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…
Complementary contrast while framing the time. Premabhai Hall was designed by B.V Doshi and was constructed post-independence in India when rapid change took place to forge its independent identity and…
Refurbished in 2023 by Brazilian architectural firm RUA 141 Arquitetura, the JB apartment is located in a building from the 70s in the Jardins neighbourhood of São Paulo. The residing…
The Platform, 2019, director Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s debut feature, is a potent allegory for power dynamics, societal hierarchy, and human behaviour. The film acts as a case study exploring this societal…