Who Deteriorates First, the Building or Its Resident?
Residential deterioration results from a complex interaction between structural failures, intensive use, and behavioral patterns. While often blamed on individuals,…
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World Cup Jet Lag
The 2026 World Cup triggered global social jet lag, disrupting the biological rhythms of fans and cities in distant time zones. By prioritizing North American broadcast schedules, the tournament forced populations to override daily routines, impacting energy and infrastructure. This highlights the need for temporal urbanism, accounting for how global events manipulate a city’s collective clock.
Brescia Hospital of the Future Redefines Healing Architecture
Redefining the Therapeutic Space: From the Traditional Institution to the Open Campus The design proposal for the Hospital of the…
Le client is NOT roi
Architectural success depends on a balanced partnership where the client provides vision and the architect contributes technical expertise. Financial ownership…
Architecture Beyond the Human Eye
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp After the response to the Cat’s Eyes piece, a question arrived that I had not seriously…
Before You Enter the Office
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp Every summer the same scene repeats itself. Architecture students, engineering students, interior design students, begin sending…
Architectural Design for Twenty Dollars
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp A few days ago I was watching one of the Arab economic channels. An analyst was…
Look Who’s Talking
The construction industry operates with a significant information gap between clients and architectural professionals. Property owners often evaluate architects using…
From Football to Super Bowl
The 2026 World Cup reflects a significant shift in sports architecture, where stadiums function as multi-purpose entertainment complexes rather than…
Anjung Project: Massing, Space, and Climate Adaptation
Deconstructing Massing and Its Relationship to Spatial Structure The architectural composition of the Anjung project emerges through an experimental approach…
Cat’s Eyes
Architectural history is shaped by the gap between the physical experience of buildings and the linguistic tools used to describe…
A Place of Worship, a School, or a Hospital?
A question posed by an architecture student — whether to build a place of worship, a school, or a hospital…
UNAM Central Library: Movement, Light, and Spatial Duality
Human Experience and Spatial Transition The library asserts its visual presence through a sharp contrast between two functional and kinetic…
Einstein Tower: Mass, Light & Time in Expressionist Architecture
Sculptural Expressionism and Mass Kinetics The tower transcends its role as a mere physical shell for a scientific instrument, becoming…
Brain Rot in the Rabbit Hole: On Architectural Media and the Right to Be Seen
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp I read a piece of news recently that stayed with me longer than I expected. European…
The Property That Teaches
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp There is a stage in every project that most people mistake for an ending. The design…
Mandarin Oriental Costa Navarino: Topography and Spatial Design
Integration with Topography and Spatial Continuity The design transcends the conventional concept of luxury hospitality resorts by adopting a decentralized…
Moonrise: Lightweight Public Space Design
Mass Formation and Spatial Dynamics The artistic composition functions as a tool for redefining public space at the starting point…
Urban Cabin in Amsterdam: A 3D Printing and Tiny Living Approach
Spatial Experience and the Dynamics of Passage The compact urban rest space is transformed into an applied study in the…
I Miss the Render
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp A few days ago I opened my personal Gmail account after the message everyone dreads appeared…
The Driver’s Room: Architecture’s Forgotten Space
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUp There is a room that appears in almost every Gulf villa built in the last four…
