The recently unveiled proposal for the new Mumbai High Court, designed by architect Hafeez Contractor, stands as a monumental irony. It is an architectural spectacle that seems to have wandered…
An Analysis of the correlation between diseases, colonisation, and town planning, along with the effect of growing industrialisation. My research in this essay primarily focuses on how disease outbreaks in…
Representation is a growing concept frequently employed in politics and popular culture. Representation refers to the act of presenting or standing for an idea or community. It involves providing a…
The glass towers in emerging megacities serve as symbols in their reflective modern cityscapes. The business districts of Jakarta and the tech corridors of Bengaluru display identical sleek façades and…
“Let this be a new town, symbolic of freedom of India unfettered by the traditions of the past….. an expressions of the nation’s faith in the future” – Jawaharlal Nehru,…
Politics, we can all agree, is an inextricable part of our lives, unequivocally prevalent in every facet of our sociocultural fabric. It is a powerful, strategic battle played out between…
The story of C. Raja Raja Varma, better known for being the brother of India’s revolutionary artist Raja Ravi Varma twelve years his junior, began in Travancore studying alongside princes.…
Architectural practice, like all other fields, is termed to be in a global marketplace owing to its cross-border mobility in the current epoch. Yet, this globalization of design does raise…
Architecture as an art has not only been limited to the aspects of utility and beauty for generations. It is a tool that is used by societies, leaders, and regimes…
The urban landscapes of postcolonial nations are often a tapestry of contrasts: towering colonial structures alongside burgeoning modern developments. Colonial architecture, characterized by its imposing scale, ornamental detailing, and rigid…
Politics and the built environment have long been entwined in the processes by which the form, purpose, and use of urban and rural spaces have evolved. In India, this interplay…
A historical epithet synonymous with India’s name is the “Golden Bird”. A country so rich that travelers and explorers used to tell tales of the luxurious forts and darbars, the…