“Next Monday, everybody needs to be ready with their concepts and present them.” As the professor proclaimed this, the Hermiones of the class were thrilled. The Rons and Harrys of…
As Anna Heringer said, it is the basic right of people to know how to build using vernacular materials. The METI (Modern Education and Training Institute) handmade school stands out…
Initiation As a child oblivious to architecture, I found a connection with the sorcery of creation. Creating anything that the mind whips, using pencils of different gradients, sheets of diverse…
Long before the glass walls of modernism, the schoolhouse was created as a model for discipline. Early educational architecture was designed to provide oversight rather than inspiration. By embracing the…
Bridging the Gap Between Design Education and Lived Construction One of the world’s oldest university botanical gardens, where observation, ecology, and learning are deeply intertwined. Architects do design housing. Yet…
Renowned architect, educator, and curator Lesley Lokko has been awarded the esteemed African Cultural Icon Award in recognition of her revolutionary contributions to architectural education and discourse. The award honors…
The Ahmedabad University is one of the finest examples of modern architecture in India, with a direct legacy from the modern masters, like Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier, who worked…
Architectural education has traditionally had a special place in the hierarchy of professions. Unlike most other areas of study, in which theory is paramount, in architecture, there is a constant…
“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light,” Le Corbusier While this famous quote highlights the artistic nature of architecture, in today’s sense it…
Architecture is not only about designing buildings, it’s also about understanding how people perceive and experience space. An architect’s ability to observe, interpret, and imagine the built environment plays a…
Imagination is an extraordinary human faculty that has been positive for the exploratory nature of humankind and is an undeniable reason behind discoveries extending from fire to rocket science. However,…
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…