When Censorship Prevails

At the beginning of the 20th century, American historian Henry Steele Commager wrote, “Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.” Other authors have …

Kuwait Blind Association Sports Complex

“Mute the vision; augment the senses”. This statement was the backbone of defining a sports facility for the visually impaired community. Centered around a ‘goal ball’ internal court and a ‘sound garden’ external courtyard, a series of ramps mediate these …

A Cultural Journey Around the World

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20/21 British Art Fair
September 12 – 16, 2012
London, UK
The 20/21 British Art Fair at the Royal College of Art features work by British artists such as Keith Vaughan, Eduardo Paolozzi, Jacob Epstein, Patrick Heron, Barbara Hepworth, …

Cinema & Art: When the Twain Meet

What constitutes art? The scope of art is wide; encompassing different channels and media. From conventional paintings and sculpture to installations, performances, cinema and the written word; art manifests itself in every aspect of life and culture. Although the …

Offshore Urbanism

LEBANON – Militarily weak, internally unstable, ecologically deforesting, and socio-economically paralyzed are the intersecting setbacks across which ‘Offshore Urbanism’ breeds. Local frailties and regional challenges are reinterpreted into a large scale urban act, a temporary exodus to nowhere, to undo …

One Continuous Shopping Center

Consumption: noun
• the action of using up a resource
• the action of eating or drinking something
• [in singular] an amount of something which is used up or ingested
• the purchase of goods and services by the …

LAS MENINAS through the eyes of Pablo Picasso

Widely acknowledged as one of the most important works of art ever produced, Diego Velázquez’s masterpiece Las Meninas is a sight to behold. Artists and critics from all schools of thought are unanimous in their proclamation of the work as …

Retooling Pearl Marzouq

TO RESTORE A BUILDING IS NOT TO REPAIR IT, NOR TO DO MAINTENANCE OR TO REBUILD, IT IS TO REESTABLISH IT IN AN ULTIMATE STATE THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE

Viollet le duc

Pearl Marzouq, a modern architectural beacon, docked in …

The Etruscan Mystery

While visiting Paris, my husband and I decided to honor our ritual – a visit to The Louvre Museum. This time, we skipped the paintings and sculptures to concentrate on Egyptian, Iranian, and the Roman, Greek and Etruscan art gallery. …