“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light,” Le Corbusier While this famous quote highlights the artistic nature of architecture, in today’s sense it…
‘A passage between Realms’ “Originating from the Japanese turii, meaning gateway leading to heaven. Its Sanskrit synonym for a door is Dwara, from the word Dwi, meaning ‘two’. This refers…
Contemporary global challenges are increasingly shaped by issues of global sustainability, rapid urbanization, and industrial growth. These interconnected forces intensify major environmental problems such as climate change, energy shortages, and…
India is at the crossroads of rapid urbanisation, ecological risk, and technological advancements. The narrative of Sustainability and technology is increasingly being adopted in the context of growing cities and…
Buildings and spaces as we know them now are lit up using daylight, and artificial lights as the sun starts to set. This consumes a lot of energy, especially for…
Design thinking is often associated with visualisation, sketching, rendering, and digital models, yet at the same time, designers engage with a more immediate and embodied source of knowledge: touch. Designers…
Analogy Design is redefining industrial design in India as an award-winning studio based in Bangalore, founded by Vyasateja Rao. The studio specialises in helping hardware startups, small manufacturers, and entrepreneurs…
Architecture was never a one-person activity, yet for a long time the process functioned in fragments. The architect developed the spatial idea, the structural engineer calculated the load-bearing framework, the…
In the architectural landscape, sustainable architecture now has a new definition. Installing a few solar panels and proclaiming the building as sustainable is no longer sufficient. Evolving past this greenwashing,…
Creativity is a skill with no geographical limitations, thus artists, writers, and architects are born in every corner of the world. From the developed countries of the West to the…
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” -Winston Churchill Creativity Is Not Just- “in the Mind” Creativity is often perceived as a psychological phenomenon, but what if the physical…
Imagination is an extraordinary human faculty that has been positive for the exploratory nature of humankind and is an undeniable reason behind discoveries extending from fire to rocket science. However,…