Architecture is often understood through buildings themselves—their façades, materials, structures and forms. Yet buildings are rarely experienced as isolated objects. People move between them, pause beside them, gather around them…
Imagine a street on an ordinary Tuesday morning. People are walking to work, buses are moving through traffic, shops are opening, and children are heading to school. Nothing appears unusual.…
An Illusion “All the world’s a stage,” Shakespeare wrote. But what happens when the stage itself becomes commercialised or a commodity? In the Anthropocene, who gets to design the stage…
Elizabeth Ekadashi is a 2014 Marathi film directed by Paresh Mokashi and set in the pilgrimage town of Pandharpur, Maharashtra. The story follows two children, Dnyanesh and Mukta, as their…
“We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.” – Pico Iyer’s words perhaps describe Karwaan better than anything else: a journey that begins with escape…
The Heritage School is one of the best examples of climate-responsive educational architecture in Pune, located in the lush green area of Ambi. The campus, which was designed by Madhav…
Walk through almost any suburban neighbourhood and one design decision repeats itself with remarkable consistency: a trimmed front lawn. It has become so familiar that few people question why it…
The Central Park Conservancy has recently launched a $37 million restoration initiative to restore one of the most cherished and frequented landmarks: Bethesda Fountain and Conservatory Water. This massive investment…
A Bridge between Design and Time A pause that makes one observe and imagine how an earlier civilisation lived is an entryway into looking at ruins. A bridge between a…
Cinema, at its most architecturally literate, does not merely use space as backdrop — it interrogates it. Dashavatar (2025), the Marathi suspense thriller directed by Shekhar Popatkar, belongs to this…
Architecture makes a lasting impact, even when it is not grand or imposing. Designing everyday spaces is one of the challenging aspects of the field. Ordinary environments, though often overlooked,…
At 88 years old, the influential British artist David Hockney died on June 11, 2026. Originally from Bradford, England, he attended the Royal College of London before moving to Los…