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…
When cinema and architecture meet, they do more than frame human stories – they create atmospheres that resonate beyond the screen. The Room Next Door (2024) is Pedro Almodóvar’s first…
You know how some movies just have a world you can feel? It’s not just the actors or the story, but the very spaces they inhabit. Everything, from the buildings…
The Brutalist (2024) is more than just a survival story; it explores how buildings shape our character and memories. A Holocaust survivor rebuilds his life in post-war America through architecture.…
In cities across the world, modernist public buildings from the post-war period stand in a strange kind of limbo. Once bold emblems of reconstruction, civic pride, and democratic promise, these…
Architecture is a language civilizations have used for centuries to convey their social, economic, and political worldview. The buildings people build say a lot about the people who make them.…
Todd Field’s 2022 film TÁR is a masterclass in cinematic storytelling, not only through its narrative and performances but also through its meticulous use of architecture and interior design. Set primarily in Berlin,…
Aesthetics is a concept inextricably linked to perfection – symmetry, order, and faultless beauty. But there is also a different love for the imperfect, the weathered, and the aged. Decay aesthetics celebrate…
This article endeavours to discuss whether the emergence of Brutalism, in a contemporary context, would be suitable. The origins of the term Brutalism, is said to have evolved in 1950,…
The Perth Concert Hall, a Brutalist marvel crafted by architects Jeffrey Howlett and Don Bailey, stands as Australia’s first concert hall to emerge after World War II. Nestled in the…