A building rarely gets to be a building in the public mind. It may have a name, a concept, a philosophy and a carefully crafted story before the first brick…
Imagine standing inside a building that was completed before your country existed in its present form. The walls have witnessed generations being born, working, worshipping, leaving and returning. The floor…
To me furniture is not simply an object which takes up space; it is more like a participant in human life. It stands as a sign of presence, of memory…
Gardens are not just places where you plant trees and flowers. They are stories of culture, history and the people who made them. Each country has its own idea of…
Have you ever walked through a field or a patch of grass and come back with tiny, prickly seed pods stuck to your clothes? They can be annoying and surprisingly…
A Palace of Power, Waterfront Majesty, and Cinematic Immortality in Maharashtra The Krishna River Whispers History If you stand on the banks of the Krishna River near Wai in Maharashtra’s…
Millions of commuters pass through Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal without looking up. But when they do, they find a different world: pointed arches, Indian animal sculptures, chaitya arches, ribbed vaults. For…
A Bridge between Design and Time A pause that makes one observe and imagine how an earlier civilisation lived is an entryway into looking at ruins. A bridge between a…
Nestled in the inner roads of Manipal, Karnataka, an open-air living museum lies in wait. Established in 1997 and still an active centre of heritage restoration, Hasta Shilpa offers a…
Every day we walk by dozens of buildings and don’t really see them. A local school, a bus stop, a small terraced house or an old post office can often…
There is a popular saying that walls have ears. If that is true, perhaps they also have a soul. That is why every old house feels as though it is…
From the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt to the Kailasa Temple in Ellora, history has long borne testimony to the wonders of mankind’s potential, to the heights (both literal and…