Work sometimes can take you to the most unexpected places, I can’t remember how, but it struck me that the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) we were visiting was none other than the I.M.Pei masterpiece
Live videos of the Notre Dame Cathedral burning down kept the world (at least the world that we are part of) riveted, many people shared images of themselves with Notre Dame, remembering fondly their last visit. The area around Notre Dame, is one of the most kitsch tourist destinations in the world, row upon row of trinket shops, with mostly Chinese made models of Eiffel Towers and other such paraphernalia, the place is teeming with tourists, the majority of them in recent years being Chinese.
As I marveled (with mixed feelings – I am not such a sucker for the dramatic, my preferences are more for the under stated) in the sunny New York cold at the shiny surfaces and the form, the 1st thought that came to my mind was Chand Baori, a step-well that I had seen over 20 years back at Abhaneri in Dausa district, Rajasthan. I was a student undergoing professional training in Delhi and had gone on a step-well focused back-packing trip to Rajasthan. – Design Dalda
Design Dalda visits the architecture of Hassan Fathy and shares his version of the story.
Sabarmati’s Narmada River Front – A story by Design Dalda
A short history of the selfie stick – Story by Design Dalda
Fabrizio Carola, Italian Architect and Aga Khan Awardee is no more
Walking Man II is part of the famous series of six Walking Man sculptures in which Alberto Giacometti (1901-66), a highly feted Swiss sculptor and one of the greatest artists of the 20th century created an epitome of the human condition. – Design Dalda
The Washington Monument – Story by Design Dalda
As an alumni of BKPS College of Architecture, Pune I was proud to read a facebook post by Pushkar Kanvinde, Professor and Principal at BKPS,
The Kailas at Ellora: A New View of a Misunderstood Masterwork Author: Roger Vogler Photographs: Peeyush Sekhsaria and Roger Vogler Published by Mapin and INTACH Aurangabad,
Stories that provoke enquiry into built environment
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