Gaston Bachelard’s exploration of language, distinguishing between the utilitarian “signification” and the creative “poetry,” provides a lens through which we can analyse the intersection of language and architecture. In Michael Graves’ “A Case for Figurative Architecture,” the analogy between common language and the internal structure of a building is drawn, emphasising the pragmatic and technical […]
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Architects are essential in the fight against climate change because they design and implement climate-responsive techniques, new materials, and energy-efficient structures. Adaptations including green building, coastal fortifications, and flood-resistant techniques are required due to rising temperatures. Architects emphasize efficiency to cut down on energy use in chilly climates. Concurrently, there is a global movement in
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Some might know him as Laurie Baker, but for us he will forever be the “Gandhi of Architecture.” Laurie Baker was born in Birmingham and studied architecture at the Birmingham School of Art and Design. During World War II, he served in the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU); a unit of the British Religious Society of
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Jagath Weerasinghe launches his solo art exhibition in Colombo, capturing global anxieties and local histories through raw visual language. Hosted at Saskia Fernando Gallery, this evocative presentation channels deep political disillusionment into visceral, fluid compositions confronting systemic violence and enduring trauma. About the Exhibition Saskia Fernando Gallery presents Trapped in a Broken Dream, I Still
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Echoes of Silence, a solo exhibition by Nidhi Sharma is on display at the Convention Centre Foyer, India Habitat Centre in New Delhi from 11th to 15th July 2026. The exhibition presents a series of abstract landscapes inspired by the Himalayas and Nidhi’s spiritual journey after decades of engagement with the mountains. The paintings are
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Between 1962 and 1965, the Second Vatican Council ushered in liturgical reforms emphasizing participation and clarity, freeing Italian architects from rigid typologies to create bold, modernist sacred spaces. Postwar Italy’s economic boom, urban sprawl, and secular shift met Vatican II’s call for renewal, birthing experimental churches that anchored new communities. Marta Minuzzo’s “Templi Moderni. Costruire
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Since 2012, the Romanian artist duo Anca Benera and Arnold Estefán, who have been working together, have been showcasing their artwork at the Venice Biennale. Their work is discussed in terms of its political and social bearing, as well as its representation of contemporary life experiences of the Romanian people on a global stage. The
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In an industry that often celebrates the loud and the monumental, Nayan Shah, founder of the Mumbai-based studio Palindrome Spaces, prefers a different frequency. Since establishing the firm in 2018, Shah has been quietly refining a design language where light, proportion, and memory take center stage, recalibrating the rhythms of daily life without ever “shouting
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There Are Rivers in the Sky, a new show by Saruha Kilaru in Delhi, looks at water as memory through glass, textiles and print. About the exhibition There Are Rivers in the Sky opens at Sridharini Art Gallery, Triveni, with a preview on Saturday 11 July 2026 at 6 pm and runs until Friday 17
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Dr. Amin Jaffer, an internationally celebrated curator with a career spanning institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Al Thani Collection, and major biennials, brings a deeply transnational perspective to his role as curator of the India Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His practice has consistently explored how objects, materials, and histories travel
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