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…
London Skyscrapers – “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…
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…
Walking the streets of Istanbul Istanbul is such a city that it separates the Asian and European continents with a strait and connects it with a bridge. The heart of…
Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries can live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The…
With the busiest streets, tallest apartments, dynamic trade centres and pilgrim centres, Hong Kong tops the charts for the thriving economy and trade opportunities. This has redundantly increased the urban…