History Photographed on Instagram: "The magnificent central bronze doors of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome are nearly 2,000 years old, but they were not originally built for the church. ⁠ ⁠ The doors were repurposed from the ancient Roman Senate House, known as the Curia Julia, and moved to the basilica in the 17th century.⁠ ⁠ Today, these monumental doors serve as the main entrance to the basilica. ⁠ ⁠ Despite their age and immense weight, they are so precisely balanced that a s

Architecture 🏠 on Instagram: "In April 2024, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation announced the AlMusalla Prize, an international architecture competition focused on designing a musalla: a flexible space for prayer and reflection accessible to people of all faiths. The winning project, designed by EAST Architecture Studio in collaboration with artist Rayyane Tabet and engineering firm AKT II, is a modular structure built with materials derived from local date palm waste, including fronds and fibers,

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AD Middle East on Instagram‎: "Norman Foster: Lessons from the world’s greatest architect. He is the visionary behind global landmarks such as the Great Court of the British Museum (@britishmuseum) in London, Apple Park in Cupertino, the Reichstag in Berlin, and the soon-to-open Zayed National Museum (@znmuae) in Abu Dhabi. But did you know that six decades ago Norman Foster (@officialnormanfoster) began his practice in a bedsit? In an exclusive interview with AD, the pioneering architect talks

Instagram on Instagram: "@fmonthoux (François Monthoux) has spent the past three years building a clay city in the forest 🌳🏰⁣ ⁣ “I love imagining the people who live in the streets of my city,” says the Swiss artist. “The happiest moments are when the characters I sculpt resemble what I live through. When I sculpt the fool, placed at the highest point of the city, I find myself truly up high, standing on a ladder above my sculpture.”⁣ ⁣ François draws inspiration from the organization of ants,

ArchPro on Instagram: "𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝟵,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘀𝗾.𝗳𝘁. 𝗞𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝟭𝟱-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟴 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 🌿 The Palagiri House rises from a dense neighborhood, designed to create openness within a compact urban setting. By lifting the structure above a parking level, space was freed for gardens, giving the home a rare set-back presence in Kochi. Inside, spaces unfold as layered sequences—a ramp and sit-out lead to a double-heigh