Tier-3 cities across India are experiencing a renaissance—where strategic regeneration models are revitalizing urban centers, enhancing livability, and attracting fresh investment. Here’s how the most effective approaches combine plot amalgamation, main street redesign, and innovative funding to spark transformation.
1. Plot Amalgamation: Unlocking Development Potential Fragmented, irregularly shaped plots often hold back large-scale renewal in smaller cities. Through plot amalgamation, adjacent land…
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The Serendipity Arts Festival invites artists and creative practitioners to propose experimental interventions in the urban realm of the city of Panaji. This project was executed through this competition as a 'non-library' and was one of the four projects to receive the Serendipity Arts Festival Public Art Grant 2023. Every year, BookWorm foundation, a non-profit…
Amsterdam/Antwerp, 9 September 2025 – Amsterdam-based interior architects Heinzel De Vries have unveiled the design for the new Et Claire viennoiserie on Oudaan in the heart of Antwerp. Following the successful launch in Amsterdam in 2022, this second venue introduces the same luxurious all-day concept, this second location brings the same luxurious all-day concept – refined viennoiserie,…
Upgrading the public realm is essential for creating vibrant, high-footfall urban spaces. In 2025, cities worldwide are reimagining streetscapes to welcome residents and visitors alike—using well-chosen interventions that invite people to linger, interact, and return.
1. Street Furniture: Comfort Meets Functionality Modern benches, tables, bike racks, bins, bollards, and signage serve much more than utilitarian roles. Strategically placed…
Carme Pinós is one of the most distinguished contemporary architects in Spain, celebrated internationally for her bold yet humanistic approach to architecture. Her work, known for its sculptural geometry, sensitivity to context, and social awareness, has left a distinct mark on public architecture in Europe and beyond. Through her designs, Pinós strives not merely to…
Rafael Aranda is a Spanish architect renowned for his deeply contextual, emotive, and site-sensitive architecture. Alongside his partners Carme Pigem and Ramón Vilalta, Aranda co-founded the architectural firm RCR Arquitectes, a practice that has gained international acclaim for its unique blend of minimalism, material richness, and profound connection to nature and place. Aranda’s work stands…
Sheila Sri Prakash stands tall as one of India’s most influential and pioneering architects, known not just for her architectural finesse but also for her trailblazing role as a woman in a predominantly male profession. She is celebrated for her ability to merge traditional Indian aesthetics with sustainable design and modern functionality. Over the years,…
Carme Pigem is one of the most influential contemporary architects in Spain and a founding partner of the internationally acclaimed practice RCR Arquitectes. Through her quiet yet powerful approach to design, Pigem has helped redefine the way architecture can interact with its environment—emphasizing sensitivity to place, material honesty, and poetic spatial experiences. Along with her…
Clara de Solà‑Morales: Crafting Poetic Spaces Through Geometry, Context, and Research
Clara de Solà‑Morales is a Catalan architect, researcher, and professor known for her rigorously crafted, socially engaged, and formally inventive architecture. As co-founder of Cadaval & Solà‑Morales and principal of her own studio clara solà‑morales, she bridges theoretical research and built work, designing projects…
Santiago Calatrava stands as one of the most recognizable figures in contemporary architecture and structural engineering. Known for his futuristic designs that merge the realms of sculpture and construction, Calatrava has left an indelible mark on skylines and cities around the globe. His works—often white, soaring, and skeletal—evoke motion, lightness, and organic forms, fusing technology…

