History And The Timeline Of Construction And Restoration | Taj Falaknuma The Taj Falaknuma Palace is one of India’s most luxurious baroque mansions, with vast halls, awe-inspiring architecture, and royal…
Behind every famous building stands a designer — Jørn Utzon behind the Sydney Opera House, Gaudí behind the Sagrada Família, I.M. Pei behind the Louvre Pyramid. This guide pairs 15…
What is a Pivot Door? Should doors operate only on hinges? No, we have another option, the pivoting doors. A pivoting door opens and closes by rotating on a spindle…
Have you ever questioned how a building with a wide span can withstand an earthquake? The expansion joint that joins two substantial parts aids the structure’s ability to withstand earthquakes.…
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…