A derelict structure in the Egbeda community in Nigeria was left strewn of its architectural dignity by time. The client got a desire to give it a new life and
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The Kenya Forest Service (KFS) sort to rejuvenate the lush and evergreen Kereita forest so that it can self-sustain. As it later would be, the forest, deserted but one of
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Frozen glaciers, floating mountains and sailing ships – these are some of the visual metaphors for the new Elbphilharmonie by the Swiss architecture firm, Herzog & de Meuron. Located in Hamburg’s
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The 2010 Pritzker Prize laureates, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, the architects behind SANAA, have been praised for designing buildings that seem deceptively simple. At the core of their work is an
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Reinhold Messner is a superstar, period! He has climbed every mountain above 8 000 metres without bottled oxygen; and was the first person to summit Mt. Everest, solo! The Messner
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Where does one start when looking to put up a cultural building next to Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles? Like Philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad of
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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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Forming a barrier between the northern and southern parts of Norway is Dovrefjell – a scenic mountain range that holds an indispensable place in Norwegian consciousness. It is here, at Hjerkinn,
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At the heart of Beijing, four volumes coalesce to create an internal world of flowing open spaces – a reinterpretation of the classic Chinese courtyard that succeeds in imbuing an immersive
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The Szczecin Philharmonic Hall is a thing of beauty: a bright, translucent and upstanding object. Located in Poland’s city of Szczecin, the building that was designed by the Spanish architectural
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Back in the 19th Century, Polish immigrants arrived in plenty in Harbin, China, to build the Chinese Eastern Railway that would connect the country to the Trans-Siberian Railway. With that,
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Renzo Piano’s work stretches several countries around the world. From London’s tallest building, The Shard, to the Kimbell Art Museum Extension in Texas and The Auditorium of the Park in
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The Cloud is a set of two residential towers by MVRDV that will soon grace Seoul’s Yongstan District’s skyline. The project is part of the new Yongstan Dreamhub Project whose master
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Architects have for a long time interrogated the possibility of “a city in the sky.” With the continual densification of cities, it won’t be long before architects, urban planners and
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This year will see a new addition in the top 10 list of the world’s tallest buildings. The 555 meter tall Lotte World Tower that is currently under construction in Seoul,
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Two of China’s oldest artefacts more than modestly referred to as ‘miracles’ needed a place to call home. A man-made lake situated in Qujing City, China, was the location upon
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Great devastations always come with them the opportunities for fresh starts. As the first blossoms of spring breathe in life to the different shades of white that characterize winter – so
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Located on Jerusalem’s Mount of Remembrance (HaZikaron) is the distillation of Israel’s Holocaust history. Yad Vashem was established in 1953 with the task of documenting the history of the Jewish
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There are projects that come once in the lifetime of an architect, even great architects – twice or thrice if one’s really lucky. One such project is the Marina Bay Sands
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Kengo Kuma doesn’t shy away from incorporating the contextual signature material of a locality into his contemporary designs. For the ArtA Cultural Centre, a competition that featured firms like BIG, SO-IL
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Herzog & de Meuron is one of the world’s most respected architectural firms. The practice has over the years developed a reputation for conjuring up some of the planet’s most original
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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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The Kaleidoscope is an interesting invention coined by Sir David Brewster in 1817. The word ‘Kaleidoscope’ is a combination of ancient Greek words which would all come to refer to
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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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Public facilities play a major role in setting the mood of a city. Most often than not; libraries, museums and other public amenities lack the spirit or oomph to inspire
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Cidade das Artes is a massively impressive concrete building standing in the middle of two busy highways in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The architect took over a site in the
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Pier 55 is a public park and performance space on Manhattan’s lower west side commissioned by a new non-profit organisation, funded primarily by the Diller – von Furstenberg family, which
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The Sleuk Rith Institute, a new institute and genocide memorial in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, brings together a museum, research centre, graduate school, document archives and research library.
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There has always been something about the Porsche with me. I’m a big fan of Porsche 911 too. Something about the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart–Zuffenhausen, Germany, tells me that the
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Contours are exuberant things. They break when they want, they drift when they want, they melt windows and landscapes spanning millions of miles away – and luxuriously. They surround our
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