Reflections on the profession, design,
books, art and life in general.
Architects and sketching
Architects are associated with sketching long before the profession has evolved. One automatically expects an architect to sketch and explain his point. Architectural career choices are still majorly influenced by the candidate’s proficiency in sketching. Is the skill heavily overrated? Or…
What we forget when we design for public
Designing for public is always a challenge. Be it a railway station, a cashier desk in a bank, a scooter parking area, a public library, a round-about in a busy street, or a pub, we cannot judge the design until…
The purpose of Art
….. is to inform and delight. When we think about art (and art in its plurality), there are only a few artists who have serious impact in everyday life. Milton Glaser is one among them. He is one of the…
Architect’s schedule
I always wondered how to manage time efficiently. The problem becomes manifold when the case of concern is a creative personnel. You have the classical time-management principles urging you to pack-in the maximum deliverable into a fixed time frame. They try to…
TRAVEL: Seagram Building, New York
Seagram Building (1954-58) Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Location: 375 Park Avenue, New York City “Take the beautiful tower made of bronze that was erected in New York. It is a bronze lady, incomparable in beauty, but you know she has…