Hans Hollein (1934–2014), Austria’s 1985 Pritzker Prize laureate, declared “everything is architecture” and proved it at every scale — from the tiny aluminium-fronted Retti candle shop in Vienna (1965) to…
Renaissance. The word itself means re-birth. Re-birth of the Greek and Roman architecture. Renaissance is considered to start in the 14th century followed by the Gothic architectural style. Many reasons…
Whether you call it Seoul as in “se-oul” or Seoul, as in “soul”/”sole”, the economy in the south Korean capital has been booming for decades now. In recent years, the…
When it comes to the Indian context, the figures of speech and the ways of persuasion take a drastic change from the Western world, focussing more on the collective faith.…
A landlocked country in Eastern Europe, Belarus has emerged out of its dark historic past of war and destruction. Many architectural treasures and structures have survived to be great spots…
Deconstructivism is a movement in architecture that has been widely misinterpreted. By definition, it is a movement that appeared in the 1980s as a response to Modernism and Post Modernism.…
From coal cellar to landscape art at Mannheim Castle In Europe’s second largest baroque castle schneider+schumacher has just completed a modern study and conference centre for Mannheim Business School. Dug…
Right from the 17th century, when the first settlers arrived in Philadelphia, the city has seen diversity in its architecture. With no particular style overpowering any other, 18th century saw…
“Home is not, perhaps, at all a notion of architecture, but of psychology, psychoanalysis and sociology. Home is an individualized dwelling, and the means of this subtle personalization seem to…
Studio Mumbai was founded in 1995 by Bijoy Jain, and it has a unique appearance on the architectural scene, not only in India but worldwide. The studio is comprised of…
Rome is always considered a picturesque city with prodigious contributions to architecture. With a history spanning over 28 centuries back, the architecture in Rome started with the Italian Renaissance, the…
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