Rahim khan-e-khana was one of the nine gems, also known as the ‘navratnas’ of Emperor Akbar. When Rahim was four years old, his father was assassinated on his way to…
Hassan Fathy (1900–1989), Egypt’s “architect of the poor,” proved that mud brick could be modern: his New Gourna Village near Luxor (1946–52) revived Nubian vaulting and passive cooling decades before…