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Instant cash loans are a short term finances don't require you to place your personal belongings as collateral. Lenders just check the paying ability of the applicant and offer the help against their coming salary.

Khosla Associates, Bangalore once again use timelessness as the fulcrum of the pavilion design at Ahmedabad. Check it out here and leave us your views...

Classic elements tend to usher in romanticism and luxury into interiors as perhaps none other. Agree? Check out this classically inspired home in Ahmedabad and leave us your views…

With Udaipur known as the City of Lakes, Layers Studio of Design and Architecture chisel out a landscape design for a private residence around the central theme of water. Check out the serene beauty of this project and leave us your views…

Watch what's left of a once distinguished architectural legacy be destroyed because our city is run by idiots. Consider this quote: ""Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," Alderman Matlak said. "A lot of people don't want 19th-century buildings.I grew up in a frame house. My bedroom was 8 by 8. People don't want that now." Then - here's a wild idea. Maybe they might try moving into one of the neighborhoods that isn't historic? Which, in Chicago, is almost all of them, now? Speaking as somebody who lives in Chicago, I can report that the difference of opinion between the developers and the preservationists on this is not an honest one; the rate of demolition has not been exaggerated one bit..

In our previous Foursquare Garden article we posted in Signs of the Times, we discussed the length of the garden the Pennsylvania Germans designed as being sixty-six feet long. This was because the length of an eighteenth century fence panel or rail was eleven feet. There is also an important invention designed in England that helped to shape the layout of our nation. The Gunter's chain played a primary role in mapping out America in for three hundred years beginning in the 1600's.

Building design draws from various inspirations. The Science Hills complex is a series of undulating wave-like buildings that allude to the low-rise skyline of Ishikawa, Japan as they reference digital imaging of medical jargon.

Stereoscopy, refers to creating an illusion of depth in a photograph or a two dimensional image. The idea is, to present two different, offset images separately to the right and the left eye. Both these offset images are combined in your brain, and give you the illusion of depth. Applying a similar concept to 3D models, where each eye sees a separate model is known as a 3D stereoscopic model.

The rising popularity of mammoth aircraft has led to a drastic need for runways long enough to cater for them. As airports adjust to handle aircraft such as the Airbus A380, airport-technology.com profiles some of the world's longest commercial runways. Whether constructed out of asphalt or concrete, runways across the world are getting longer.

Autoban-designed New Terminal at Heydar Aliyev International Airport in Azerbaijan challenges hitherto 'norm' typology of airports by infusing a warm homely feel that puts 'passenger-first' as its USP

Futuristic homes needn't necessarily look as though they've descended from an alien world. They could harbour sci-fi features, despite falling within the realms of a normal 'home', set amidst nature, with pleasing aesthetics. Check out our feature on the W.I.N.D House and leave us your views.

Mecanoo Architects design the new Delft station, marking one's arrival at Delft as a ceremonial and memorable experience...

Addition, subtraction and a discerning textural play mark this remodelling exercise by L-Mccomber-ltée as a chic contemporary living transformation. Check out the feature and give us your views...

Whilst 'neo-futurist architecture' as a term evolved in the 1960's, characterized by an 'uninhibited architectural approach', the prolific global mushrooming of 'iconic' built forms that we see in present times, spurred Team IAnD to probe the larger picture of what makes architecture iconic and what is the response it elicits…

That 'high-rises provide vantage points, otherwise unthinkable of' is beyond debate and when such a point provides an unobstructed view as well, it's definitely a bonanza. It is this distinct advantage that Aedas, the architects of Mongkok Residence, Hong Kong plan to serve to its residents through this towering landmark. Check it out here...

Identity-imparting exercises enrich not just our surroundings but also our lives, as they serve to celebrate diversity, the very core of our existence. Check out this ode to music monolith and leave us your views…