Stood in striking isolation amidst the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Fort Jefferson is one of the most ambitious architectural feats of 19th-century America. Located within the Dry…
Cities are often understood through their skylines, maps, and monuments, essentially through what we see. Yet what truly defines belonging in an urban landscape is not sight, but the subtler…
The Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Prize for landscape architecture, judged by a seven-member jury of landscape architects and urbanists, selected the Mexican firm Mario Schjetnan and Grupo de Diseño Urbano…
Tarsem Singh’s The Fall (2006) unfolds like an architectural dream, a tapestry of landscapes, monuments, and mythic spaces that blur the line between imagination and memory. Set in the silent…
In cities that often feel like concrete mazes which are restless, fast, and disconnected, urban agriculture grows as an act of quiet resistance. It is the simple, timeless gesture of…
A Premise to the Role of Water in an Ecosystem Water, one of the five fundamental elements of nature, can rightfully be heralded as the source of all life on…
The word ‘landscape’ is often associated with the notion of representing the grandeur of lawns, perfectly trimmed hedges, and flowers arranged in geometric patterns, which are remarkable icons of gardens…
Landscape urbanism is a theoretical and applied methodology that emphasizes the interconnection of ecological systems, hydrology, topography, and public space in urban development (Waldheim, 2006). It conceptualizes the city not…
Curling through clusters of trees, within the dense urban fabric of Mumbai, the Micro Forest Trail at Malabar Hill, officially the ‘Nisarga Unnat Marg’, emerges as a quiet intervention that redefines…
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…
Helsinki-based JKMM Architects have won the international competition to design the new Museum of Architecture and Design. Their design was called Kumma, which will create a waterfront museum to showcase…
Breathing Pockets in Concrete Cities During midsummer, Delhi often resembles a furnace; the concrete pavements radiate heat, traffic horns resonate continuously, and the air is laden with dust. Nevertheless, at…