Located in the city of Isfahan, this project is surrounded by a rich context of Persian architecture. This backdrop entails so much history and traditional value. One particular street, Mosalla
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Great outdoors are always refreshing to the mind and to the lovers of the great greens. This is a special feature of backyard landscaping ideas that would blow your backyard
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The Sacred Hearts Cathedral in Kericho, Kenya by John McAslan + Partners in collaboration with Triad Architects was mentioned on Archute in an article covering the 2016 Awards of Excellence
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Designed by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis Architects, Perot museum consists of a magnificent cube that sits on a landscaped plinth. Actually, it is a rock
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Simple design is easy to embrace and accept at first sight. Basic geometry on a building facade looks familiar and resembles many other shapes that we encounter daily. For example,
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The discussion of “architecture of place” is a topic widely focused on in an attempt to promote regionalism and a sense of individuality. Architects that have achieved the level of
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Architecture is truly the visible catapult that pushes everyday life into the future. Walking down the street and coming across such a daring piece of art awakens the urge to
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Family-owned Marchesi Antinori is arguably the most famous house in Italian wine, having been in the business since 1385. Its famous winery in Chianti Classico region in Bargino Italy was designed by
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Disposing of the dead is not as straightforward as it looks — burn or bury in a matter of days. Religious and cultural taboos surrounding the place and act of
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Since April 2011, this new pier designed by Luís Pedro Silva has received glamorously large cruise ships from the worldwide cruise fleet, boosting the cruise tourism in the North of
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On 22nd July 2011, on this very site, 13 people were killed, leaving several others physically and physiologically traumatized. This was part of Norway’s Utøya Massacre in 2011 characterized by
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The standard 90 degree angle rarely occurs naturally in nature. In architecture, it seems to be the convention. It is easier to fabricate and stack things at right angles, especially
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Monumental architecture is a constantly evolving domain. Fresh designs take such incredibly unexpected directions, showcasing great strides in concept exploration. In Doha Corniche, the prominent National Museum of Qatar arises
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For a purely need-based space, the members of staff in this pharmaceutical factory in Punjab, India enjoy a luxurious layout of intricate design alongside their meals. It is a comfortable
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The Getty Center is a modern design by Richard Meier in a picturesque hilly site in Santa Monica Mountains in California. It is a composition of buildings brought together in
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Folding of steel structures is the future of sky scraper architecture, as seen from the Hanking Center Tower in Shenzhen, China, by Morphosis Architects. The 73-storey tower utilizes folded angles
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It is a battle of heights in the United Arab Emirates. The Burj Khalifa is such a widely known and extensively spoken of tower that its stories cannot all be
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Kenya’s architectural profession has continued to transform for the better with excellent projects already done and more earmarked for the future. The Architectural Association of Kenya, in conjunction with Duracoat,
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The Spire Edge Word Trade Center in Manesar is redefining the way business is being conducted in the Indian subcontinent. Standing on a large area of 1.6 million square feet,
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What used to be the world’s tallest towers may have been overthrown by other super skyscrapers since 2004 but the Petronas Towers still stand as the tallest twins in the
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The Turning Torso, Twisting Torso or Rotating Torso, whatever name fits it best, Santiago Calatrava‘s Torso tower in Malmö is the tallest skyscraper in Sweden and a pioneer of its
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From afar it may appear like just another cylindrical tower, something like Nairobi‘s Hilton Hotel in Kenya or Manfred Hermer’s Ponte City Apartments in Johannesburg, South Africa. However, Toyo Ito‘s
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An interesting fold and twist to the London School of Economics campus, is the Saw Swee Hock Student Centre by O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects. It entails polygonal marvels and exploits
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Concrete and light. Tadao Ando‘s principal focus on simplicity and minimalist aesthetics in the Church of the Light is silencing. The church is located in a typical Japanese suburb, a
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This glass and steel edifice and sculptural spirals that look like a hyper-modern gallery space or a building from a science-fiction film is, in fact, the MyZeil Shopping Mall, the
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The Alesia Museum, by Benard Tschumi, marks an archeological site in central France and commemorates the history of the battle between the Romans, led by Julius Cesar and the Gauls,
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All the way from the 1800s the city of Chicago has spearheaded the skyscraper movement in architecture and the tower forms get more interesting as they evolve. The Aqua Tower is a
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Not so far from Dallas City‘s concrete jungle, shimmering lights and labyrinthine expressways is the Trinity River Audubon Centre, located in the largest urban hardwood forest in the United States.
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One World Trade Center an all defying glass tower that literally pokes through it’s sky line as the tallest building in New York City and the fifth tallest in the
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Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall is a world-class performance venue to the privileged people of Los Angeles and a tribute to Walt Disney’s devotion to the arts, an idea
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