“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light,” Le Corbusier While this famous quote highlights the artistic nature of architecture, in today’s sense it…
In Indian cinema, very few films evoke the quiet charm and the rhythm of Mumbai’s middle class as gently as the 1976 Basu Chatterjee-directed Chhoti Si Baat. The film is…
Urban theory can be a debatable topic of study due to how and why cities are analysed and studied. Urban studies, over the years, have accumulated knowledge from various theories…
For a long time, the balcony has been a pretty simple thing. It’s a person’s own small space in the air, a spot to stand and watch the world, feel…
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy (Wikipedia, 2025). We have been familiar with this proverb since childhood. Our childhoods are made remarkably memorable by the innumerable…
Melek Zeynep Bulut, An Artist defying the norms Melek Zeynep Bulut is a Turkish-born artist and architect whose work defies boundaries, blending architecture, visual arts, psychology, and sociology. Her creations…
Humans interact with the built environment in numerous ways and this helps in establishing relations, viewpoints, and ideas. A city’s infrastructure has a significant role in shaping identities and this…
The Production of Space was written by French philosopher and sociologist Henri Lefebvre in 1974. In this book, Lefebvre seeks to bridge the gap between the realms of theory and…
Today, many architects are looking into how architectural design can address the main issues of the time, such as social and economic inequality. They understand that patterns of land use…
To understand the impacts of architecture, one must first understand what architecture is. Architecture is a form of art that uses technology to enhance lives. The purpose of architecture is…
Two-thirds of the human race, 6.5 billion individuals precisely, will be living in urban areas by 2050, increasing demand for high-capacity housing, workplaces, and overall infrastructure. Would we still be…
Recently, around the world, youth activists plant their campaigns everywhere to resolve myriads of social issues (Carnegie, 2022). Yet, one forgotten thing is architectural activism (Aalto ARTS, 2019). From Industrial…