Architecture has long been an indicator of inequality around the globe, with one being able to characterise the social status of an area based on its design. It generally dictates…
Walls as Chronicles of the City’s Soul In the labyrinthine network of our cities, amidst the relentless cacophony of traffic and the everyday shuffle of humanity, lies an alternative narrative…
The built environment consists of physical elements such as form, function, material, and efficiency but it also creates intangible human experiences through memory, identity, and belonging. The built environment directly…
Studio Name: NLÉ Architects (Kunlé Adeyemi) Client: Community-led, supported by Heinrich Böll Foundation Area: Approx. 220 square metres Year: 2013 (prototype), dismantled in 2016 Location: Makoko Waterfront, Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria…
Historic Indian settlements are not just arrangements of buildings and streets, but multifaceted representations of invisible borders constructed through socio-cultural, religious, and political contexts. These borders—based on caste, community, ritual,…
Architecture is a central character in everything that is happening. It exerts control over the actions and interactions of the human body by structuring the space in which these bodies…
Spatial injustice is not merely an abstract concept; it manifests in the form of slums, disconnected transit, marginalised peripheries, and gentrified cores. Decades of policy neglect have reinforced these patterns…
Architecture is evolving to respond to complex systems shaping our world. Parametricism 2.0, led by Patrik Schumacher, is a new design paradigm that builds on the original parametric movement. Unlike…
Architecture communicates social narrative through different forms and spatial arrangements beyond constructing buildings around us. Each structure tells a story about the people’s values, aspirations, creations, and the ideologies behind…
It is safe to say that as long as humanity needs shelter, those building it will always have a job. The root of architecture has been and always will be…
Donato Bramante Donato Bramante (1444-1514) was an Italian architect and painter born in Urbino. He moved to Milan in 1474 where he built multiple churches in the New Antique style.…
The Copenhagen Architecture Biennial 2025 is a defining moment in recent architectural thought, with “slowness” and the reuse of materials at its centre in the backdrop of growing climate issues…