The Moving Facade of Bund Finance Center, Shanghai
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2017
A new financial quarter is being built near the waterfront of Shanghai's old town. Designed by British architectural firms, Foster + Par...
A New Atmospheric Phenomenon Called Steve
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 12, 2017
For the past three years, members of a Facebook group called the Alberta Aurora Chasers , consisting of photographers who exchange tips and ...
Haiti’s Wandering Street Pharmacies
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 10, 2017
In the Haitian capital city of Port-au-Prince, one need not be a pharmacist to sell medicine. All you need is a bucket and the willingness t...
Spreewald: Germany’s Venice
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2017
About 100 km south-east of Berlin in the State of Brandenburg, lies the beautiful Spreewald Biosphere Reserve. This low-lying area in which ...
The Sand Collars of The Moon Snail
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2017
These strange-looking frilly edged flat spirals made of sand sometimes wash ashore on tropical beaches. They are called sand collars—so call...
The Pines That Lean Towards The Equator
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2017
Most trees grow vertically straight, but under challenging conditions where individuals have to compete for light, or when mechanical stress...
El Helicoide: A Shopping Mall That Became A Prison
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2017
Sitting on top of a small natural hill, amidst the slums of San AgustÃn, in south-central Caracas, Venezuela, is a magnificent building with...
Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 8, 2017
About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomer...
Rama’s Bridge: A Bridge Built By Monkeys
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 6, 2017
In the great Indian epic of Ramayana, penned several thousand years ago, author Valmiki speaks of a bridge over the ocean connecting India a...
The Melbourne Building With A Face
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 3, 2017
Some people see faces in everything—in clouds, in the arrangement of faucets on a sink, on a power socket, and on the facade of a building. ...
