Geographically the United Kingdom is a group of islands on the northwest corner of Europe. The important factor about the United Kingdom is that it is a political union between…
Nowadays, when we talk about architecture, we tend to highlight its power to create new realities, to transform the urban surrounding through the poetic conception of space, using its language…
Hong Kong, also known as ‘the Pearl of the Orient,’ has had a long journey in its making as it made its way into what it is now. From being…
Major imperialist powers have long created local icons in cities where the holders of economic, political, or cultural power were based. The role of architecture then was to represent power,…
One often relates CULTURE to the lived rehearses like food, language, dress, and customs. Architecture is often thought to be a piece of culture; although it is a necessary piece…
Social, cultural, economic and political impact among others of public spaces ‘First life then spaces then buildings, the other way round never works’. – Jan Gehl, Danish Architect and Urban…
Let’s talk politics “you’re miserable, edgy, and tired. You’re in the perfect mood for journalism” Warren Ellis In a country like ours, we as a young population are not alienated…
Art is a tremendously diverse human pursuit engaged in the creation of visual, aural, and performed artworks that demonstrates one’s imagination or technical skill intended to provoke a certain emotion…
Architecture is often understood as being the art and craft of designing buildings and constructing them. It, however, performs functions more complex than merely enclosing space in a meaningful form.…
The urban fabric has different layers to it. Roads, pedestrian sidewalks, public spaces, landscape, buildings, and railways form some layers of this urban fabric. Yet in most countries, we can…
Planning and Politics Most planners disdain playing politics. Yet political astuteness is a predominant characteristic of the field’s pioneers and is a prerequisite for achieving change (Carson, 2002). Planning and…
Let’s begin with a question. In the Venn diagram of political order- an orderly assemblage of activities related to and overlooking the governance of an established society by a group of elected…
