Crafting Tomorrow’s Architects The journey into architecture starts in design schools, where aspiring architects take their first steps toward shaping the built environment. Today, numerous design schools offer pathways into…
A story, or narrative, is often perceived as a simple construct, shaped by experience, imagination, and desire. While architectural narratives might be less extroverted, they nonetheless constitute the most compelling…
When asked the question ‘What is vernacular architecture?’, there will be varying answers. And most of them are likely to be right. There is no set definition for what might…
Knowledge has been passed across generations through different mediums. Written documents happen to be an example of the same. For years, our predecessors have cultivated the art of documenting our…
The theory of architecture is nearly always taught and studied through a Eurocentric perspective, with the main focus on Western architectural traditions and theories. However, taking into account new perspectives…
Claude Parent (26 February 1923 – 27 February 2016), born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a distinguished French architect and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Parent’s concept of ‘Fonction Oblique’ has…
Throughout history, the makings of Architectural theory and history have changed by stark contrast and so have their influences and interpretations. The oldest theories underwent numerous transformations both in the…
Have you ever been in a space that sparked your imagination through your cognition? Where the light effect gives you a sense of transcendence. Perhaps a space where the clear…
Naomi stead is an architectural academic, scholar and critic based in Melbourne, Australia. She has taken on various research fellowships, starting from being a research fellow in ATCH, 2009. Currently,…
Learning how to design is a deeply intimate affair. For starters of architectural design process, it requires you to recondition how you think and unlearns all that you have taken…
It is believed that pandemics throughout history have played an important role in shaping our cities. Today, when the world is fighting against the COVID-19 public health crisis, Indian cities…
Born on the 3rd of May 1931, Aldo Rossi was an extraordinary Italian architect and designer who achieved great recognition in the fields of theory, drawing and architecture. His vast…