Roofs are conceived as the final layer of an architectural entity, an essential shield to protect against the external environment, thereby defining its form and materiality in response to the…
The word ‘façade’ originates from the Italian word “facciata” and is defined as the exterior or all the faces of a building. It is the calling card of an architecture…
Architecture is incomplete and meaningless without its inhabitants; they share a unique relationship with each other. For example, a house designed for a particular family can never be used by…
In the middle of the concrete jungle that is Manhattan lives a free-standing, 490-foot tower, nestled between West 52nd and 53rd street in Midtown. The CBS building, whose construction began…
“Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well-being.” …