Architecture, as a field, can be considered an ever-growing discipline due to various fluctuations around the world. Specifically, nuanced factors such as culture, travel, and cuisine have culminated in a…
Architecture is a story told by bricks; it is a problem solved, a feeling experienced in each corner of a space, it is a memory trapped, held tightly by the…
Sometimes when I look at an old building, I can’t help but imagine the countless lives that have passed through it. It feels like these structures quietly hold onto centuries…
An Analysis of the correlation between diseases, colonisation, and town planning, along with the effect of growing industrialisation. My research in this essay primarily focuses on how disease outbreaks in…
Who is Eileen Gray? You have likely seen the names of pioneering architects in the modernism movement in architectural design, such as Walter Gropius, Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier,…
Madurai is a city renowned as the religious capital of Tamil Nadu. This is the city known for its unshakable culture and hospitality. This is a city that carries its…
The Gwalior Fort is not just a fort. It is a storyteller in sandstone, perched high above the city like a watchful guardian. At dawn, the blue tiles of Man…
Artemisia Gentileschi was a renowned Italian Baroque painter, known for her naturalistic depictions of the female figure, which were influenced by Caravaggio. Born in Rome in 1593, as a daughter…
Sufism, the Islamic mysticism, has deeply influenced art, culture, and architecture in territories stretching from Persia and Central Asia to India, Turkey, and North Africa. Sufism is more than a…
It’s typical to witness cultural and architectural artefacts famed for their aesthetics and uniqueness being represented as marvels and given recognition by esteemed institutions. But what about expressions of might,…
From 1839 – 1842, during the Afghan war, around 4,500 British and Indian soldiers, along with 12,000 followers, lost their lives. That’s when the government decided to commemorate the Indian…
A building speaks a visual language that is universal in nature. It communicates through the materials, forms, and space that transcend the art of storytelling beyond the generations that built…