“We relate everything around us to ourselves. Our surroundings affect us by their size, light, shadow, color, etc. How we feel depends very much on whether we are in the…
Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul – “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams,” (Eleanor Roosevelt) is often an overlooked statement. Most of life is generic…
The Indian sub-continent has been the site for one of the oldest civilisations in the world. Home to diverse civilizations, cultures, traditions, and geographies, there is a lot of intangible…
Abu Dhabi, the mighty capital of the UAE is well-recognized for its striking skyline of mesmerizing skyscrapers. One of its prestigious buildings is the Capital Gate tower which catches one’s…
Form must have content, and that content must be linked with nature – Alvar Aalto | Finlandia Hall An exhibit manifesting the idea of Gesamtkunstwerk in all its glory, with Finlandia hall,…
Miho museum is designed by the legendary architect, I.M. Pei. It is humbly embedded in the mountains of Shigaraki, Japan. It covers an area of 17429 square meters of which…
Being recognized as a virtuoso is an understatement when Charles Correa is described. This master architect indulges in every design he has crafted meticulously, a level of detail that is…
Ando once quoted ‘In all my works, light is an important controlling factor’. He was keen on the interplay of light and hence, it is explicitly represented in all of…
Eero Saarinen is a Finnish-American Architect who needs no introduction. He is famous for his role in the second movement of Modernism. He was known to be a very motivated…
Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU) is a Toronto based educational institute established in 1876 by the Ontario Society of Artists. It is the first institute in Canada…
A uniquely standing glass structure, in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile’s campus in Santiago, was designed by architect Alejandro Aravena (with Charles Murray, Alfonso Montero and Ricardo Torrejón) to…
What is a “Heritage Building”? Where does the heritage, attached to it, come from? Is it necessary for a building tagged as heritage, to have persevered a few hundred years?…