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Dublin-based studio Architectural Farm discerningly works to retain the original footprint of a 1930s home to bring it up to date, respecting history, and upholding legacy!

Ryuichi Sasaki Architecture designs a mixed-use building in Tokyo - an experiential complex that would suitably complement the rich heritage of the proximal Ikegami Honmonji temple with its illustrious history dating back to the 13th century.

Reconnecting nature to built form and contemporary aesthetics to a rich architectural history, LDH renovates a 200-year-old building into a high-end Japanese restaurant of moody oriental charm, for a stunning experiential spatial character.

Located in Madrid, the sensorial Aesop signature store by Ciszak Dalmas in collaboration with Matteo Ferrari unravels a serene and minimalist design tale steeped in context, culture, history, and brand ethos. 

Emulating elemental nuances from the rich cultural history of Kyoto, Studio FUNUN LAB harmonizes food and culture while seamlessly interweaving spatial structure, materials, and narratives to craft Japanese restaurant as an immersive sensory journey.

Using Jade and water as metaphors for the essence that underlines historical influences in contemporary lifestyles, studio Associate Interior Design crafts the ethos of Cong Banquet interiors, discerningly selecting the colours, materials, and decorative elements to create a diverse and visually rich space that combines rough with exquisite details

Drawing parallels and fusing styles, Jan Sikora of Sikora Interiors inimitably combines Japanese, American and Polish design influences to design a holiday home for a Japanese-American couple in Poland.

The Põltsamaa Castle complex stands as an exemplary proof of Estonia's rich architectural heritage, with each component steeped in history and purpose, while subtly embracing modernity. Studio Argus designs this stunning adaptive reuse project.

Ma Yansong of MAD Architects blends nature and history with modernity and technological advancements in the newly designed ZGC International Innovation Center in Beijing. 

CEPT Archives pays homage to a forgotten pioneer of modern Indian architecture, Ar. Arvind Talati

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.

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the long-term lending arm of the European Union, has a long history of investing in critical airport infrastructure projects, often in situations where air transit has become a critical humanitarian need.

CEPT Archives showcases a variety of representational styles of 20th century architectural documentation in India. Check it out and leave us your views…

Design is layered. And one of its most significant layers is the nexus between urban design and anthropology. Personal Archives - a compendium 2020 by Curating for Culture aims to unveil important goings-on in different epochs and echelons of society using the mediums of graphic design and visual design among other artistic bents.

Celebrating a grand legacy, the Maratha Military Landscapes of India will be India's nomination for recognition in UNESCO World Heritage List for the year 2024-25. Team IAnD revisits some interesting cultural titbits