Exploring how context, movement and everyday life shape architecture.
Designing for the Moment Things Go Wrong
Most of the time, we encounter design when everything is working. A door opens. A car stops. An aircraft lands. We notice the shape, the movement and how easily something fits into
A Small Home Should Offer More Than a Place to Fit
A compact apartment can fit every function on paper and still ask its residents to rearrange daily life around the furniture. Using an illustrative Hong Kong layout with a separate
A Good Tenant Cannot Fix a Bad Mall Experience
Recently, I passed by B1Mall again and noticed that one of the shops I really liked had closed. Grandiose. I used to visit it often. It had many qualities you would expect from a s
Dubai Doesn’t Need a 93 km Walkway. It Needs a Connected Walking Network.
Every city eventually faces the same question:How do we encourage people to leave their cars behind? The answer is rarely found in building a longer walkway. The world’s most
Dubai Doesn’t Need a 93 km Walkway. It Needs Walkable Communities.
Every time I see Dubai’s proposed 93 km walkable corridor, I ask the same question: Why 93 kilometers? Every major urban intervention should begin with a clearly defined problem,
“Less is More.” or “Less is a Bore.”
Which one do you prefer? Some defend Modernism.Others celebrate Postmodernism. But I think we may be asking the wrong question.The real question is not whether less is more or less
Why Walking Might Be the Most Powerful Idea We Forgot — And How It Can Change Dubai
Have you ever heard of a walking meeting?At first, it sounds too simple to be meaningful — just walk and talk. But Steve Jobs didn’t think so. He held his most important conver
Rethinking Traffic and Walkability – Masari Walk
I’ve experienced traffic in many cities.But one moment still stays with me. Mumbai. 2007.I was there for the airport project. And the traffic—it wasn’t just busy.It was overw
The New Airport Design Approach That Changes Everything
Do you remember those airport seats with the metal bars — the ones that make sure you can’t lie down? I believe many of us have had that experience. I once spent five hours hal
Why ‘Look & Feel’ Is the Wrong Way to Design
“Look & feel.” We hear this phrase all the time in architecture and design meetings. It sounds harmless — even creative — but it’s one of the most misleading ideas in
World Trade Centre to Pearl – Ferry : Masari Walk
Being an architect, I feel Dubai’s pulse like no one else—those jammed streets near Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) screamed for a fix during the 2024 expos, a cry that still l
Are Architects Lying to Us?
If I called architects “liars,” how would you react?Some of you might reject it immediately. Others might pause and think. When I began writing Design Beyond Form, it came from