A hospital is rarely a place people choose to spend time in. It is where long nights stretch even longer, where families wait for updates they cannot control, and where…
Since the beginning of civilization, nature has been our greatest teacher, demonstrating how to build resilient, efficient, and harmonious systems. However, over the years, rapid and unsustainable development has distanced…
Project: Concrete Void – Vijay Transtech Factory Architect: Sameep Padora & Associates Location: Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India Built Area: 2,000 sq.m. Year of Completion: 2018 Status: Built Design Team: Sameep Padora,…
When a city earns UNESCO World Heritage status, it is celebrated as a global triumph. Jaipur’s Old City—with its distinctive grid-based planning, havelis adorned with intricate jali work, and narrow…
The Silent Funeral of Architecture Architecture often appears immortal. Stone survives centuries, timber can be restored and monuments continue to stand long after their makers have disappeared. Yet beneath every…
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…