Region-Specific Architecture Architecture was once the sole identity of a place, shaped by local conditions. Over time, the exchange of ideas and globalisation encouraged architects to use principles, techniques, and…
Red is often associated with hunger. At the same time, a study published in Appetite found that people drinking from red-labeled cups consumed 44% less than those drinking from blue-labeled…
Walk into a restaurant with deep red walls, warm lighting, and rich wooden furniture, and you may notice something interesting: you suddenly feel more ready to eat. The colour red…
For much of human history, homes were also places of work. Be it artisans’ workshops, merchants’ residences, or family-run enterprises, living and working essentially coexisted within the same walls, albeit…
In the high latitudes of the Nordic world, the sun’s rays seldom reach, casting the land into a perpetual twilight. Here, the idea of a shelter is more than just…
Walk into most open-plan offices and an odd contradiction starts to emerge. An environment that is designed for interaction is full of people wearing noise-cancelling headphones. Rooms designed for collaboration…
For much of the twentieth century, architectural photography did most of the profession’s talking, and buildings were designed, judged and remembered almost entirely through the eye. Sensory architecture challenges that…
“Our favourite fictional characters rarely stay confined to the screen. They shape the way we dress, influence our dreams and careers, and quietly become a part of our personality. Yet,…
A hospital is rarely a place people choose to spend time in. It is where long nights stretch even longer, where families wait for updates they cannot control, and where…
Anyone who has attended an Indian wedding knows that there is colour, music and chaos in every direction they look. There are flowers hanging from every visible surface, relatives moving…
Architecture school is grueling. You do not expect it to be this intense. The coffee-fueled all-nighters, carefully drafted sheets ripped up, and begging professors to extend deadlines will make you…
A speculative meditation on human existence, the psychology of place, and what architecture silently does to us by imagining a world in which it never existed at all. “We shape…