Amidst the ‘city within a city’ MGM Mirage City Center project, Polish – American architect Daniel Libeskind designed the shops at Crystals which is a retail and entertainment space that…
Alan Buchsbaum was a central figure during the mid-’60s to the mid-’80s in three successive design movements- super graphics, high-tech, and postmodernism. The architect is known for his unique, free-flowing,…
When you think about the northern lights, a snow paradise and unique wildlife, you think about the ‘Great Land ‘, Alaska. Known for its beautiful landscapes and majestic scenery,The Last…
About the architect and his work Controversial with his design, unapologetic for his behavior, and living life as he deemed fit, diving in every shade and era of architecture and…
The Neoclassical movement had arisen with the advent of the ‘age of enlightenment’ in the 17th-18th centuries, where reason and science had been given precedence over faith and superstition. This…
Through the lens: Architecture as a co-star in dystopian cinema 1927 – 2012, Fenesan Oriana is a paper written in the year 2016 submitted in support of a course (History…
‘Less is more.’ – Mies van der Rohe ‘Less is a bore.’ – Robert Venturi In reaction to restrictive ideals and simplistic, minimalistic forms of Modernism, Postmodernism was a movement…
The Abteiberg Museum, located in the heart of the historic German city Mönchengladbach. With a mastermind like Hans Hollein being behind the alluring post-modernist design of the contemporary art museum.…
Austrian architect and Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Hans Hollien designed multiple projects that greatly influenced the style of Modernist Viennese architecture that we are familiar with today. One of his…
Introduction Millions of people after the 2nd World War lost their homes, displaced, and barely surviving. Over 30% of the urban population was struggling in poverty. Such a situation led…
‘Contemporary Architecture’ is a new fancy in this ever-changing field. Right from justifying your weird design before the unsympathetic jurors, to star architects throwing a design on paper very uncommon…
Originally planned as a terminus of a major state railroad, Atlanta, the capital of Georgia soon became a converging point of multiple railroads, spurring its rapid growth, before being burned…
