The recent passing of master Frank Gehry at the age of 92 on December 5, 2025, marked a moment of quiet reflection across the architecture/design community. With the recent loss,…
Coachella emerged from the visions of Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen. These co-founders of Goldenvoice, a well-known concert promotion company based in Southern California, sought to recreate an experience…
The psychology of an individual does not depend solely on the brain and how well one can cope with stress or emotions. The surrounding environment plays a crucial role in…
Architecture has always played a role in cinema. From Alfred Hitchcock’s use of space to build fear and suspense, to Wes Anderson’s carefully constructed sets where symmetry, colour, and geometry…
I first noticed it while waiting. Not the kind of waiting filled with phone-checking and restless shifting, but the kind where your body gives up trying to be elsewhere. The…
In architecture, professionals manipulate sound through volume, material density, and geometry to create pleasant auditory environments, such as concert halls, theatres, and libraries. In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a space exists that…
Buildings are physical embodiments of an intangible experience and emotion—they are the poetry of space. It is through the building forms and shapes that an architect expresses their emotions through…
Some movies tell stories, while others create entire universes from scratch, resembling surreal oil paintings stitched together with a sense of madness. Tony McNamara’s “Poor Things,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos,…
“There is no architecture without an epoch translated into space.”*(Marx* – Mies van der Rohe Stand at the entrance to Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute, and one is confronted with a…
Midsommar is a 2019 psychological horror film written and directed by Ari Aster, who is also known for his other work, Hereditary. The movie follows Dani, her lover Christian, and…
The Story and Philosophy of Daniel Libeskind Renowned for projects like the Jewish Museum Berlin(1999) and World Trade Center masterplan (2003), Daniel Libeskind is a Polish American architect, designer, and…
Employing metaphor in architecture is a very sensitive approach, which artfully combines design and symbolism. It helps elevate the building from a mere structure serving its function to a system…