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…
No Species, No Architecture. Believe it or not, whether it dates back 200,000 years, to the origin of humankind in African regions, we are also talking about the birth of…
Quality of Life (QoL) The U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) has defined quality of life (QoL) as a concept that includes the welfare of individuals or groups at a…
In today’s world, cities are designed with humans as the primary focus of the cityscape. The infrastructure, streets, marketplaces, and all the urban elements weave together into an urban fabric…
For a long time, the balcony has been a pretty simple thing. It’s a person’s own small space in the air, a spot to stand and watch the world, feel…
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy (Wikipedia, 2025). We have been familiar with this proverb since childhood. Our childhoods are made remarkably memorable by the innumerable…
Relevance of Urban Design and its Implications Jan Gehl, an urban designer and architect, once said that ‘Think big but always remember to make the places where people are to…
The city experience is a multisensory affair that progresses in layers—visual, aural, tactual, gustatory, and olfactory. For most of the contemporary urban design debate, however, the focus has been persistently…
To be honest, after a long day of designing, it is thrilling to travel without leaving your space. If you’re a creative designer, architect, or artist who unwinds through films…
Earlier, architecture and design were male-dominated fields, and to this day, the scenarios haven’t changed much due to ongoing social challenges. This continuous historical bias in design in terms of…
Indian architecture weaves space into the very essence of a structure, where the built and unbuilt interact as dynamic polarities, each enhancing the presence of the other. This intersection gives…
Embellishing a rather monotonous neighbourhood with vibrancy, interposing unprecedented design vocabularies into an existing language of urban landscape, and recognizing such interventions as novel and pathbreaking outlines certain principles often…