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Story-telling the Zaha Hadid way - ground-breaking design for the new Mathematics Gallery at the Science Museum, London will tell the stories of how mathematicians have helped shape the world...

How much of 'chi' (universal energy) needs physical manifestations and how much depends on one's personal attitude? Read here to know how the ancient Chinese science of Feng Shui can work for you without anyone having to know what you are practising...

Success in life cannot be attributed to wealth alone. Vaastu Consultant Sushil Agarwal takes a look at what Vaastu Shastra has to say about Kuber - the God of Wealth… Click the link to read more>>

Placing patients' comfort above all else, this dermatology clinic in Quebec puts its patients at ease before treatment. Check it out here and leave us your views…

Design team at DIALOG triumphs with a bespoke workspace, by designing a trendy but pocket-friendly interior that keeps pace with gen-next aspirations. Check it out and leave us your views...

Photography: Courtesy Saket Sethi Mumbai based architect Saket Sethi chisels out a metaphor for the Aditya Birla company, creating for them, their first world class R&D campus to spearhead a new generation of products and research...

Do you feel confused while deciding how to choose the right things which makes your home just the best home in the world. There are very basic things which will decide the outcome of your efforts and we will list them down for you here. Walls color and High Contrast: Go for white color for the entire room and put a decorative piece like painting or statue with high saturated color to stand out in the entire room. What we are going to tell you now is not rocket science. White color makes small rooms look big. Also, what is important is to know whether that room will have ample sunlight or not. If one had carefully watched how colors play magic during sunset and sunrise; they would know that blue, violet, red, orange and yellow are the main ingredients to bring up those amazing combinations. Rooms with less sunlight, we recommend brighter shades of yellowish orange. The dark rooms will then be illuminated using violet- bluish lights to bring up the same magic. We recommend that if you buy paintings which are red colored for decorating room, then don't opt of statues which are blue. Go for Red vases as centerpieces and while doing that, you would be setting up a room which is high on contrast but still not overburdened with all the colors in the world. Focused Lights on main paintings: Lights are one of the most important factors to keep in mind before undertaking any sort of interior designing/re-designing. As we have discussed earlier, the shades and the extent of lighting required will depend on the amount of natural light which is available in the room. We recommend controlled lighting which can be scaled up and down as per the requirement during various times of day and night. We recommend using contrasting lights which means that on blue or purple walls, use lights which are red, orange or red yellowish in nature but use blue or purple lights on bright walls. The key to choose the right lighting is to consider the size and style of the room. Some of the import

The design of the new Al Jazeera UK headquarters breaks the mould of the 'black box' studio and re-imagines how broadcast facilities are designed. Tell us what you think of this

When the best of technology is combined with heightened aesthetics, results are always stupefying. Check out the new Abu Dhabi mosque with its light-transmitting concrete façade and leave us your comments…

Arshia Architects bag 18 awards and counting for their organic, dynamic building atop a buried podium, proposing an alternative model within the confines of stringent regulations, whilst fully capitalising on the natural topography and surrounding vistas.

Designer Hong-En, Lin visits the rampant problem of water scarcity and pollution in Tanzania and comes up with a practical local solution -a model that can be replicated in countries facing a similar problem.

Studio Jean Verville Architects designs an industrial office using an immersive, experimental approach that explores a hybridisation between architecture and installation intervention. With a client who revelled in the studio's creative genius, here is a project - unusual, intriguing, and genuine.