Architecture · Civilization · Faith · Ideas
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
The Human Story
Elegy of Apricot and Walnut: When the Land Forgets Its Trees
In Jisreen, the apricot and walnut trees begin to forget why they were planted, and a way of life goes with them.
March 23, 2026
The Human Story
Jisreen: When Barada Passes Like a Green Dream
The Barada once crossed Jisreen like one of its own people, until its voice grew softer and became a story.
March 23, 2026
Literature & Art
Gustav Klimt: The Epic of The Kiss
Imad questions every part of Klimt's golden painting and hears love answer as a prayer.
March 23, 2026
Buildings & Cities
The Epic of the House: When It Returns to Earth
A house of old wood, white walls and a fireplace asks for something harder than admiration: to slow down.
March 22, 2026
Buildings & Cities
The Epic of the Eastern Door of the Umayyad Mosque
For fourteen centuries caliphs, scholars, travelers and children carrying bread have passed through one door in Damascus.
March 16, 2026
Literature & Art
The Woman Who Made the Night Listen
If architects were wise, the poem says, they would learn from her how cities are built: with balance.
March 14, 2026
Literature & Art
Art: When the Soul Speaks
Imad argues that art was humanity's first way of saying it exists, and the last thing standing when everything falls.
March 14, 2026
Literature & Art
The New Mu'allaqa
Standing at the ruins like the poets of old, Imad asks how time can erase cities and still leave memory.
March 9, 2026
Faith & Spirit
The Epic of Umar ibn Al-Khattab
He took the leadership, but his heart never sat on a throne: a short epic of Umar and his fear of injustice.
March 8, 2026
Literature & Art
Damascus Book Fair 2026: The City That Reads Itself
An architect walks the Damascus Book Fair and sees a city plan, with shelves for streets and readers for residents.
February 19, 2026