Stories to revel in A cool breeze blowing across the town, birds chirping but unheard due to the honking of horns, hawkers selling and screaming for customers, and the daily…
Human consumption habits are unavoidable as long as life exists. In addition to meeting man’s basic requirements for food, water, housing, and clothing as well as facilitating the shift from…
John Hill, an architect by training, also blogs and serves as the editor-in-chief of World Architect’s magazine. In 1996, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Kansas State…
Thomas de Monchaux is a man of many talents and accomplishments. As an editor, writer, professor, and author, he has made a significant impact in the fields of design, architecture,…
Since August 2006, Aaron Betsky has been the director of the Cincinnati Art Museum. He is an architect, critic, curator, educator, lecturer, author, and author of books on architecture and…
Falsely accused to be a direct by-product of contemporary globalization, Architecture as a physical manifestation of cross-cultural exchange has existed for centuries before. Its genesis began with trade, in which…
With the rapid upliftment of technology, almost every economic and cultural activity is affected, from human life to the built environment. Also, there is a constant need to keep up…
Art Deco and its Origins The Art Deco movement began between World Wars 1 & 2 in the early 20th century. Its origins date back to the 1920s, during the…
Difference between a House and a Home Le Corbusier, a renowned architect of the 20th century defined, “The house is a machine for living”. Understandably, post the Industrial Revolution any…
If we think about 1000 years back, the time when people built with locally available materials mud, wood, stone, extensively. Did they ever imagine that a wonderful material like concrete…
Can we build houses on water? Can a house hover? Can a warehouse become a hotel? Can drones replace cranes? Can a building vanish when desired? Can we dwell on…
“Good people don’t need laws to tell them to act responsibly, and bad people will find a way around the laws,” – Plato. On the first day of the first…