The Art and the Artist
The artist is taciturn, he’s subtle, he’s monochromaticWhy doesn’t the artist speak?The artist speaks, of course, he does He speaks,…
Chicken vs Egg: How to get projects as an architect?
I was recently asked this question in response to a late-night AMA on Instagram. (Thanks to Studio Esterra for this…
Be Like Water
“Be like water” ~Bruce Lee Under strict police crackdown of peaceful protests around the country, to express our disagreement with…
Backs of Trucks
A collection of impromptu captures of backs of trucks and carrier autos transporting different types of goods around Hyderabad, documented…
Excerpts // “A Blueprint for Re-evolution: The New Normal in Architecture”
Originally published in the November 2018 issue of Indian Architect & Builder magazine, as part of their series on “The…
Out with the Offline, In with the Online!
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. ~Not Albert Einstein,…
Working with Moving Parts: 2020 Vision, Resilience and Response in Architectural Practice
It was the end of the work day in late September. Our team was still remote after the lockdown reopened,…
Arena of A Shared Schadenfreude
Should architects design prisons? The debate has been going on for some time. Some architects and architecture collectives have taken…
Art Activism
A series of digital illustrations created to be used as posters (online and printed) during the self-organized citizens’ protests (that…
Lakdikapul: A Wooden Bridge to Nowhere
Earlier this year, a new traffic island was created at Lakdikapul, which became a great solution to streamline traffic at…
The Mosque as Magnet: Situating the Mosque in the Urban Morphology of Contemporary Cities in the Islamic World as an Integral Part of the Process of Rebuilding
It is a time for re-evaluation and re-evolution. Growing up Muslim in Saudi Arabia, I have had plenty of opportunities…
The Auto-Gentrification of City Centers in the Gulf: Heritage Beyond the Built Environment
In order to direct attention toward the fast-aging social housing, public buildings and entire urban sectors that have dated rapidly…
A Blueprint for Re-evolution: The New Normal in Architecture
Work expands to fill the time it is given. It was a common assumption and goal during the Industrial Revolution…
God is in the Details, Especially in Microarchitecture
What is a mosque? A question can serve as the starting point of a serendipitous and rewarding journey. The sacred…
Looking to the Past for Answers to Present Urban Challenges
As the world becomes smaller, every large metropolis in the world seems to resemble every other. Cities, concrete jungles filled…
Kinetic Photography
Photographs shot between 2007-2012 on a Canon PowerShot digital camera using long exposure camera toss technique with long exposure and…
The Reality of Pedestrianization: A Million Chance Encounters
As a child, you knew how best to use your body: to jump up to reach a box of cookies…
Defragmenting Society: How Networking is Redefining the Fundamental Notions of Society, Human Interactions and Space
A decade ago, when the first movie in The Matrix trilogy was released, it was a wild addition to the…
Teeming Progressions
Until very recently, I believed that it was impossible for teamwork to be as successful and fulfilling as working solo,…
In Search of the Opposite
Since before the word ‘relativity’ came into common usage, the concept of relativity has been applicable in all domains. The…
Homonym
Layer upon layerSheet below sheetOnce upon a timeHistory repeatsMe upon youOld below new You are no moreNeither is your homeBut…
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