Burano is located in northern Italy on the Venetian Lagoon and creates a municipality with Venice and Murano. Crisscrossed by canals, it consists of four islets connected by bridges and…
Hong Kong, also known as ‘the Pearl of the Orient,’ has had a long journey in its making as it made its way into what it is now. From being…
‘’Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.’’ Jane Jacobs. The increasing problems of congestion and poor quality of…
Located in the heart of the cultural, religious, and administrative center of Abuja, Nigeria, is the state-of-the-art Nigerian Cultural Centre and Millennium Tower, situated in adjacent plots separated by a…
London Skyscrapers – “Most old cities are now sclerotic machines that dispense known qualities in ever-greater quantities, instead of laboratories of the uncertain. Only the skyscraper offers business the wide-open…
“Think of a city and what comes to mind? Its streets. If a city’s streets look interesting, the city looks interesting; if they look dull, the city looks dull.”, said…
Nocturnal Architecture or the Architecture of the night is associated with illuminated architecture. It focuses on maximizing the effect of night lightings which include both internal lighting as well as…
Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai, is one exemplary work by the masterminds of humanity. It is the world’s tallest building and an incomparable feat of design and construction. It has…
Architect Elizabeth Diller is one of the founding partners of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R). DS+R is an architecture practice that works majorly in the fields of architecture, urban design,…
Eco-architect Ken Yeang is best known for green architecture in the urban context, where he focuses on the bio integration of human-made, with nature to form constructed ecosystems. His designs…
Understanding and improving urban spaces have become an inevitable part of planning cities in the 21st century. Architects and urban designers are constantly trying to identify patterns of growth in…
William Rawn Associates is an Architecture firm based in Boston and was established in 1983. This firm has completed a wide range of projects encompassing mixed-use urban buildings, college campuses…