“If you want an easy life, don’t be an architect” – Zaha Hadid In one of her interviews, the above lines were framed by one of the starchitects, Dame Zaha…
Urban Conservation is a term that concerns parts of the built environment that are of historical and architectural significance. This includes buildings, localities, landscapes, special gardens, and many other structures.…
Interior Design is a fascinating, interesting, and ever-changing field. The journey of design starts with creative concepts, realization, and lots of skills to get to what you’ve thought for the…
Pursuing Architecture as a profession seems like an excellent career choice. It’s a Creative and Respectable profession with a remarkable combination of materials, texture, aesthetics and function with a direct…
Is architect an engineer? ‘How is architecture different from engineering?’, as practicing architects and students we often find this question puzzling to answer. Well, this indeed continues to remain a debate…
From Filipo Brunelleschi using a model for the Florence Cathedral Dome as a better way to convey his design to the craftsman involved in construction to Jørn Utzon presenting a…
Ramsar Convention – The environment has constantly been changing at a rapid catastrophic rate since the early 1920s. Starting with automobile emissions, oil spills, industrial waste, and the devastating effects…
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water” -Loren Eisley Water has a special significance in human mythology and is believed to be a boundary between…
In 1984, a nonprofit and philanthropic structure registered under India’s Societies Registration Act was established in New Delhi with the intention of cultivating awareness and preservation of heritage in India.…
The first impression of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Dublin branch is that of modernity, flamboyance, and exclusivity. Still, as a pedestrian walks along Rock Cress Street, they find themself climbing…
About Architecture is a balance of context, usefulness, and aesthetics. As architects compete around the world to bring remarkable ideas to life certain key features help in defining their ‘iconicity’.…
Introduction Take a look at this photograph. What’s the first thought that comes to your mind when you see this building? Do you wonder why it looks like a stack…