The National Urban Design Conference examines the critical value of interdisciplinary collaboration in the built environment, as well as the ways in which the various stakeholders—urban designers, architects, planners, engineers,…
Introduction Light is an element in which people perceive their surrounding environment, a vital element required for navigation, way-finding & transforming the user’s perspective about spaces. Accompanying light is the…
What is architecture? Wikipedia defines it as “Architecture is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures.” This definition makes architecture…
“Architecture is not based on concrete and steel and the elements of the soil. It is based on wonder”- Daniel Libeskind Wondering houses, wondering spaces, is the act of desiring…
Richard Serra was born in San Francisco in 1938. He is a well-known American artist who creates large-scale sculptures for site-specific landscape, urban, and architectural settings. Serra’s sculptures are remarkable…
Gentrification is now such a widespread phenomenon that you most likely have heard of it – or lived it. It has risen over the years and affects multiple countries, from…
Perched atop towering rock pillars, the Meteora complex of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in central Greece appears suspended in the air, creating a mystical wonderland. Rising over 1,000 feet (300 meters)…
Introduction | Tseung Kwan O The Tseung Kwan O Desalination plant, located in Hong Kong, China, was designed against the backdrop of sustainability as a response to one of the…
In Australia Capital Territory (ACT), situated within the Stromlo Forest Park, in the East of the Mt. Stromlo where the world-famous observatory is located, and in 1km away from the…
Oscar Niemeyer, the pioneering Brazilian architect, was a quintessential figure in the realm of modernist architecture. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1907, he devoted his life to crafting ethereal,…
While most people think of Bjarke Ingles when Danish firms come to mind and BIG revolutionizing Danish architecture, Henning Larsen was the one to initially spear ahead the movement of…
Architecture changing perceptions Architecture can impact most aspects of their lives wherever they reside, commute or perform activities. Be it a structure, cluster, or surrounding environment could influence them and…
