Let me define an ‘Archist’ to begin with. As most of you might find it evident, archist is a portmanteau of the words ‘architect’ and ‘artist’. Of the many ...

The ¥€$ city does not quite reflect a YES city. In fact, it implies quite the opposite, well, at least according to Rem Koolhaas who fears that cities are ...

Architects are dreamers. From the inception of architectural education and various levels of practice, architects are always challenged to push boundaries and ...

"The National Cycle Network has saved the UK economy more than £7billion (equivalent to almost £1m a day) since it was established 20 years ago, by improving ...

Of chairs and smart phones A week ago, I received an email from my editor to write on the topic of relating chairs to smart phones. My reaction? I was ...

When POPS go pop POPS expands to Privately Owned Public Spaces. Now that part of the title doesn’t seem as elusive, I will go on to elucidate the ‘POP’ part ...

I recently watched the movie 'Before Sunrise.' The movie zooms into an encounter between two travelers who begin a conversation on a train and extend the rest ...