Cologne, a city in Germany, having a horrific past, the Nazis took over the city, emigrating the Jews with an airstrike that bombarded the city turning the entire city into…
Austrian architect and Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Hans Hollien designed multiple projects that greatly influenced the style of Modernist Viennese architecture that we are familiar with today. One of his…
Unity Temple by Frank Lloyd Wright is considered one of the greatest contributions to the American culture. The building is positioned spectacularly at the divergence of two important phases of…
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is one of architecture’s residential projects. Whether it is his iconic statements “Less is more” and “God is in the details” or the famous Barcelona…
‘Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake’ – Luis Barragán, a Pritzker Prize winner said in 1980 Laureate acceptance speech. His design of the complex…
The Indian Coffee House is a coffee-restaurant chain with over 400 outlets all over India. While the chain started during the British rule, it is now run by worker co-operative…
‘Building Art’ is a term associated with the signature architectural style of Frank O Gehry. Gehry has attained worldwide acclaim for his audacious and sculptural works that have spurred extensive…
In 1961, Fine Arts Foundation approached architect Louis I. Kahn to design a comprehensive arts complex in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This large-scale Fine Art Centre which is now called Arts…
Situated in southwestern Oklahoma, USA, 8 km. from Oklahoma City, lies Oklahoma’s largest and busiest domestic and international airport, the Will Rogers World Airport (WRWA). It was named after the…
LaGuardia Airport is one of the busiest airports in both New York City and the United States. Initially a site for an amusement park, and later, a privately owned flying…
In the serene outskirts of Chiang Mai, the former capital of the ancient Lanna kingdom, a wondrous, shimmering structure embellishes the view: The Little Shelter Hotel. The city is rich…
Perched on the hills of the Akaishi Mountains, Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan is an ‘onsen’ or hot spring hotel in Hayakawa, Japan. Founded in the Keiun era, it was named after…