ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1114607/the-architecture-of-copelec-landmark-and-myth Sat, 04 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000 Rafael Pina & Fabián B. Di Giammarino https://www.archdaily.com/1114607/the-architecture-of-copelec-landmark-and-myth Architects Rafael Pina and Fabián B. Di Giammarino, writing for the ARKRIT Collective, offer an objective critique of a classic of Chilean architecture, the Copelec Building. As the authors of this article assert, beyond the many descriptive accounts surrounding the building, it has earned an unquestionable status precisely because it remains unquestioned.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/1026202/from-colonization-to-le-corbusier-was-modernism-in-india-an-imposition-or-an-invitation Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:30:00 +0000 Ankitha Gattupalli https://www.archdaily.com/1026202/from-colonization-to-le-corbusier-was-modernism-in-india-an-imposition-or-an-invitation When India gained independence in 1947, the nation faced a decision that would determine the course of its architectural future: brick or concrete. A seemingly mundane choice of material was rooted in a deeper philosophical divide between two potential outcomes for post-colonial India's built environment. Pioneering figures in India's struggle for independence held opposing views - Mahatma Gandhi advocated for traditional craftsmanship while Jawaharlal Nehru embraced modernism. The architecture one sees in the subcontinent today is a mosaic of both, begging the question: was modernism in India a foreign imposition or a celebrated import?

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