Architects and other design professionals create built environments that impact human existence. As a result of “globalisation,” teaching architecture and design students to be critical thinkers and analysts in order…
The theory we know all about architectural life is Pluto’s concept of complete and absolute harmony or innate beauty, the idea of the Renaissance that beauty in architecture is the…
It was another survey lecture of ours when our professor entered the studio! This time he came in with some really weird instruments! There were a lot of interesting things…
Architecture as a course is an overall roller coaster ride, right from the sleepless nights and the coffee drills, to the endless redos with deadline pressures. Architecture school is the…
One way to study architectural sociology is to analyse the built form and how it affects or influences the occupants’ behaviour. When analysing an architectural space in terms of sociology,…
“Students,” said the professor, “I wanted to let you know about a workshop we are planning in a couple of weeks …” Doesn’t this sound familiar? I am pretty sure…
Fear! Yes, fear is the word you are looking for here. Fear conquers us if we fail to win over it first. Read into your fear, identify, familiarize yourself, and…
The architecture dissertation takes you on a ride where you are questioning what exists, and you are the one to address and answer what you want to change or architecturally…
About the Book | Bruno Zevi The iconic work (first published in 1948 in Italian, translated in 1957, and revised in 1974), Architecture as Space, by Bruno Zevi, depicts the…
Architecture is not just Architecture; it is a complex process of designing around human needs and comfort. Its essence lies in the philosophy and approach to craft something unique. But…
The Architectural discipline dates back to the mere beginnings of time and has traveled a long way since then to transform into the contemporary, complex, technological version of herself that…
Following the industrial revolution, modern society began to move at a raging speed. The new productive processes, construction, material, and technology set the basis for becoming one of the most…