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ASTOLA: A WORKING SANCTUARY – Getz Pharma’s New Karachi Headquarters

In the industrial heart of Korangi, ASTOLA proposes an alternative to the ordinary factory campus. Designed by Gul & Thariani, the LEED Platinum-certified facility unites pharmaceutical production with a workplace built around light, landscape, and human wellbeing — courtyards, gardens, and water threading through a disciplined, rust-and-ochre exterior. Inside, a...

URDU WORLDS – A Tête-à-Tête with Ali Kazim

“Anywhere you live in the world, you will feel the need to build your own safe space, your own world, and words give rise to those worlds.” For Lahore-based artist Ali Kazim, this conviction anchors Urdu Worlds — the UAE’s first contemporary art exhibition dedicated to the Urdu language, now...

Wendyrosie Scott’s “Reviving Craft”

‘Reviving Craft’ is a standout show from the 2026 LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL: Somerset House is hosting an extraordinary exhibition of more than 70 Chinese designs, which asks us to consider craft as a state of consciousness. The landmark presentation explores these physical works of art and design as a ‘mirror...