A triumphal arch is a free-standing monumental structure that has the shape of an archway with one or more arched passageways, it spans a road and in its simplest form,…
India is a country with diverse cultures, traditions, and architectural styles. Like no other country in the world, India boasts heterogeneity from caves to conventional residential dwellings to skyscrapers. Each…
More than just history, heritage conservation aims at preserving the characteristic elements of a cultural resource to retain its heritage value and extend its life. Traditional conservation practices focus on…
“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness”. Frank O Gehry’s idea of timelessness resonates in the form of heritage and historical buildings. These buildings open…
If you had to boil Indian architecture down to a single word, what would it be? Elegant? Complex? Showy? Grand? Weird? Well, it sure is all of this and more. From the…
What kind of life was there in ancient times? How were building techniques used? These questions have always been intriguing. At the same time, even if we do not know…
Venice as a Cultural Heritage Ah! The city of Venice. With its romantic gondolas, floating buildings, and background music, how can someone not love it? Looking around and reading this…
Gates are those anecdotes of history that either prevent you from going in or coming out. Passing through a gateway may seem weird as it just feels like passing through…
Heritage is none other than a treasure to the upcoming generation. The architecture style, their living, and also how they lived are important to know. So many technologies are getting…
Hassan Fathy was an Egyptian Architect born into a middle-class upper Egyptian family in Alexandria on the 23rd of march in 1900. He graduated as an architect in 1926 from…
Stalinist Architecture refers to an era, from 1922-1952, of architectural experimentation and project execution commissioned by the government of Stalin in the Soviet Union. This style was at its epitome…
Around the 16th century, Britain set out trade companies in different parts of the world to explore the global markets. Within the next 2 centuries, these trade companies took over…