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The 3DEPICS Journal
Contemporary epics by Imad Darouich, from 3DEPICS Studio in New York: short reads on the people, places and ideas behind the library. Each essay leads to the full epic.
Topics
Architects
The lives and ideas of the architects who shaped the modern world.
6 essays
Buildings & Cities
Landmarks, streets and cities, from Damascus to New York.
28 essays
Faith & Spirit
Prophets, sacred places and the spiritual side of building.
18 essays
Literature & Art
Poetry, plays and great works of literature, read anew.
16 essays
Ideas & Philosophy
The books and ideas behind architecture and the city.
27 essays
The Human Story
Love, memory, exile and the inner life of people today.
17 essays
Latest
Faith & Spirit
The Epic of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York
In the heart of Manhattan, a dome and a minaret gather immigrants from every land into a single row of prayer.
June 9, 2026
Faith & Spirit
The Epic of Cities Forgetting Their Heart
True religion, Imad writes, is an open courtyard that souls enter without guards.
May 20, 2026
Faith & Spirit
The Epic of the First Ten Days
In the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah, every takbir opens a gate and every prostration redraws the earth.
May 16, 2026
Buildings & Cities
The Tower That Learned to Bend: The New East Tower
In Riyadh a tower refused the straight line, and everyone who looks at it bends a little.
April 23, 2026
Buildings & Cities
Infinity: The Spirit of Architecture
In the heart of Jakarta, a building of glass and concrete grows like an unseen tree and asks whether we built it or it built us.
April 23, 2026
The Human Story
The Crown: Architecture of Silent Power
A woman did not choose the moment; the moment chose her, and the crown took her name.
April 17, 2026
Literature & Art
The Epic of Breaking Bad: Architecture of Slow Collapse
Every decision a brick, every lie a wall: Walter White builds his own prison and calls it success.
April 17, 2026
Faith & Spirit
Prophet Muhammad, Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him
Between a world of carved idols and a world of light, one footprint marks the end of an age.
April 16, 2026
Ideas & Philosophy
A Beauty No Foot Will Ever Touch: An Unbuilt Architecture Poem
An architect facing a student's graduation project meets a form that can never be built and turns the question on his own career.
April 16, 2026
The Human Story
After I'm Gone: A Poem About a Forgotten Father
A father waits by a silent phone for children who drifted away, and the poem warns them what regret will cost.
April 15, 2026