CATEGORIES

A Contemporary Twist To Tradition

Parul Zaveri is an architect, interior designer, and organic farmer who has spent four decades actually practicing the concept of sustainability she so vociferously espouses

Reinterpreting Intrigue

A corporate headquarters in Surat for a construction company, designed by The B.A.D. Studio rethinks the approach to visual curiosity, and how to transform these elements of intrigue from being strictly ornamental to heavily functional. Their design is intricately spliced and offset to create a visual diversion that also functionally benefits the spaces inside and outside the structure.

Reducing Costs Through Effective Specification Of Materials & Finishes

Surface finishes are enabling Indian Architects & Designers to achieve higher levels of durability and extended material lifespans, as well as cost savings throughout the life of the project.

Mandu- ‘A Tale Of Conscious Frames'

Steven Canara is an architect and an academician who completed his Bachelor’s in architecture from A.P.I.E.D., Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand in 2015. Post working with Snehal Shah Architect is Ahmedabad, he pursued his master’s in architecture from C.E.P.T., specializing in History, theory and criticism and graduated in 2018. He currently works as an associate professor in A.P.I.E.D. and also practises at Sarthak architects and interior designers in Ahmedabad. He is a passionate photographer intrigued by traditional and monumental architecture.

Designing A Glocal Icon

In creating the headquarters for Bosch in Pune, the NCUBE Design team not only infuses the building with a global, international aesthetic but also brings in quirky elements of Pune city, making the office a perfect ambassador for a ‘glocal’ design.

Going Beyond A Superficial Makeover

Identiti Advertising office in Kochi, Kerala

Adaptive Reuse In The Contemporary World

By transforming a 60’s era pharmaceutical warehouse in the Okhla Industrial Area of New Delhi into a swanky, industrial chic office space for a creative agency, Studio Bipolar have not only created a shining example of how a design intervention can highlight the dormant beauty of our older buildings, but also made a compelling, aesthetic case for adaptive reuse of structures we would otherwise be tempted to demolish and rebuild upon.

A Jewel Amidst Urban Sprawl

Temenos, New DelhiStriking a balance between maximizing square-footage and creating for itself a unique visual identity in a sprawling neighbourhood, the design for Temenos proposes a sustainable alternative to contemporary commercial complexes. It crafts tranquil interior spaces that are far removed from the hubbub of the urban milieu that it is located amidst.

Raising Spirits

Head of Design and Creative Director at his eponymous fashion brand, Nixon Bui recently ventured into making organic vodka!

Designing For Diversity

Swapnil Chaudhari became an industrial designer to escape the restrictions of a career in engineering – and found his true métier!

Celebrating Day

Ceramic artist Rahul Kumar believes in using his unique visual language to reinvent things from nature

Creating Meaningful Design

After two decades in the field, Ankur Choksi, Design Principal at Studio Lotus, has mastered the art of using conscious design to empower the environment and all the stakeholders involved in the process

Bagging A Good Idea

The talent for creating quality accessories seems to be ingrained in Avinash Bhalerao!

Adding Life To Walls

Multimedia artist Shivani Kohli enjoys transforming spaces with her eye-catching murals and wall art.

A New Twist

Malvika Vaswani uses unconventional techniques to inspire traditional artisans to create unique jewelry

A Hip New Pursuit

Kajal Singh, India’s first female graffiti artist, believes in breaking stereotypes and going beyond the norm!

Threads Of Inspired Personalization

In designing the interiors for Indigo Lab, an innovative denim research and design studio in Bangalore, the Made in Earth Collective drew inspiration from the story of the material, the textures of the fabric, and a personalized material palette that puts the spotlight back on the denims on display, rather than on the natural, neutral interior design itself.

The Many Shades Of Sikkim

Supriya Thakkar is an Architect by profession and is associated with ISDI Parsons as a faculty in the department of Interior Design. She enjoys traveling and has a keen interest in arts, history, society and culture. Being exposed to visual art at an early age, she tries to associate patterns, textures, colours with places, things and people on a daily basis and tries to draw a parallel between basic elements of design with the elements of nature and the community.

