Architecture
Indian Architect & Builder
Succinct Ideas and Pertinent Ways
Architect Stephane Paumier in conversation with IA&B puts forth his views on the state and role of architecture and design in the context of modern day India.
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September 2016
Indian Architect & Builder
Sympathetic Disparities
The fine dining restaurant, designed by sP+a, stands as a celebration of the food industry, with the creation of elegant spaces which are in contrast to the trends of mall culture.
2 min |
September 2016
indian architect & builder
down?
we have seen it all.
2 min |
october 2016
indian architect & builder
density in urbanism
cities are places where human beings live close to each other.
2 min |
october 2016
indian architect & builder
humane, sustainable and timeless indian urbanism - jaipur
cities are the complex organisms and they can only be evaluated through their performance over centuries and their adaptation of changing times.
5 min |
october 2016
Indian Architect & Builder
Sound In Schools
Sound in schools is damaging millions of children’s health and education. Architects have the power to change this.
4 min |
May 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
The Subtleties Of Aesthetics - Muraba Residences, Dubai
An ideal mix of functional beauty infused with serene elegance, Muraba Residences in Dubai by Priztker Laurates Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta of RCR Arquitectes are timeless, artistic living spaces. Envisioned as a watch tower, the project not only overlooks the sea but also makes it a part of the overall living experience by maintaining a constant visual link.
3 min |
May 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
The Icon And The City
Sattva Galleria - Office cum Retail Building, Batarayanapura, Bengaluru.
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June 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Happy Spaces For Happy Faces
ResQ, Chandni Chowk, PuneDesigned by Studio Osmosis for the ResQ Charitable Trust, the ResQ Outhouse is a multi-purpose space from where the trust can continue rescue and rehabilitation of injured and sick animals, conducting awareness and education programs and conservation of the environment. A pro-bono project, it is a reminder of what our world could be if we all put more heart, and empathy, into everything we do.
4 min |
June 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Of Fins, Facades And Fenestrations
Filtered Light, Mumbai, MaharashtraSemantics can either make or mar annotation. Take for example the semantics of grills and ‘jaalis’. While the former is an obstruction, the latter has been a muse of light, shadow and its poetics. When faced with a mandate to provide a grill on the façade of their architectural studio, MuseLAB married the function of a grill with the expressions of a ‘jaali’.
3 min |
June 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
A Lightness of Being
Suchitra Deep spoke to Kazuyo Sejima about SANAA’s work and also her own journey as a woman in the profession. Kazuyo Sejima is associated with SANAA, the acclaimed Tokyo based practice where Sejima is a partner with Ryue Nishizawa. They were awarded the Pritzker prize in 2010, when they received international identity due to this notable achievement.
8 min |
November 2016
Indian Architect & Builder
A House In The Grove
Proportion and materiality come together in this farmhouse to craft an experience of living within a grove, with a humble connection to all things nature- sun, wind and land. Environment and cost sustainability enabled the architects to develop a structure that is close to nature.
4 min |
February 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
Architecture For The People
The school is a fresh breeze of assurance in times of global influences set within a rural context responsibly addressing its locale, context and inhabitants.
3 min |
February 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
The House At The Valley
Perched at a sloping site, looking towards a valley, House Split by MYVN Architecture, displays how the natural conditions of a site can come together with a contemporary mindset to frame spatial experiences that enable one to enjoy, to its utmost potential, the built as well as the un-built.
3 min |
February 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
Baroque Style
An appreciation of the Baroque style of architecture and in churches constructed in Goa and Bangalore. The important characteristics of this style were the spatial invention, the concept of movement, drama and sculptural decoration and freedom of detail.
5 min |
July 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
Shaw Contract's New Bengaluru Experience Center Achieves The Leed Gold Standard
A fully-owned brand of Shaw Industries, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer and leading floor covering provider, Shaw Contract has just received the LEED v4 Gold for Interior Design and construction certification for its newly opened 343 square metres experience center in Bengaluru, India, making it one of the first few projects in India to have achieved this international standard.
2 min |
December 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Hitachi Grabs Smart Air Conditioners Company Of The Year Award
Adding another feather to its wing and cutting above the rest of the industry players, Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning India Limited was awarded as ‘Indian Smart Air Conditioners Company of the Year Award 2018’ by Frost & Sullivan, a global research and consulting organization that recognizes and awards companies which show visionary growth, are inspired by innovation and demonstrate thought leadership abilities.
2 min |
December 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Creating Attractive Urban Design
How can India and the Netherlands collaborate in the sector?
5 min |
December 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Artificial Intelligence For A Sustainable Future Urban Development
The paper explores how innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are leading to new urban planning methods based on the interplay between human creative thinking and the computational power of modern computers (Figure 1).
4 min |
December 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Viega Opens Manufacturing Facility In India
On course for growth
3 min |
April 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Excellence Award Ceremony
A confluence is an annual event organized by FunderMax India to bring its Business Partners together under one single platform and discuss the year gone by and outline the strategy for the way forward.
1 min |
April 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
CERA Launches Premium Brand SENATOR
Mrs. Deepshikha Khaitan, Vice Chairperson, CERA Sanitaryware Limited, unveiled SENATOR by CERA, the premium offering from CERA stable, at a glittering function held at Ahmedabad, in the presence of trade associates invited from all over India.
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April 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Delight in Dining
A refined material palette combined with contemporary design by Anarchitect and T.ZED Architects bring together a pleasing experience in a posh ambiance.
4 min |
May 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
Rustic Impressions
The Photo Company, Designed by Lovekar Design Associates, grows organically from the skeleton of the existing factory site into a rustic, albeit contemporary image of its past.
2 min |
May 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
Restrained Strokes Of An Artist's Brush
At the mention of a Zaha Hadid-designed building, the most obvious imagery that comes to mind is larger-than-life, dramatic structures in a seemingly gravity-defying stance. In contrast, the calculated grandeur of the new Salerno Maritime Terminal by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) exemplifies how classic elements we associate with ZHA’s past works continue to inform and inspire the design approach, while creating a structure that does not feel the need to restrict itself within these parameters.
4 min |
November 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
Back To Basics Retreat In The Sahyadris
To do justice to an impeccable precinct, Khosla Associates craft inconspicuous architecture that curtails creation and shelter to its minimal basics.
4 min |
November 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
Building Resilience
Sustenance of the city as one organism.
5 min |
November 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
Tailored By Design
Amidst obstinate terrains and with limited resources, a school emerges discreetly within a disorganised urban fabric. The architecture cuts across socio-economic challenges, budget constraints and heritage legislations but respects each with equanimity.
3 min |
August 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
Leisure In The New Age
The design of the CoFuFun plaza is the result of a unique spatial element that brings about the character of leisure in a space seemingly effortlessly. This spatial element is the adaptation of a built form of a spiritual nature that has been reinvented for recreation.
2 min |
August 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
Architecture For An Emergent Landscape
Architecture in India – an emerging nation still in a state of architectural flux – presents a world of exciting opportunities, as well as overwhelming challenges. Do we look to the future and modernize, or draw from the rich traditions of the past? Do we concentrate on affordability, or invest in high-end, futuristic building technologies? And where does that leave sustainability?Working in this dramatically dynamic context, Manit and Sonali Rastogi have taken to nature’s design-book for inspiration – for a design philosophy that shapes their firm Morphogenesis. In this interview, Manit Rastogi talks about everything architecture – right from the need to develop a ‘Brand India’ design identity, to how architecture is more of a state of being than merely a profession.
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