Cultural Heritage The Surrounding Around consists of many elements and through its placement and their sense of place, it folds a beautiful story answering why, where, and how it is…
In recent years, there has been a trend of conversion – from offices to residential, or demolishing historic buildings into commercial towers. However, the residents who reside in metropolises, around…
In architecture and building conservation, adaptive reuse is a strategy that rethinks and proposes methods to counteract the ageing process and deterioration of old and historic structures. The value and…
The fundamental character of a city cannot be fully understood through visual observation of its busy environment. It’s something deeper. The world exists beneath the surface of sound which turns…
Peter Greenaway’s The Belly of an Architect (1987) is a story about Stourley Kracklite, an American architect whose health and marriage disintegrate. This coincides with a showcase in Rome celebrating…
This sensitive, light-filled refurbishment for The Frick Collection in Manhattan constitutes a blend of contemporary interventions with an old Gilded Age home. Visitor circulation and exhibition space were improved upon…
Architecture is like a time capsule in a way. It gives us a glimpse of the people who built and lived in it. It shows us how they celebrated, mourned,…
Cities exist as entities that extend far beyond their physical structures. The urban grid and concrete architecture of metropolitan spaces often hide multiple layers of subjective and collective memories, personal…
Since the beginning of time, shelter has been one of mankind’s basic necessities. From a simple hut to a towering skyscraper, architecture has evolved based on multiple factors. These are…
Old ideas can sometimes utilize new buildings, but new ideas must often use old buildings, as Jane Jacobs noted in her book, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.”…
Once an exemplar of creative choreography and great artistic expression, the Netherlands Dance Theater in The Hague has today become a worldly case study in urban cultural erosion. The institution…
In an era where skylines are dominated by glass-clad towers and parametric designs, historical architecture is an example of human ingenuity, culture, and resilience. Yet, these relics of the past…