The Closing Ceremony Is Not the End Every four years, the Olympics grab the attention of the entire world. Sportsmen are made national heroes, cities get to reinvent themselves with…
Architecture Beyond Sight: An Introduction First published in Danish in 1957 and translated into English in 1959, Experiencing Architecture is a standard text for understanding architecture as a multisensory, living…
Architecture school is grueling. You do not expect it to be this intense. The coffee-fueled all-nighters, carefully drafted sheets ripped up, and begging professors to extend deadlines will make you…
Located in Dongguan, China, and adding a significant new cultural landmark to Guangdong’s Greater Bay Area, the Songshan Lake Exhibition and Performance Center was officially opened to the public on…
Picture a royal woman in Rajasthan staring down through the jharokhas of Hawa Mahal at the festivities and processions. She complies with the social order of purdah, where a woman…
While architecture is designed for the function of the present, it is remembered through the remains by the descendants. Countless civilisations have risen, flourished and disappeared in the very land…
Approximately 50,000 years ago, a meteorite travelling at velocities exceeding 20 kilometres per second struck the basaltic plateau of what is today the Buldhana district of Maharashtra, India, carving a…
A Palace within the Karakoram Landscape Beyond the rumble of the Shyok River, the majestic Karakoram Range casts its shadow over apricot orchards and green fields. Within this striking landscape…
Starchitecture has transformed the skyline of cities for the past three decades. Cities from Bilbao to Beijing now commission spectacular buildings designed by internationally renowned architects such as Frank Gehry,…
Adaptive reuse is in, and new builds are out. If only it were that simple. To some people, having existing constraints of an old building may seem difficult or boring.…
Collection, segregation, treatment, and safe disposal of waste, along with additional processes and organizations, make up a city or country’s waste infrastructure. Each of these steps is crucial and forms…
On an ordinary morning in the residential district of Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm, Sweden, its residents are up and about their morning activities: cooking breakfast, tidying up, and getting ready…