Green Design is about creating buildings that are good for the environment. But it’s not just about being eco-friendly, there are many rules to follow. Zoning laws and bylaws say…
When a City Erased Its Heart What new plans to renovate Penn Station could mean for its future Some buildings carry more than weight and stone. They carry memories. Emotion.…
Imagine waking up in zero gravity in a space where everything is surrounded by nothing but darkness, where the entire space is so silent that even your breath feels distant.…
There is no doubt that since AI burst onto the scene, it is the creative industries which have often been seen as the ones to be affected the most. Though…
Dearest Fellow Rulers, If you know this author, you know it is time to grab your cup of your ‘fav’ beverage and go on an adventure with him. Today, we…
The yearning of the African is for his identity. We say that for us to truly move forward, we need to learn the past. Some go ahead to say that…
It is hard to talk about Ethiopian and African Modernist Architecture without mentioning the name Michael Tedros. Born in 1921, Michael is Ethiopia’s first formally trained architect. He was more…
Everyday spaces are the familiar corners of people’s lives, the hallway they walk through every morning, the kitchen where they cook their food, the work desk which is their own…
They say routines are built from habits, but the spaces we live in shape those habits long before we’re aware of them. Architecture doesn’t shout its influence; it whispers it.…
Dearest fellow rulers, Join me as we delve further into interior design and architecture and explore challenges with designing for interior well-being in Africa. Using an africanfuturist approach, we will…
Perhaps the image of a vertical green facade has caught your attention before. But that’s not all there is to biophilic design. Let’s take a brief detour into history. In…
John Maeda is a designer, computer scientist, author, teacher, artist, etc. He was the president of the Rhode Island School of Design and is responsible for “all that stuff flying…