What makes historic architecture awe-inspiring?

Attempting to understand the roots of ‘timelessness’ as a universal quality in architecture, Ar. Yatin Pandya excerpts the essence from his internationally acclaimed book of the same title, where he examines notions of time, space and existence in the Indian context; the research providing inroads to a universal footprint... What makes historic architecture awe-inspiring? Why is that even after centuries and millennia, despite functional obsolescence, these architecture masterpieces have remained vital? What spatial qualities and organizational principles have rendered them timeless? Can these qualities be deciphered and reinstated in contemporary times? These questions become immensely pertinent in the context of […]