The Fortress of Masada is an awe-inspiring spectacle, sandwiched between the Dead Sea and the rocky mesas of the Judean Mountains. This ancient fortress-cum-palace was strategically built at the fringes…
In recent times, the cities have not only been an epicenter of technological developments, opportunity, and innovation but also have promoted pollution, heat islands, biodiversity loss, and psychological fatigue. Urban…
Boston City Hall (see fig.1) is one of America’s most controversial yet enduring symbols of mid-century Brutalism. (Archeyes, 2024). Completed in 1968 and designed by Kallmann, McKinnell & Knowles. Since…
Yichun Lui’s Urban Philosophy Architect Yichun Lui’s approach to urban development is a reflective and restorative process, as the principal architect of the Shanghai-based Atelier Deshaus. The studio has become…
When Architecture is Tested Architecture is frequently viewed as a discipline of extreme precision, with each line and joint methodically designed. However, some of the world’s most renowned structures owe…
“It is both strong and tough, which is a combination not usually found in nature,” said Teng Li, the co-leader of the team at the University of Maryland, when referring…
Cities have been the embodiment of the technologies and values present in a given time. The urban form has followed the growth of innovation of human beings, from the ordered…
Beyond Designing Physical Spaces Architecture, for me, has slowly shifted from being a discipline of designing spaces to understanding how spaces begin to hold people, emotions, and time within them.…
Multifunctionality in architecture means incorporating a range of functions and user groups, either at the same time or at different times. Multifunctional spaces should encourage more optional activities, which enhance…
White bedsheets, soft ambient lighting, scattered rose petals, a bubbling Jacuzzi, and flickering candles. The time for this overly Pinterest-like romance is definitively over. Not because romance itself is outdated…
Suburbia captures a complicated architectural and social contradiction. It is shaped as an escape from the noise and density of the city, a space meant for calm, privacy, and security.…
The world today is ruled by speed. Everyone around us is running, chasing behind big goals. The fast city life is the new normal. There is always rush, chaos, and…