Architecture

View of Manhattan (from Brooklyn Bridge), New York, USA

Streets of Hertoegenbosch, Netherlands

Fatehpur Sikri in Uttar Pradesh, India

Taipei 101 tower, Taipei, Taiwan

Colosseum, Rome, Italy

Streets of Munich, Germany

En-route to Cuzco, Peru

Beach house in La Jolla, California, USA

Brooklyn Bridge, New York, USA


Architecture of all shapes and sizes surround us. Back in the neanderthal days, even the cavemen had skills to construct some pretty simple, yet functional homes that sustained them through the forces of nature. Today, we see all sorts of architecture and the imagination runs wild and endless.

Having traveled a fair bit, I noticed that the more Industrially advanced nations had some incredible yet "predictable" architectures. Not to insult their capabilities, but to me, they seemed "characterless". While the details on these monuments are exquisite, I failed to see the "simplicity" of it. On the other hand, architectures I saw in less developed nations, captivated me for its shear simplicity. When I looked at it, there was character written all over it. A sense of hard work and accomplishment surround such places. Maybe its my internal bias or the places I visited that has given me these skewed ideas ...

Or maybe it is the cynic in me that resists the complexity of anything. Simple is not bad. Lets go back to simple. Simple is good. Imagine a simple life?