H. Masud Taj recollects his memories and conversations with Hassan Fathy in Cairo & Mumbai on the occasion of his 126th Birth Anniversary.
H. Masud Taj elucidates how, as a young architecture student, he dropped out of his institution to travel and learn from monuments, discovering in Gaudí’s Sagrada Familia a turtle column that catalyzed an inquiry, hearing Hassan Fathy’s explication of the turtle in Cairo, ultimately crystallizing in Taj’s poetic meditation on dwelling.
On his 117th anniversary, remembering Otto Königsberger, Sarbjit Singh Bagha writes about how he transformed Indian cities with humane, climate-responsive designs and flexible urban planning, leaving a lasting legacy of compassion and innovation.
The independent Master Jury of the 16th Award Cycle (2023-2025) has announced the winners for the 2025 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA).
The essay is the first of a three-part series of preview essays for Jaimini Mehta’s forthcoming book, Sense of Itihasa; Architecture and History in Modern India.
The book analyses the works of several contemporary, post-independence Indian architects to demonstrate that since independence, they have revitalized traditional architectural elements and techniques, drawing inspiration from India’s itihasa.
ArchitectureLive! continues with Alimentative Architecture – The fifth in a series of articles by Architect-Poet-Calligrapher H Masud Taj interfacing architecture with food via geometry.
The Grand Egyptian Museum is a world-class complex of buildings and landscape with one identity, demonstrating the progress, evolution and development of the Egyptian Civilization.
In The Dubai Dream, H Masud Taj talks about the dark side of putting up a display of, what he calls, an ‘urban eye candy’.
Upon crossing the 50% threshold, the human population can now officially be called Urban. With United Nation’s predicted increase of about 1.1 billion new urbanites by 2030, most cities will face an unprecedented developmental pressure in addition to their current struggle to provide basic living and working standards to their citizens. – An Ideas Competition For Students By TU Delft
We got in touch with Ankon Mitra – co-founder of Hexagramm – to learn about his research and artistic exploration in the field of Oritecture,
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