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tropical modernism
Blend of Nature and Material

Conservation
Humayun’s Tomb

Comment
Emotive Architecture

Emotive Architecture

“Architecture is frozen music.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe“The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.” – Louis Kahn“Bricks to me are like faces.” – Laurie Baker“Life is architecture and architecture is the mirror of life.” – I M Pei“Even a brick wants to be something.” – Louis Kahn

4 mins

A Nuanced Design Language

With cavernous light filled spaces, multiple split levels, custom engineered skin, embedded technology, water cascades and pools, indoor vegetation, this single-family residence in Bangalore articulates a nuanced design language seeking a balance between restraint and animation.

1 min

An Integrated Biophilic Environment

Located in Redhill, the project is a demonstration of heartland rejuvenation and community building, through master planning and the adaptive reuse of Bukit Merah Vocational Institute built in the 1970s.

2 mins

A Microclimate Within The Home

The garden house began a fresh series of houses which attempt to define fresh prototypical thinking on directions for single family residences in Kerala.

2 mins

Simple And Robust

Tree Tops, a holiday bungalow built for an extended family of wildlife enthusiasts, stands on an acre of land parcel in Tissamaharama, Southern Sri Lanka, overlooking the famous Yala national park, famed for the highest density of leopards in the world.

2 mins

Traditional Complements The Contemporary...

The house is built around the veranda as a collecting space for the family.

1 min

A Place Of Refuge

Tucked away in a remote mountain side off the Digana golf club road is Kurundu house, a small four-bedroom retreat for a busy financial consultant and his family.

2 mins

Lothal: A Mound Of The Dead With Animate Experience

Lothal, one of the sites of ancient Indus Valley Civilization, is in the state of Gujarat on the Gulf of Cambay.

4 mins

Cuboidal Identity

The design approach for the junior school is guided by the psychological needs and fears a child and his guardians would have at this crucial juncture of life when the child steps out of the safe domains of his home, into this world.

2 mins

Vintage Pulse

A gastro pub chain ideated around the charm of vintage English pubs and bars brought another one of their celebrated outlets.

2 mins

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