Upcoming Zayed National Museum Set to open in December 2025, the Zayed National Museum will showcase the UAE’s rich history, culture, and economic transformation, featuring an impressive collection of artifacts, including the world’s oldest natural pearl and ancient manuscripts Designed by Norman Foster + Partners. This architectural marvel features five sleek steel towers resembling falcon …
Louis Kahn, photographed at Cornell University with the model of the City Tower Project, stands before one of his most theoretical yet influential unbuilt works. Designed in collaboration with Anne Tyng between 1952–57, the City Tower was a radical proposal for a high-rise in Philadelphia. Its design departed from the International Style’s …
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“Architecture and Empathy” Architecture is ‘For People.’ Empathy is ‘People First.’ Should we, as architects care about ‘people’ and their environment? Finding connections between architecture and empathy, will bring us closer to understanding the influence that relationships generate. The relationships are at many levels — between user and built form, between man and nature or …
Form or function! Poor architecture students! Keep oscillating between the two in all semesters. I too was not spared of this dilemma as I grappled to make faculty happy in my design classes. Flash back to forty years! My college studio! Three professors sitting in a semi circle, examining my design project, a primary school, …
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Books to refer and absorb Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless – Zaha Hadid To write well, you have to read more so that you can edit it over and over. The following books are a short list of suggested reading that …
Innovative applications of Brick! Sharing pictures which will make you fall in love with Brick Architecture!
What is EMPATHY? EMPATHY is an emotional state – ‘being aware’ of surrounding spaces. EMPATHY is a desire to help the stakeholders of a project. EMPATHY is ability to understand what the client wants. EMPATHY IS ability to grasp the requirements of all stakeholders. EMPATHY is a frame of reference. EMPATHY is capacity to imagine. …