We are a communicative species. When one decides to work in the subject area of architecture, one realises quite quickly what two main factors contribute to whether one is successful…
In a country that’s swarmed with hordes of students joining mainly engineering and medical courses, Architecture feels like a breath of fresh air due to its amalgamation of art and…
As intriguing as the word “Architecture Student/ Architect” sounds, the process is quite the opposite and it’s not that I am complaining or anything, this could be completely subjective and…
The trend of architecture journaling has been in practice since the times of the Greeks and Romans. Oftentimes architecture journaling is closely linked with the aspects of criticisms in design…
“At Architecture school, you learn two things: first, how to think architecturally; and then how to apply your architectural thinking.” -Portico We all know how gruesome architecture college can be…
The architectural curriculum is a laborious process, this is something that people both in and outside the field know about. It requires serious commitment, perseverance, and sometimes, complete detachment from…
Architecture is perceived in many forms throughout the world. Some describe it as an art form that defines our thoughts into spaces. Some say that an architect’s job is to…
Ada Louise Huxtable (first Architecture Critic of The New York Times, 1963) begins her discourse on Architecture Criticism by making the reader aware that the objective of criticism is unlike…
What does it mean when we talk about the ‘Theory of Architecture? As much as we’ve heard, architecture is the technical approach to curating any built structure. It is about…
“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” – Jane Jacobs The conscious design of public buildings with the…
“Belle-Lettrism is to the majority of writing what architecture is to the majority of buildings.” -Naomi Stead Naomi Stead is a Melbourne-based architectural professor, scholar, and critic. She is the…
Mark Wigley – academic and architectural theorist, born in New Zealand and former professor and Dean of Columbia GSAPP, New York City, has authored a plethora of books on architectural…