Peter Zumthor is a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist. Though managing a relatively small firm, he is the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize…
Ranked as one of the cities with the most skyscrapers, Shenzhen is the epitome of a contemporary megalopolis. In this dense urban context, the city’s policies focus on the quality…
The Dock Building, located on Jericho Beach in Vancouver, Canada, serves a large marina of sailboats. The facility provides washrooms and showers, offices for the Harbour Master, instruction space for…
The first name that probably pops up in everyone’s mind when we talk of women architects is none other than Zaha Hadid. Someone always opens to experimentation, trying new ideas,…
Manuelle Gautrand, the first female and also the first French architect to receive the European Prize for architecture. She believes that ‘Innovation is always based on disobedience’. Born on July…
Nuclear attacks happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and there lived a 14-year-old kid who wondered how those lost homes would be rebuilt! His name was Arata Isozaki. Born in Otia…
With the dawn of the modern era, when architecture saw the coming of minimalist principles, Frank O Gehry sought to break the rules. Then the world witnessed the coming of…
Popularly remembered as the American architect whose buildings were characterized by powerful, massive forms, Louis Kahn was born in a poor Jewish family in Pamu (presently in Estonia) on February…
Out of the many visual elements of design, color is the most impactful yet effortless amongst all. The first impression that an area leaves on a visitors’ mind is certainly…
The domed building – Louvre Abu Dhabi, is a museum located on the Saadiyat Island or Island of Happiness, an upcoming cultural district in Abu Dhabi. Planned to be the…
Gaysorn II is a mix use development that aims to create a new approach to commercial design through careful planning and curation of Lifestyle, Work, Play and Grow in a…
The headquarters of Siemens, the world’s largest supplier of sustainable technology, is located in the heart of Munich. The ground floor is open to the public. As a connecting link…