constructed during the Kakatiya, Qutb Shahi,…
In a man-dominated world, women had to fight for their freedom, identity, and equality. Most professions have invisible barriers for women, but architecture is considered one of the toughest fields…
The Refinery at Domino stands as a state-of-the-art office building on the edge of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, overlooking the East River. A walk through the bustling Domino District today makes it…
The arena of architecture has evolved through the centuries. Various forms and styles have been developed to suit contemporary design requirements. And so far, history has inherited a plethora of…
Adaptive reuse projects have become a defining strategy in contemporary European architecture, particularly focusing on transformation of post-industrial sites. As cities are dealing with climatic changes, resource scarcity, reduced land…
For centuries, the architectural brief for a public monument was simple permanence, heroism, and all about heights, something which was used as a symbolic representation or celebration of an individual…
For centuries, architecture as a profession was described as the creation of new, iconic structures on a vacant piece of land. However, during the 21st century, due to rapidly growing…
The book ‘Why Old Places Matter’ by Thompson M. Mayes is one of the few books that gives a voice to old places and tells its readers why they matter.…