Something changed the moment AI-generated images stopped being a curiosity and became a deliverable. In studios around the world, architects initiate the first conceptual step – that vital, irreplaceable moment…
Luxury has popularly been mutually inclusive with energy guzzling and resource depleting designs or rather, operations and maintenance. Everyone today, particularly GenZ, wakes up wanting to drown in luxury to…
The transportation structure of cities is undergoing a massive transformation as they face congestion, climate crisis, and emerging travel behaviours. Planners in several cities across the U.S. are testing shared…
Urban areas in the Middle East experience some of the highest heat conditions in the world. Strong solar radiation, dry climates, and dense urban growth increase the urban heat island…
For generations, the image of education has been four walls, a blackboard and rows of desks, as knowledge is a commodity dispensed from one individual, the teacher, to another, the…
Throughout the history of architecture,windows have always played a critical role. Light has always been connected with architecture, shaping the design methodology and principles of construction. Windows are more than…
“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…