“The sun, the pure air, and the simple forms of desert create perfect conditions for architecture” – Architect Albert Frey Albert Frey (1903-1998) was a famous mid-century architect. The Swiss-born…
The essay studies two of Fumihiko Maki’s public interactions: his Kinoshita Lecture in CUHK School of Architecture and text from ‘Nurturing dreams- collected essays on architecture and the city.’ Of…
About the architect and his work Controversial with his design, unapologetic for his behavior, and living life as he deemed fit, diving in every shade and era of architecture and…
Our collective memory of urban space is defined by a marriage of the physical and the emotional. The physical and the emotional go hand-in-hand. Anthropologists, sociologists study the emotional, cultural…
What does “form follows function” mean? It is the design principle that a building’s shape should grow out of its purpose: decide what the building must do, and let the…
An architectural tour around Chennai is often dominated by the city’s glorious landmarks from the colonial period and the magnificent Dravidian heritage of ancient India. Although oft over-shadowed by the…
The Chandigarh Architecture museum also known as the City Museum is one of the three museum buildings of the museum complex in sector 10. The art museum and the Science…
One of the most celebrated and inspirational architects who was among those who inspired many young minds to pursue Architecture was Frank Lloyd Wright. This American Architecture was known for…
Florida underwent many cultural, national, and architectural changes from its discovery to the state we know today. The first written evidence of the state was from Spanish explorer Ponce de…
The church of Archangel Michael was an orthodox church, situated in Warsaw, Poland. Recognized as symbols of Russian Power during the second Polish Republic, it was one of the military…
A walk down a street during this day and age gives us a lot of opportunities to applaud and often be surprised by the scale the buildings carry around us,…
Eileen Gray was an Anglo-Irish architect and furniture designer, regarded as one of the most influential women of the early 20th century. She was well-known as one of the leading…