Ranthambore Fort, a historic landmark that holds much of a cultural essence, stories from the past, a nature reserve and a lot. Located on the hills of the Aravali range…
Barbican was built on the ruins of World War II. A city within a city, envisioned to create a new urban identity for Londoners. The Barbican today houses three tower…
Urban Theory often arrives in abstraction, diagrams of flows, arrows of capital, and density compressed in numbers. Cities are not systems; they are lived stories. Critical imagination is a practice…
Indian cities are repositories of diverse layers of history that have been manifested in the architecture of the past. Examples of this are the havelis, industrial sites, colonial structures, religious…
The Lunuganga Estate located in Bentota, Sri Lanka, epitomises a sincere intersection between architecture as a physical discipline and its role as a custodian of hospitality memory. Architecture goes beyond…
I grew up in Delhi, surrounded largely by plain concrete buildings. Whenever I visited Rajasthan to see my grandparents, it felt as though I had stepped into another world altogether.…
In architecture, we define materials through their physical properties: the robustness of concrete, the tensile strength of steel, or the tangible weathering of wood. Our approach to the materials of…
Whenever one wishes to see and understand a civilisation, they do it through looking at their architectural pieces. These buildings and sites hold memories of times long gone by, engineering…
A Review: Glimpse of Indian Traditional Houses The book “Glimpse of Indian Traditional Houses” by Anup Kumar Prasad, Ajay Chourasia, and Surender Kumar Negi seeks to provide the readers with…
Origins of a Legacy Brand (1931 Beginnings) Kokuyo Camlin Ltd. is a story of strength, creativity, and strong emotional attachment. It is a large competitor in the stationery and art…
Context and Historical Background Ooty, known as the Queen of the Hills, originally served as a summer retreat and administrative hub for the British. It was well known for its…
Nyay Mandir, situated in the historic city of Vadodara, is a notable example of judicial design from the princely era of the Baroda State. In contrast to the city’s famous…