On paper tickets, balcony whistles, and a city’s shared memory. There is a particular sound at the ticket window of an old Mumbai cinema. A few notes slide across a…
A heritage city is often imagined through its monuments. Agra is visualised by Taj Mahal, Khajuraho is its collection of 10th- and 11th-century Hindu and Jain temples and Delhi often…
February 2025. A small crowd gathers in the old city of Mosul to watch a tilted stone spire rise once more over the rooftops. Officials, UNESCO’s Director-General and residents who…
The audience does not remember Movies and series only by their characters and events, but also through the spaces that contain them. Considering this, we should mention very famous examples:…
Buildings rarely have only one life. But when an architect gives an existing building a new function, what happens to the lives that came before it? Old factories become galleries,…
1. How societies shape the built environment Our global cityscapes are always an evolved manifestation of their history and culture. For example, Paris has both modern and historic buildings. The…
People have seen many palaces, museum, heritage from the perspective of a perceived. Have people ever thought how does it feel as an user of the heritage? How does it…
Bandra, alias Queen of Suburbs, is easily the heartthrob of Mumbaikars, and for good reason: it sits along the coastline and seamlessly blends modern lifestyle and popular culture. But beyond…
The Building with Two Birth Dates The most revealing feature of the Bofill Foundation HQ, Barcelona, Spain, is not its exposed brick or restored timber, but the uncertainty held within…
The walk can be heard well before it comes into view. It is a little after nine in the morning, and the street that takes you to the Banke Bihari…
The Tomb of Salabat Khan II is a historic monument in the city of Ahilyanagar in Maharashtra. It is a simple and interesting building to understand architecturally. Historic buildings help…
I pass this building every morning on my commute from Lalbaug to Lower Parel. It’s wedged between the bigger structures, narrow and exhausted-looking. The original brick is exposed in patches…