Königstein Fortress (in German, Festung Königstein), also called “the Saxon Bastille” is a monumental hilltop fortification on a 9.5-hectare plateau above the town of Königstein on the left bank of…
Where the Desert Meets History The heat hits you first. It is the kind that makes the horizon dance, where the air itself seems to shimmer. Then, through the pale…
At Dawn, Chittorgarh fort comes alive with the reminiscence of the light washing the stone ramparts. The entire monument tells us a story of valor and loss, the beauty and…
Imagine pushing someone out of a window and inadvertently starting a war. It happened here. Or imagine a Goldsmith working mysteriously in a tiny house in Golden Lane, desperately seeking…
Situated 235 kilometres north-east of Udaipur and 50 kilometres south of Kota, Bhinsorgarh Fort is a central place that is a visual testament to Rajasthan’s rich cultural heritage. Reviving the…
Colour can be perceived as a responsibility towards creating a sequence of subconscious stimuli between the built and natural environment. Therefore, this interpersonal relationship can evoke a perpetual question of…
The moment that cracks an architect’s worldview rarely happens in a pristine gallery or atop a modernist skyscraper. It often hits in a moment of profound realization, such as on…
Architecture as Cinematic Language Movies employ architecture as a visual shorthand to communicate to viewers all they must know about the characters in a brief span of time. One second…
Origins: Port, River, and the Birth of Commerce The Tapti River’s mouth at the Arabian Sea is the point where Surat’s tale starts. The river during those times was an…
“There is no architecture without an epoch translated into space.”*(Marx* – Mies van der Rohe Stand at the entrance to Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute, and one is confronted with a…
Well known as the temple of Fame, Kirti Mandir- cenotaph of the royal Gaekward family, is one the most stunning buildings built by Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekward III; during the Raj…
Few cities have the charm that enchants, and fewer that deeply stay etched in the very recesses of our memory. Nestled in the ancient civilization of Egypt, and lying along…