Is architect an engineer? ‘How is architecture different from engineering?’, as practicing architects and students we often find this question puzzling to answer. Well, this indeed continues to remain a debate…
A Swiss firm launched a campaign in 2000 to update the list of the 7 Wonders of the World. It used popularity polls to identify the ‘top seven’ existing monuments…
“Making Art Accessible to All”. With this intention in mind, in 2003, the Louvre decided to create a new, off-site museum – an ‘away-from-base’ Louvre, the Louvre Lens Museum, where an…
World One Towers – Brinda Somaya is a well-known architect and conservationist who bridged the gap between the Post- Independence and Contemporary architecture. She pursued her bachelor’s from JJ College…
History is always Indestructible from our life; it always teaches something to the present world. The emergence of the city is the beginning of humans settling in one location and…
During the early 16th century, hearsay spread across Europe about a puzzling and uninhabited fortress with enormous walls in the African jungle. Sitting on a 900-meter-high hill and ringed by…
The site of Xanadu lies to the north of the Great Wall of China. It comprises the remains of the famous ruler Kublai Khan’s city. This city of Xanadu, Mongolia…
The Unearthing of Palenque, Mexico In the 15th century, while exploring near the Usumacinta River, located in the modern Mexican state of Chiapas, Father Pedro Lorenzo de la Nada of…
Tikal, the ruin of an ancient civilization named Yax Mutual, is situated in the rainforest in Guatemala. Tikal is one of the largest Archeological Sites of the pre-Columbian Maya Civilization.…
Petra: An ancient city | Petra Jordan Whenever we dig into the depth of time, we find pages of history soiled beneath the layers of the Earth. These pages can…
Standing with the greatest glories once upon a time and serving as a home to a large population, several abandoned cities and ghost towns can be found around the globe…
Traverse the cliff dwellings of Colorado’s Ancestral Pueblo cultures to step back in time! Mesa Verde Colorado National Park is the United States’ first national park dedicated to conserving man’s…
