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…
Rear Window (1954) by Alfred Hitchcock is a thriller and one of his classic films in which he explores Architecture and Human Nature in a very imaginative way. The story…
Situated within the Amanora Park Town in Pune, Maharashtra, Chatrabhuj Narsee School, designed by HCP, is a thoughtfully designed educational institution where learning flows freely beyond built spaces. Designed to…
Temple towns in India occupy a unique place in cultural and urban studies, not only because of their specific spatial organization and historical relevance but also because of their sensory…
Design Philosophy and Style The mansion-looking ‘House Under Shadows,’ a 1672-sq.m residence was designed by the Zero Energy Design (ZED) Lab from New Delhi. It was completed in the year…
Aesthetics Buildings comprised of concrete and steel frequently come to mind when we think of architecture. A mirror that reflects our culture, values, and the world around us, architecture is…