In community design, architects work with residents to influence the built environment collaboratively. Interacting with current and future users, it aims to enhance the culture, heritage, and identity of a…
The documentary Paris to Pittsburgh, presented by the National Geographic channel in partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies, was directed under the vision of “Sidney Beaumont and Michael Bonfiglio” and talks about…
What does the future hold for architecture? Architecture has seen a tremendous change in the last three decades. When it comes to cities, architects have created some strong architectural assets…
Public places are open and accessible to people. The importance of public places includes social interaction sharing cultural and political views. In the present time, the public spaces of the…
Sustainable approaches can be broadly classified into two categories- Program-based approach and Conservation-based approach. The program-based approach is a clean-slate architecture that focuses on integrating design strategies and sustainable technologies…
Women have very limited access to public spaces. Their access is limited for the socio-cultural, religious, and political reasons manifested into the society, along with poor planning of urban spaces…
Architecture is a state of mind. It may be argued that any built form presents a distinctive image to the user. The architectural lexicon for the masses is a unique…
“We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us”, Winston Churchill once observed. He was correct; our environment may make us healthier and less prone to illness, improve our attractiveness, reduce…
Architecture has come a long way in proving itself to be more than just a medium of increasing the artistic and aesthetic value of a building. In the last few…
“As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for an unknown future.”-Norman Foster. Yet, we humans have a propensity to be concerned and overthink…
The place where the river narrows—Quebec City, founded in 1608—is a French-speaking province in Eastern Canada. It is on the north of the St. Lawrence River, and it merges with…
Architecture is a reflection of various aspects of the human state of living. It encompasses our history, culture, growth, technological advances and social-economic capital to name a few. It is…