Surfaces Reporter - April 2019

In this issue

This April get spoilt-for-choice with Surfaces Reporter's latest edition which has got plenty on its platter to offer our cherished readers. Along with immersing yourself into the scintillating creations of Sir David Adjaye, discover astonishing designs and products in #SRShowcase that makes way in the magazine from coveted global exhibitions, ISH and Maison & Objet Paris. Also, learn about the journey of the currently trending Welspun Group as we feature Mr Meraj Hasan, Head- Marketing for the company in our #BrandBuzz section. Enjoy exploring #SRPossibilitiesWithTiles as the section unleashes and demonstrates new opportunities with ceramic tiles. What's more? SR's recently held event The Talk of Town, Delhi held in Crowne Plaza, Okhla made huge waves. This edition also features the magic of the gala event, just in case you missed it. Also meet our #RisingStar for the issue, Ar Amruta Daulatabadkar, Founder ADAA, Aurangabad All this & more in #SRAprilIssue. The next TOT '19 is all geared-up for Lucknow on April 06. Stay tuned for more updates!

Phenomenal Buildings

Son of a Ghanaian diplomat, Sir David Adjaye OBE was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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Surfaces Reporter In Conversation With Meraj Hasan Head-marketing, Welspun Flooring

With time, almost every category of building materials has gone through varied changes. Earlier walls used to be white or cream; then brands evolved, enabling the customers to customise the colours as per their requirements. Similar evolution happened in home furnishings as well. So, why not change the scenario with flooring? The flooring industry hasn’t changed much for the last 50 to 60 years. From mosaic to ceramic, what you see on the floor is largely grey, white & cream; and once it's done, it's done for ages. And the reason for this is the mess and time involved. Changing floors is considered a burdensome task. We want to completely change that scenario by introducing new kinds of flooring solutions. We call them ‘New Age Flooring’, shares Meraj Hasan, Head-Marketing, Welspun Flooring in an exclusive interaction with #SurfacesReporter.

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Surfaces Reporter's New Possibilities With Tiles

Tiles have been increasingly breaking barriers of limitation and adopting newer application areas and ways of application. #SURFACES REPORTER is excited to share some beautiful projects which are also winners of Tiles of Spain Awards 2018 where some of these amazing possibilities with Tiles were beautifully expressed. For more info or to share similar projects like these, please write to press@surfaces.in

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Ventilated Ceramic Tile Facade Assembled In A Modular Pod In A Factory

Building work on Laan van Spartaan in Amsterdam West started in early September, based on a brief for the construction of a single, modular 16-storey building containing 361 rooms.

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Surfaces Reporter's Material Poetries

SR MATERIAL POETRIES is a section that highlights those small but significant stories behind a design that often gets crushed & forgotten behind the main idea/ theme. Share your projects & the unpublished stories behind them on Materials, Innovations, new Learnings; how you stumbled upon ‘that’ unique idea, and more at press@surfaces.in

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Pixels @Ashok

Luxmi digital studio approached us to create a meeting node for wedding photography clients at The ashok hotel.

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Narrowing It Down To Spacious Outlook

As said by norman foster; “as an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past for a future which is essentially unknown.”

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Rising Star AR Amruta Daulatabadkar Aurangabad

Ar Amruta Daulatabadkar started her firm in April 2013. Her initial projects had less experimenting approach as she was mainly trying to get a foothold on the city. Later as opportunities poured in, with confidence, the firm started an experimental approach towards work, with material palette and spaces. Ar Daulatabadkar began use of local materials, experimentation with material, supporting local craftsmen, and creating architectural spaces with concept going hand in hand with context and importance to fetch in natural light. The young and energetic architect shares that she always makes efforts to ensure that the architectural work done by her firm is enough to complete a project, rather than just giving a lipstick treatment through varied materials to complete the interiors. The dynamic architect is steadily proving her mettle in the field, and accomplishments like winning the WADe India Excellence Award and Young Practice of the Year Award in WADe Asia 2018. Kudos to the young champion from #SurfacesReporter!

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Inward Looking Courtyard House…

This assignment gave us an opportunity to design a bungalow within a densely populated area.

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Landscape Development For Green Belt

The site is located in a green belt area in between a highway and a service road.

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Surfaces Reporter Magazine Description:

Surfaces Reporter is India's 1st dedicated magazine connecting "Designs and Materials"! Based on the concept of clutter-free visual content with to-the-point helpful information for easy access to products, it provides clear cut understanding of projects and innovation with materials happening around the world.Surfaces Reporter being a magazine on Exterior-Interior products, projects & designs is created to be helpful for designers & architects to keep updated with the latest material designs and launches; hotel projects managers and developers can refer this to offer innovative design & materials solutions while design enthusiasts can use this to beautify their space! The objective of the magazine is to be ‘the best ever platform’ in India, for delivering Building-materials related informative content, for the Specifiers, Builders and manufacturing fraternity, including general Design enthusiasts, encompassing the B2S, B2B and B2C segments. It is printed in English and speaks more in visual than in written! Have a look among the 50+ more designs showcased regularly in Surfaces and we know that you will keep returning...