In the past, the architect’s room has traditionally offered the sense of sight, hearing, and smell as he creates. One is reminded of the gentle scratch of a soft pencil…
An amphibious house is a type of housing which is designed for flood prone zones, not to fight with water, but to move with it. The house is supported by…
Rethinking Urban Living in a Greener Direction Cities around Europe are becoming higher as available space becomes scarcer. Concerns regarding air quality, rising temperatures, and a decline in the quality…
Climate as a Design Imperative Architecture is always influenced by climatic conditions, but in very few regions is this correlation as straightforward and uncompromising as in the hot-arid areas of…
An augmentation in building urban farming towers in the Middle East has to be one of the major breakthroughs in the reliance on food production from foreign lands. Urban farming…
Biomimetic Architecture In Asia In Asia, the need for sustainability has arisen due to the environmental, psychological, and structural challenges posed by rapid urbanisation and climate change. Asian megacities must…
The footprint of domestic life in cities throughout the globe is decreasing. Compact living has become more of an intention than a necessity, ranging from micro apartments in Tokyo to…
The onset of the new age has led to an increasing trend of nomadism in search of better opportunities. Accompanying this is the surge in the price of urban properties,…
Chhatris are a unique architectural type found in Western India, serving as a death marker, political symbol, and an element of urban fabric. This case study focuses on Krishnapura Chhatri,…
Historic buildings are living archives that embody the social, cultural, and political narratives of the societies that created them. Architects encounter a profound design challenge which goes beyond structural engineering…
Design – Planning, Spatial Logic, and Earthquake Vulnerability One of the oldest Hindu temples in Nepal, Changu Narayan Temple is an important landmark in the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage…
From the Comfort of Airflow, Mumbai We See Manipal Leaving behind the humid and frenetic lifestyle of the city of Mumbai and walking into the quiet streets of the city…