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Creating Textural Contrasts
Architecture + Design

Creating Textural Contrasts

When an architect gets a client who is quite clear about their functional requirements and has faith in the concept, aesthetic language and detailing that the architect comes up with, there is some surety of goodness and satisfaction about the final outcome.

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May 2017
When It Comes To Architecture: Can A Crisis Make You Stronger?
Architecture + Design

When It Comes To Architecture: Can A Crisis Make You Stronger?

The last decade of Dutch architecture stands in sheer contrast to the golden years of the 1990s when almost anything was possible.

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November 2017
Animated Building Facades…
Architecture + Design

Animated Building Facades…

Project: VivoCity Shanghai, Shanghai, China Architect: Aedas, Hong Kong

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November 2017
Glazed By Gardens
Architecture + Design

Glazed By Gardens

Project: Joolz Headquaters, Amsterdam-Noord Architects: Space Encounters, Amsterdam

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November 2017
Waste-Based Facade
Architecture + Design

Waste-Based Facade

Project: De Gouverneur, Gouvernestraat 93, Rotterdam Architects: Architectuur MAKEN, Netherlands

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November 2017
Energy Neutral Villa
Architecture + Design

Energy Neutral Villa

Project: Villa Kogelhof, Noord-Beveland, Netherlands Architects: Paul de Ruiter Architects, Netherlands

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November 2017
Gardens By The Bay
Architecture + Design

Gardens By The Bay

Located in Marina Bay, Gardens by the Bay is a key project in delivering the Singapore Government’s vision of transforming Singapore into a ‘city in a garden’. At a total of 101 hectares, the Gardens by the Bay project comprises three distinct waterfront gardens – Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central. The commission to design the 54-hectare Bay South garden was won in 2006 by a team led by Grant Associates and including Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Atelier One, Atelier Ten, Land Design and Davis Langdon and Seah.

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March 2017
Post Independence Architecture Of India
Architecture + Design

Post Independence Architecture Of India

Alchemy of Time, Place and People

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September 2017
Vernacular In Nature
Architecture + Design

Vernacular In Nature

Project: School of Alfa Omega, Salembaran Tangerang Architects: RAW Architecture, Indonesia

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September 2017
Duville Estates Launches A Landmark In Luxury
Architecture + Design

Duville Estates Launches A Landmark In Luxury

Riverdale is a 31 acre township in Kharadi, Pune.

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September 2017
Innovative Home Appliances
Architecture + Design

Innovative Home Appliances

BSH Household Appliances Manufacturing Pvt Ltd.

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September 2017
Deodoro Olympic Park
Architecture + Design

Deodoro Olympic Park

The Deodoro Olympic Park has an area of 2.5 million sq m, being the largest of the Olympic areas with the second largest capacity, as it hosts 11 Olympic and four Paralympic sports modalities in the Rio 2016 Olympics.

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November 2016
Ripple Effects
Architecture + Design

Ripple Effects

The project is located in a remote area of Uttar Pradesh namely Raibareilly.

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November 2016
Multi-Purpose Sports Stadium
Architecture + Design

Multi-Purpose Sports Stadium

Badal is a prominent village in the Muktsar district of Punjab and is developing at a very fast pace.

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November 2016
Designed Around A Courtyard
Architecture + Design

Designed Around A Courtyard

Situated on a 500sq yard site, the B+2 storey building is a single family residence with four bedrooms in South Delhi.

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September 2016
Utility Of Glass In Construction
Architecture + Design

Utility Of Glass In Construction

Over the course of several years, the glass making process has continued to develop and now, just like everything else in the world; it is being upgraded using innovative technology.

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September 2016
Design Summit 2017
Architecture + Design

Design Summit 2017

May 12 th 2017, no doubt was a significant day in the profession.

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June 2017
Architecture + Design

Facade Dynamics

The existing dining hall is a single storied large hall, catering 800 in students in one go. It is a rectangular, matter-of-fact space, dimly lit and intimidating in scale.

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June 2017
Creating An Aura
Architecture + Design

Creating An Aura

The Park Hotel’s latest property in Hyderabad has a central theme of a contemporary palace and several designers from across the world were commissioned to design its varied spaces using the erstwhile Nizam of Hyderabad’s jewels as inspiration.

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June 2017
Truncated Ellipses
Architecture + Design

Truncated Ellipses

The project is a housing complex designed primarily for NRIs who wish to own a house in Kolkata. For them, the Indian living standards can be unsuitable, for reason such as the hot weather, etc. At the same time, they wish to connect to their roots and relive memories of being in India.

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February 2017
Indian Cities Are at a Crossroad...
Architecture + Design

Indian Cities Are at a Crossroad...

India’s historic cities and villages, gardens, water structures, forts and citadels, places of worship, tombs and memorials reflect its rich heritage. Cultural heritage also includes crafts, languages, literature, food and trade, which evolved through the history. These are the sources of identity and pride, which deserve to be carefully conserved.

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February 2017
Search For Identity Amidst International Anonymity
Architecture + Design

Search For Identity Amidst International Anonymity

During the early post-Independence Nehruvian era when bright, young, foreign-trained Indian talent was engaged for building upcoming government funded institutions, campuses, housing, industrial townships or monuments – even a few cities like Chandigarh, Gandhinagar and Bhubaneshwar – there was an air of exciting idealism and challenge in building a new India.

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December 2016
Creating Transparency
Architecture + Design

Creating Transparency

Project: Citmas Administrative officeArchitects: Mimarlar Ve Han tumertekin, Istanbul.

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December 2016
An Integrated Biophilic Environment
Architecture + Design

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.

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August 2017
Architecture + Design

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.

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August 2017
Simple And Robust
Architecture + Design

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.

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August 2017
A Place Of Refuge
Architecture + Design

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.

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August 2017
Cuboidal Identity
Architecture + Design

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.

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August 2017
An Academic Gateway
Architecture + Design

An Academic Gateway

The Gateway Building sits prominently along Melbourne University’s historic circulation artery, the Tin Alley precinct.

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July 2017
Architecture in India –The Way Ahead
Architecture + Design

Architecture in India –The Way Ahead

Architecture to me has a lot to do with the need of the society and time.

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April 2017