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Rooms that hold their light, objects that earn their keep, and the people who make both. Turn the page — it reads like paper.
— The Dispatch 1- 01 Editor's Dispatch (FR)AGILE SYSTEMS – VENICE BIENNALE, PAKISTAN 3
- 02 Editor's Dispatch Studio Visit: The Weavers of Harappa Road 5
- 03 Architecture The Verandah Papers: Shade as Architecture 7
- 04 Craft & Material The Kashi Tile: Blue That Outlives Buildings 9
- 05 Craft & Material Behind the Scenes: Raakh — The Hues of Blue Pottery, Reimagined 11
Editor's Dispatch PAVILION OF PAKISTAN 2025 – Reframing Fragility as a Blueprint for Climate Resilience
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(FR)AGILE SYSTEMS – VENICE BIENNALE, PAKISTAN
Rising from the Salt Range of Khewra and carrying almost 800 million years of earth’s memory crystallised within it, the commonly used rock salt takes center stage at Pakistan’s Pavilion for the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, becoming a metaphor for resilience and…
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Editor's Dispatch Three looms, two sisters and a hundred metres of cotton — a morning with…
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Studio Visit: The Weavers of Harappa Road
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Architecture Before air-conditioning there was orientation, depth and a roof that knew the sun.
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The Verandah Papers: Shade as Architecture
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Craft & Material Multan’s glazed earthenware, from shrine domes to new kitchens.
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The Kashi Tile: Blue That Outlives Buildings
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Craft & Material What started in a drawing room by a woman learning the ropes of life…
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Behind the Scenes: Raakh — The Hues of Blue Pottery, Reimagined
What started in a drawing room by a woman learning the ropes of life has grown into a full-scale studio where every tile, every glaze, and every experiment is shaped by hand and heart. This is not blue pottery as you know it. This is blue…
This revival wasn’t taught. It was earned: through broken batches and hearts, failed firings, and countless quiet nights spent testing pigment on leftover shards.
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