Architects are explorers. Their curiosity leads them to different quests. Each journey reveals a spring of wisdom and brings a change in perspective. This wisdom translates into an understanding that…
Natural cooling and ventilation have been fundamental principles in vernacular architecture for ages, shaping sustainable building practices across diverse climatic regions. These structures have evolved over the centuries to enhance…
Buildings are one of the important parts of human life. People spend most of their time inside buildings like homes, schools, hospitals, offices and public spaces. All these places affect…
The IIT Hyderabad campus is located around 50 to 60 kilometres from the main city, giving rise to the need for student housing on campus. Designed by GMP Architects von…
Climate change is one of the most critical challenges the world faces today, bringing sudden and drastic environmental shifts that directly impact ecosystems, cities, and livelihoods. And yet when I…
Le Ballon Rouge (The Red Balloon) is an Academy Award-winning French film from 1956, produced and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The film, often revered as a fantasy-comedy children’s story, is…
Creativity is a skill with no geographical limitations, thus artists, writers, and architects are born in every corner of the world. From the developed countries of the West to the…
Kashi is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and encompasses a unique conjunction of nature, ritual, and urban form. Here, the sacred is not relegated to…
Climate as a Design Imperative Architecture is always influenced by climatic conditions, but in very few regions is this correlation as straightforward and uncompromising as in the hot-arid areas of…
For several centuries, the Malabar Coast has acted as a historical trade route, which has played a significant role in shaping the appearance of these ports today. The Maliyekkal House…
The world’s earliest dwellings, found in India, China, the Mediterranean, Japan, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, all featured an open space at their center: the courtyard. It was…
Imphal: Where Architecture Learns to Listen The first thing that strikes you about Imphal is not its skyline or its monuments. It is stillness. A kind of silence that seeps…