Restoring physical fabrics of historic structures must not just ensure the accurate imitation of its aesthetic appearance but also protect the cultural integration of communities and the creation of sustainable…
Is it justified to draw an analogy between our cities and museums, as they both curate entities of a timeline that entails layers of its physical, social and cultural changes?…
What do we learn from the history of civilizations? Different settlements scattered across the world with varied cultural diversity fighting for pieces of land. As humans, we have evolved on…
Hong Kong, also known as ‘the Pearl of the Orient,’ has had a long journey in its making as it made its way into what it is now. From being…
Cities have always been the breeding ground for new ideas and technologies. They are the platforms where innovation takes place every second of the day. Cities often move at lightning-fast…
A city is one of the most complicated yet fascinating ecosystems of human habitation. Every city in the world is backed by a story that narrates its origin and growth.…
Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is located at the edge of the Chao Phraya River. In the early 17th century, when Bangkok—then known as Ayutthaya—was merely a cluster of ramshackle…
“Sri Lanka is a beautiful little island nation parked perilously close to India; a little too hot, a little too humid, and perhaps too expensive, but to its credit are…
In this decade of the 21st century, half of the world’s inhabitants live in cities which would transcend into a whopping 60 per cent within the next two decades. This…
“Most old cities are now sclerotic machines that dispense known qualities in ever-greater quantities, instead of laboratories of the uncertain. Only the skyscraper offers business the wide-open spaces of a…
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck was the capital of the Hanseatic League in the 12th century. Being the ‘Queen city’ of the Hanseatic League, Lübeck was an inspiration to all…
Unique in their appearance as the letters “V” and “M” from an aerial point of view, the VM Houses, a set of two adjacent buildings by JDS Architects and Bjarke…