From the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt to the Kailasa Temple in Ellora, history has long borne testimony to the wonders of mankind’s potential, to the heights (both literal and…
Even if not directly, many people are aware of Le Corbusier’s works and their influence on society. If you have heard of–or better yet, walked through–the city of Chandigarh, then…
The decline of the courtyard is often attributed to the rise of modern technologies, but was it the technology itself that rendered the courtyard obsolete or the broader conditions that…
The trillium flower is nature’s quiet masterpiece—three petals, three sepals, three leaves, all are balanced in perfect symmetry. It does not scream for attention; it waits, sometimes decades, teaching patience…
Women in Architecture is a story as rich and inspiring as the few celebrated names through which architecture has been told, and as transformative. Women across the globe have a…
The aftermath of war demands an immediate response from architects; establishing shelter and welfare infrastructure as opposed to the monumental and recreational. Across the global south, many devastated regions looked…
Published in 1997, Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture compiles over 120 major architectural works from the late 20th century to explain the evolution of architectural thought. While the book…
Architecture Beyond Sight: An Introduction First published in Danish in 1957 and translated into English in 1959, Experiencing Architecture is a standard text for understanding architecture as a multisensory, living…
The Birth of Postmodernism ‘Postmodernism’, or the ‘pomo’ movement, has long been characterised as a radical shift across Western arts and culture, underpinned by a broad scepticism towards the modernist…
Picture a royal woman in Rajasthan staring down through the jharokhas of Hawa Mahal at the festivities and processions. She complies with the social order of purdah, where a woman…
From a post-war urban center to a dynamic regional economic hub, the streets of Ho Chi Minh City take one on a marvelous journey to witness it all. If one…
Walking through Osaka is like reading a city written in two very different hands. The ancient and the ultramodern coexist here not as a collision but as a conversation —…