Buildings are physical embodiments of an intangible experience and emotion—they are the poetry of space. It is through the building forms and shapes that an architect expresses their emotions through…
A House Delivered Like a Package In many towns and cities around the globe, housing is literally packed, sent to the destination, and put together just like a parcel. Within…
Today, architecture perfectly illustrates how tradition can still live together with innovation. Hybrid models, i.e., design approaches that involve the use of vernacular building methods combined with modern technologies, are…
Over the past few decades, architecture and design have seen a shift from functional and mass-produced architecture to user-centric design. Importance is given to user experience and the emotions one…
Materials are more than just construction materials; they carry memory, geography, culture, craftsmanship, and identity. Each material, both construction and any other materials in the built environment, is important to…
Earth has been undergoing continuous changes through natural cycles of warming and cooling. Of the total annual carbon emissions, the building and construction industry is single-handedly responsible for about 37%…
The world’s earliest dwellings, found in India, China, the Mediterranean, Japan, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, all featured an open space at their center: the courtyard. It was…
Origins: The Grounded Beginnings In the windswept southern edge of Saaremaa, where the Baltic Sea presses itself into shallow inlets and limestone shores, Kuressaare Castle rises with an almost geometric…
Joy is not a grand feeling. It never uses trumpets to announce itself. The sound of footsteps in an old hallway, a glimpse of sunlight on the floor, or the…
A Small Crack and a Big Realisation To tell you the truth, the memory of the earth breaking at my grandmother’s house ranks among my earliest memories, even more than…
Undoing Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and Cultural Memory talks about the most crucial challenges faced in the society of the 21st century: How can we make use of the large stock…
Reimagining Architectural Intervention Fred Scott’s pioneering work “On Altering Architecture” stands as a seminal contribution to the course of architectural theory that offers readers a comprehensive exploration of building modification…