Architecture is often discussed through ideas of balance, proportion, and spatial experience. Buildings are expected to create comfort, to organize movement, and to establish a sense of order within the…
Prologue: Narrative Spaces in Cinema “Film is a dream, but in the dream you are wide awake” – Ingmar Bergman Narrative space in cinema is the meticulously constructed, three-dimensional story…
Architecture is never neutral. It organizes movement, spatial organization, distributes power, and frames social life, which influences how people feel and behave. Yet public conversation revolves around appearance: is it…
“May the odds be ever in your favour” A line voiced out at every instant before the Hunger Games and peak moments of battle, dripping in feigned optimism of the…
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…
The 21-story, 91-meter-high Brutalist edifice, the Palika Kendra, is an unmissable feature of New Delhi’s skyline. The building, home to the headquarters of NDMC, or New Delhi Municipal Council, was…
After Independence in 1947, India faced the challenge of not just rebuilding its cities and infrastructure but also shaping a national identity through institutions. Universities, housing, cultural centres, and administrative…
Barbican was built on the ruins of World War II. A city within a city, envisioned to create a new urban identity for Londoners. The Barbican today houses three tower…
When the elevator doors open and you step into the world of Silo, you are not visiting another dystopian set; you are entering a skyscraper. Instead of a building serving…
Shiv Nath Prasad designed the Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts in the early 1960s. It is located at Safdar Hasmi Marg, and is considered one of Delhi’s theatre landmarks.…
In architecture, perfection often drives design. The flawless surfaces with no crevice in sight, the precision of edges and angles, seamlessness, and symmetry. These qualities are held as the silent…
In Apple TV’s Severance, architecture is not just a backdrop; it behaves like a character, shaping moods, decisions, and even identities. The series imagines a workplace where employees’ memories are…