Innovative residential design has taken the world by storm in recent years. Architects have been pushing the boundaries of conventional design, breaking free from the shackles of tradition and embracing…
The term Wabi – Sabi is the mergence of two separate concepts of Wabi and Sabi. Wabi is roughly translated as “poverty”. It describes the life of a peasant, hard,…
One of the most important aspects of creating a vivid storyline is to put profound thought over its world-building. A properly constructed story environment enhances the plot, ascribes more dimensions…
An island turned graveyard, resting the dead with immortal history. Chuuk lagoon, also known as Truk lagoon, is a coral island created within the western part of the pacific that…
The V&A Dundee is a captivating design museum located in Dundee, Scotland, and the only V&A museum outside of London. Its initial design was chosen through an international competition, where…
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Project Name: Museum of Fine Arts Project Location: Boston, Massachusetts Project Type: Cultural, Community and Education Project Size: 103,000 sq. meters Description and Architectural History…
Sazo Idemitsu was 80 at the time when he founded the Idemitsu Museum of Arts in 1966. Over the course of more than 70 years, Sazo Idemitsu, who developed one…
When Buddhism was introduced to Japan in the sixth century, extensive temple construction using highly accomplished woodworking skills got underway. 1945; for some, it may be the end, but for…
Review of Spirited Away – Persisting on the lack of limitations in animation, animated film writers tend to incorporate elaborate architectural settings as the backdrop of the story influenced by…
Kimi no nawa garnered critical and commercial acclaim when it was released in 2016 because of its relatable themes in the story told through an immersive film experience. The anime…
About the Architects and SANAA Japanese architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, are the founding partners of the firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates) in 1995. The structures designed…
A well-regarded literary figure in contemporary Japanese literature, Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s work juxtaposes notions of Japanese and Western tradition. Other common themes of his writings range from sexuality to domestic dynamics…
