Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is preparing to hand over the Olympic Village for the Milano–Cortina 2026 Winter Games. Rising on the former Porta Romana railway yard in Milan, the…
The Colne Valley Viaduct, the UK’s longest railway bridge, has marked a landmark moment in British engineering history. The gently curved structure stretches 3.3km, i.e., 2.1 miles across the Colne…
Bricks may build walls, but it’s trust, tradition, and togetherness that build neighborhoods. With the development of the city, urban design is no longer only a space for highways and…
Imagine a city after a sudden downpour. Water does not shimmer or dance here; it goes down drains, surges through concrete channels, and vanishes. What remains is not joy, but…
Istanbul at a Glance Istanbul serves as a remarkable illustration of geographical and political survival in the world. Situated between the European and Asian continents and spanning the Bosphorus Strait,…
When Bureaucracy Goes Green When we think of Net Zero buildings, our imaginations often take flight. Shimmering glass towers with solar panels, sleek silhouettes that resemble something from science fiction…
The Line by NEOM, located in Saudi Arabia, is one such project that walks ahead of its time. It’s a Utopian dream, challenging and pushing ahead the boundaries of what…
In August 2025, Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) 81 years old airport commenced on a $1.3 billion expansion project that was set to expand capacity, enhance facilities, and strengthen global…
Relevance of Urban Design and its Implications Jan Gehl, an urban designer and architect, once said that ‘Think big but always remember to make the places where people are to…
Barely 10-15 years ago, Streets were not just a medium of commuting. Somewhere around our childhood, all we could remember was cycling in our residential lanes, playing cricket in vacant…
Embellishing a rather monotonous neighbourhood with vibrancy, interposing unprecedented design vocabularies into an existing language of urban landscape, and recognizing such interventions as novel and pathbreaking outlines certain principles often…
The 21st-century city is shaped by the spread of so-called slums. UN-Habitat states that more than a billion people live in these communities around the world, and they represent almost…