Further the issue includes, the Miu Miu store in Aoyama, Tokyo built by Herzog & de Meuron, which shows how traditional materials can be utilised in innovative ways while the Design for Emergencies Architecture explores the contemporary design practices employed by Shigeru Ban – two articles that explain how ‘thinking-out-of-the-box’ is becoming the preferred inclination of architects.

The perforated tile designed and conceptualized by King & Miranda is yet another example of how a new look is given to a traditional element that has been used for a number of years. All of these reiterate that the know-how of the past and innovation is needed to build and expand the field of architecture.