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Martian water may be lurking beneath – or even above – the planet’s surface NASA/JPL/USGS Mars isn’t as arid as it may seem. Billions of years ago, the surface of the Red Planet rippled with oceans and rivers of liquid water, but now it seems that all of that fluid has disappeared, leaving behind a […]
Solo travel is a transformative experience, offering the freedom to explore at your own pace and immerse yourself in new cultures. If you’re based in Delhi, you’re in luck because there are numerous fascinating destinations within reach–nationally and internationally. And what better when you can take a direct flight from Delhi Airport, a hub of […]
This third and most likely last installment in the inadvertent “Places in Time” series looks closely at three books: the first about Chicago from the Great Depression to the mid-1980s; the second one about the broader American built landscape over roughly the same period of time; and the third jumping to Switzerland and tracing the […]
Before receiving Brutalist Paris from the folks at Blue Crow Media, I thought of the UK company simply as a maker of maps. I reviewed Concrete Map Chicago back in 2018 and since then have noticed them putting out maps of modern architecture, brutalist architecture, public transit — even trees. If the Chicago map is any indication, […]
Like most human beings, I can be contradictory at times. One area where this manifests is architectural surveys: books that usually collect buildings of a certain typology, but also ones spanning a particular timeframe or through some other theme. I’ve written a few of them myself, so I don’t inherently hate them. But I tend […]
CNN — Air pollution spiked to unhealthy levels around the world in 2021, according to a new report. The report by IQAir, a company that tracks global air quality, found that average annual air pollution in every country — and 97% of cities — exceeded the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines, which were designed […]