On the 16th of May, 2019 in Shanghai where I have set up a studio to design The Eye of Wisdom, I awoke to the news that “Ieoh Ming Pei, aged 102, is no more!”
Born in Guangzhou, but raised in Shanghai, Pei moved to America where he studied at MIT and then Harvard. As a boy, he drew inspiration to become an architect while wondering in the classical Chinese gardens of Suzhou, near Shanghai where he later created the lovely Suzhou Museum. I had been to Suzhou earlier to linger within its ancient gardens, learning as an old man what Pei learned as a boy! At one time Suzhou had more than 350 classic gardens.
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Pot Pourri Event
The evening hosted two very successful Architects – Shivani Gaur, Studio Director, Gensler, and Sabina Reddy, Director, M Moser Associates.
Context-Rich Weekend Homes
Sidharth Khatri Mitali Kedia Delhi Collective, a young multi-disciplinary firm designs two weekend homes in North India, which strongly respond to the climatic conditions and the context.
A Tale Of Two Houses
Scatter Box and The Veranda House, two uniquely designed apartments in suburban Mumbai by S+PS Architects showcase the robustness of attention to comprehensive design while avoiding a signature style or anything irrelevant or provocative focusing instead to create diverse, innovative, and exciting environments.
Smart Urban Design Statement
Imagine an abode premeditated for a family of three generations (and a probable fourth in the near future). ‘Never-Apart-ment’ is located in a dense layout of the new development engulfing the city of Hyderabad. The architects of this project Baba Sashank and Vindhya Guduru, the founders of Spaceficition Studio, masterminded the primary outcome of the concept that will be overcoming the drawbacks of a vertical settlement. The sole aim behind this ‘home-sweet-home’ was to keep the social interaction between the family members alive. The form generated is a direct consequence of this, the context and the brief.
A Blend Of Nature And Luxury
Designed by Shroffleon, Apartment 701 in Mumbai, challenges the conventional apartment by having a balcony which extends to the terrace, and myriad custom-designed bespoke elements.
IIID Excellence Awards - The Voyage
The IIID Design Excellence Awards 2017, supported by Anchor by Panasonic, recently concluded with a grand awards function – an occasion to celebrate design with designers, at Geoffery Bawa’s Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka.
‘Vaanar Sena' In Sri Lanka
This Vaanar Sena arrived on the exotic island, Ceylon on the 26 th March, also Ram Navmi as per a significant Lunar Calendar.
IIID Showcase'18 @ Indore
IIID Indore Regional Centre organised IIID Showcase from 22 nd -25 th February 2018, ‘to establish a common link between the trade members, suppliers, retailers, manufacturers, service providers, design fraternity as well as discerning consumers’.
A Meaningful Intervention
Dhananjay Shinde Design Studio, an award-winning firm based in Nashik, restored a structure that was unused and in a dilapidated state for the past decade. The structure dates back to the 1920’s. It was a boarding school for Maratha Vidya Prasarak, one of the oldest and largest private education institutes of Maharashtra. The span of time and rough use had taken its toll on the structure. The management wanted to enhance the restoration with an efficient design team. A meaningful intervention was planned with an approach towards preserving the history and reviving the heritage.
Tetrisception: A Design Renaissance For The Young Minds
The belief to provide learning environment through the built form has seen the inception of Tetrisception- a preschool which makes learning fun again. Designed by Renesa Architecture Design Interiors Studio, the design process of the pre-school involved revamping Maple Bear India preschool to create a built tetrisized environment for enabling and catalysing the nurture of the young minds of pre-school students.