Extracting The Extraordinary Out Of The Ordinary

The Rope Cafe, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Abstractions, Illustrations Ideas: Influence Of Indian Architecture In Fantasy

Abstraction is an unreal and intangible idea. It detached and extracted from the object, reshaped and recreated. The following essay and illustrations capture an architect’s attempt to dissociate him from the objectivity of function, building, creation and other compartmentalised aspects of architectural practice. The first feature of a 3-part series looks at the influence of his childhood, education, practice and their manifestation into abstract ideas. It takes away the implied meaning attributed to the everyday and adds layers of fantasy, inspiration and unravels the working of an artist’s mind and being.

Innovation In Highways & Waterways

7 th December, 2018, IHC, New Delhi. Over 175 delegates & 18 Speakers were part of the third edition of RHW Conference (Railways, Highways & Waterways), which focussed on Innovation in Highways & Waterways, held on 7 th December, 2018 at Silver Oak, India Habitat Center, New Delhi.

What Next?

Monish Kumar Siripurapu graduated from the School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi in 2009 and started Ant Studio in 2010. Monish is a Tata scholar and received the prestigious JN Tata scholarship in 2015 for his PG Diploma in Robotic Fabrication from Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Spain. In collaboration with his colleagues, he has won many national and international architectural competitions. His works have been published in well-renowned architectural journals. Recently, out of 180 start-ups from 22 countries, Ant Studio was awarded one of the 12 winners of the Asia Pacific Low Carbon Footprint Challenge by UN Environment Programme for his CoolAnt Product.

Looking To The Future, Backed By Solid Traditional Knowledge

Ayaz Basrai is a graduate from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Busride Design was launched by Ayaz Basrai along with his architect brother Zameer, a CEPT graduate. Busride has dabbled in designing Bollywood sets, miniature sets, exhibitions and kiosks, retail galleries, restaurants and boutique hotels, amongst built environments. They’ve also worked in the area of street art and graffiti, illustration, heritage conservation and urban planning; which Ayaz says, informs their practice in profound ways.

Intelligent Urban Planning And Computational Architecture

Reinhard is Professor for Computational Architecture at Bauhaus-University Weimar and Principal Scientist at the Center for Energy at the Smart and Resilient Cities competence unit at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Vienna. In addition, he acts as Co-PI in the Big Data Informed Urban Design group at the Future Cities Lab (FCL) at the Singapore ETH Centre. His current research interests are applicability of multi-criteria optimization techniques for planning synthesis, cognitive design computing and correlations of computed measures of spatial configurations with human cognition and usage of space.

Architecture As A Catalyst

Matharoo Associates is a 25 year old practice that began operations in Ahmedabad, India. In 2013, Gurjit Singh Matharoo was conferred an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, only the third Indian after Dr B.V. Doshi and Charles Correa to be honoured. The diverse range of projects have brought the firm International and Domestic recognition, including the 2011 International Architecture Award by the Chicago Athenaeum, the 2010 Architectural Review House Award and the 2009 AR Emerging Architecture Award, to name a few.

Turning Old Tailoring Patterns Into Works Of Fine Art

Hormazd Narielwalla saves old tailoring patterns from being trashed by turning them into works of fine art

Print Medium

Being able to create enduring stories for fabric is what drives illustrator and visual artist Priyanka Sachdev to pick up her pen

Helena Perheentupa (1929- 2019)

Ashoke Chatterjee’s tribute to a deeply loved and respected friend of Indian design. Ashoke served as Executive Director, Senior Faculty, Distinguished Fellow and Professor of Communication and Management at the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad.

Limitless Possibilities

Shuchita Sancheti’s home décor brand vVyom offers a striking range of products that find their origins in her hand painted artworks

Getting To Heart Of It

Ceramic artist Shweta Mansingka’s creative journey involves tapping into her inner consciousness