For a city or place to be livable, it should meet the standard of living. The different styles tell us a story that unfolds the process of development through time.…
Architecture is a proper medium to study the crossing of colonial legacies and post-colonial identities. Colonialism remade landscapes, cities, and culture and left in their aftermath a legacy of control,…
The buildings and monuments we see around us give us a reflection of the styles, values, and beliefs that they carry. From the past to the present, the changes in…
In cities across the world, modernist public buildings from the post-war period stand in a strange kind of limbo. Once bold emblems of reconstruction, civic pride, and democratic promise, these…
The yearning of the African is for his identity. We say that for us to truly move forward, we need to learn the past. Some go ahead to say that…
It is hard to talk about Ethiopian and African Modernist Architecture without mentioning the name Michael Tedros. Born in 1921, Michael is Ethiopia’s first formally trained architect. He was more…
Architecture is a language civilizations have used for centuries to convey their social, economic, and political worldview. The buildings people build say a lot about the people who make them.…
In 1960, Australian architect and critic Robin Boyd published The Australian Ugliness, a bold and enduring critique of the nation’s built environment and cultural identity, a polemic that dared to challenge…
Dearest fellow rulers, How are you doing? Today’s piece is a bit different, and yes, it will expose some of my private hobbies. I enjoy Art and all of its…
Architecture acts as a timeline when viewed from a diachronic lens. The built world is a powerful empire, monumental in representing core values: cultural memory, societal shifts, and the human…
Charles Rennie Mackintosh is one of the most significant and original designers of the twentieth century. He is the forerunner of the Modern Movement and Art Deco. He was both…
“The folk tradition…is the direct and unself-conscious translation into the physical form of a culture, its needs and values.” –Amos Rapoport, House Form and Culture Vernacular originates from the Latin…