AD Middle East on Instagram‎: "Norman Foster: Lessons from the world’s greatest architect. He is the visionary behind global landmarks such as the Great Court of the British Museum (@britishmuseum) in London, Apple Park in Cupertino, the Reichstag in Berlin, and the soon-to-open Zayed National Museum (@znmuae) in Abu Dhabi. But did you know that six decades ago Norman Foster (@officialnormanfoster) began his practice in a bedsit? In an exclusive interview with AD, the pioneering architect talks

History Photographed on Instagram: "The magnificent central bronze doors of the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran in Rome are nearly 2,000 years old, but they were not originally built for the church. ⁠ ⁠ The doors were repurposed from the ancient Roman Senate House, known as the Curia Julia, and moved to the basilica in the 17th century.⁠ ⁠ Today, these monumental doors serve as the main entrance to the basilica. ⁠ ⁠ Despite their age and immense weight, they are so precisely balanced that a s

ArchPro on Instagram: "𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝟵,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘀𝗾.𝗳𝘁. 𝗞𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝟭𝟱-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟭𝟴 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 🌿 The Palagiri House rises from a dense neighborhood, designed to create openness within a compact urban setting. By lifting the structure above a parking level, space was freed for gardens, giving the home a rare set-back presence in Kochi. Inside, spaces unfold as layered sequences—a ramp and sit-out lead to a double-heigh