Set in the middle of a cosmopolitan city is a dominant transit hub – Penn Station, New York City. Recently redeveloped, the Moynihan Train Hall at the station provides an…
In the heart of Lower Manhattan, a bold architectural signal rises from the site of the former towers: the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. Conceived as much more than a…
The Pacific coastline of San Francisco had remained a place of raw beauty and dramatic contrasts of landforms — from the rise of cliffs from the ocean and fog dropping…
The Colne Valley Viaduct, the UK’s longest railway bridge, has marked a landmark moment in British engineering history. The gently curved structure stretches 3.3km, i.e., 2.1 miles across the Colne…
In August 2025, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) 81 years old airport commenced on a $1.3 billion expansion project that was set to expand capacity, enhance facilities, and strengthen global…
Design Approach The Thyssenkrupp Elevator Test Tower, a landmark of innovation in Rottweil, Germany, was designed by Werner Sobek and Jahn Architects. This 246-meter-high structure serves a singular purpose: to…
Architectural “miracles” leave us in awe when vision and engineering collaborate to make the impossible possible. Beginning in the earliest ages and continuing through today’s digital age, architects and engineers…
The cinematic masterpiece Ponniyin Selvan by Mani Ratnam is a historical monument to the architectural grandeur of the Chola period. The film uses precise set construction combined with computer-generated imagery…
We cannot imagine the world without water. And still, we do not take any steps to preserve it, ensuring its quality. Water conservation has been an essential aspect of survival…
Architecture has been shaping cities and temples through stone carving while constructing entire civilizations using Earth’s natural resources for millennia. But what if we reversed this equation? Terraforming Earth means…
Imagine a world where cities float effortlessly on water, homes rise and fall with the tides, and underwater hotels offer breathtaking views of marine life. Throughout the centuries, water has…
Architecture has been traditionally considered a visual art when, in fact, it greatly affects our experience through the sense of hearing. Architectural acoustics, also sometimes known as “architecture of sound”…