Architecture

  • Top Ten Sights in Malta

    And a restaurant to go with each one! Are you thinking of taking a trip to Malta and want to know the islands’ top ten sights? These are Malta’s top ten attractions that…

  • Natural Building in Cambodia

    Cambodia has a lot of hippy foreigners building things in the middle of nowhere, and I have been hoping to join them (at least temporarily) along my nomadic adventures. Since arriving in Cambodia…

  • Working in Slums

    Ok, so maybe its time I explain what I am doing here…. I came to SPARC expecting to be part of a slum upgrading project working with the community, but when I found…

  • Delhi and the Taj Mahal

    The capital. What can I say? It is a huge city with lots to see and do, and is the most modern place I have visited yet in India. It had wide streets,…

  • Turbo Architecture Tour Day

    I decided that with only one month left and having my upcoming weekends booked, that there was no better time than now to visit the modern architecture of the historical town of Ahmedabad,…

  • An Architect’s Instinct

    During the masters course, we constantly learn about issues concerning foreign aid workers in third world countries imposing “western” ideals on different cultures and how architects have this inherent desire to formalize the…

  • Abroad as an Ar.c.h..i..t..e…..

    Who knows what I will be when I grow up?!  I’m always hesitant to bring up architecture with travelers since it doesnt feel like the right answer to that question and even if I wanted to…

  • The Wall

    Ancient structures amaze me, and the Great Wall of China is the main reason I wanted to visit China. Its scale and age make it nearly unbelievable, but then its setting and difficulty…