In cities across the world, modernist public buildings from the post-war period stand in a strange kind of limbo. Once bold emblems of reconstruction, civic pride, and democratic promise, these…
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.…
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…
Architecture, in itself, weaves a tale of times gone by, with precincts of wood and stone harbouring values and stories that once transpired. Mies Van Der Rohe once said that…
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…
This is an era of technological revolution. New forms of technology are coming up like BIM, Parametric designs, and AI-driven spaces, which can no doubt achieve every possible design idea,…
In 1960, Australian architect and critic Robin Boyd published The Australian Ugliness, a bold and enduring critique of the nation’s built environment and cultural identity, a polemic that dared to challenge…
In the persistent narrative of urban expansion, the story is often told through the lens of head-spinning towers breaking new records for height and the density of built forms. We…
Architecture acts as a timeline when viewed from a diachronic lens. The built world is a powerful empire, monumental in representing core values: cultural memory, societal shifts, and the human…
Water has long functioned both as a functional and symbolic axis for urban growth throughout the globe. In India, where tradition and environment have been inextricably bound, features of water…
Identity is most simply known as ‘who you are’. Your name, age, ethnicity, etc. are all part of your identity – in a shallow sense. Identity refers to your unique…