Every city has to tell a story, but Mumbai’s story is like a Symphony. It hums through its crowded trains and silent sea faces, through glass towers and old chawls,…
When Calm Becomes a Design Element Some places make your body soften before your mind even catches up. A sunlit café that smells faintly of coffee and wood. Your grandmother’s…
An Exploration of the ‘Quality Without a Name’ A peaceful courtyard, a sun-washed stairwell, a tiny street where shadows alter over time, these are the moments when architecture feels more…
Workspaces can be endeavoured as a second home to many employees. However, over the years, there have been various turbulences with office design due to external factors such as socio-economic…
Colour Is Everything Close your eyes and think of your childhood bedroom, your favourite holiday destination, your favourite food, and your most-loved piece of clothing. Were any of these images…
Origins: Port, River, and the Birth of Commerce The Tapti River’s mouth at the Arabian Sea is the point where Surat’s tale starts. The river during those times was an…
Some movies tell stories, while others create entire universes from scratch, resembling surreal oil paintings stitched together with a sense of madness. Tony McNamara’s “Poor Things,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos,…
“There is no architecture without an epoch translated into space.”*(Marx* – Mies van der Rohe Stand at the entrance to Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute, and one is confronted with a…
Kovalam, a coastal settlement in Kerala, is often looked at through the lens of tourism and scenic beauty. Yet beneath its beach town identity lies a layered architectural fabric shaped…
Well known as the temple of Fame, Kirti Mandir- cenotaph of the royal Gaekward family, is one the most stunning buildings built by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekward III; during the Raj…
For years, architecture seemed to forget how to communicate as a living entity. Instead, it began producing responses like a machine. Whites, greys, and flawless concrete were used in our…
The Olympic question as an Architectural opportunity India’s aspiration to host the Olympics is more an Architectural and urban proposition than a sporting one. The sporting event requires a cluster…