Banjara Virasat represents the rich cultural heritage, history, and identity of the Banjara community, one of India’s most vibrant nomadic groups. Spread across regions such as Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, and…
What compels a user or designer to traverse a space? Spaces one inhabits or passes by become all the more interesting when a narrative is followed, thereby lending them meaning,…
In the first part of Movies in Architecture, we explored how architecture already carries cinematic qualities through frames and storytelling. Just as a film uses a screen to focus attention,…
Published in 1997, The God of Small Things introduced the world to the distinctive literary voice of Arundhati Roy. The novel went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize, making…
Beyond Designing Physical Spaces Architecture, for me, has slowly shifted from being a discipline of designing spaces to understanding how spaces begin to hold people, emotions, and time within them.…
Mattel.Inc is one of the most iconic legacy brands in the world of consumer goods. The company was established in 1945, and its history is a great example of how…
Architecture has always played a role in cinema. From Alfred Hitchcock’s use of space to build fear and suspense, to Wes Anderson’s carefully constructed sets where symmetry, colour, and geometry…
Traditional media have always provided humans with a way to record society through its architecture and urban fabric. Buildings, streets, and settlements often provided hidden narratives and quiet physical records…
Stories make up almost the entirety of a childhood. Stories give them colour and beauty. Stories help a child imagine and create as creation is one of the most beautiful…
Today, the field of sustainable design is aided by data, modeling, certification, and performance metrics. But despite this technical sophistication, there is often a difficulty in linking sustainable facilities in…
Stories have been and continue to be one of the foundational means by which humans communicate and connect. From the simple modes like tales, folklore, to theatre and dramas, to…
Architecture in today’s world is often viewed through a narrow lens of style and functionality, but it truly lies in its capacity to tell a story through its layers and…