Architecture
Indian Architect & Builder
Interlacing Perspectives
‘Meraki-2019’ A visionary Seminar series presented by Dr.Baliram Hiray College of Architecture, Bandra(East), Mumbai.
3 min |
November 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Facilitating A Community Through Architectural Practice
The humble, self-designed, self-built and organically planned home built by the majority of the world population rarely gets appreciated and critiqued as a viable lesson in architectural design.
5 min |
November 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
The Art Of Solving Problems Creatively
The practice of architecture is perhaps incomplete without the complement of a variety of other arts.
3 min |
November 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Upcycling towards a playful tomorrow
Play is like the middle child, often forgotten, and always taking a back seat. For young kids, play can simply be running around, armwrestling with friends, building sandcastles on the beach, or singing popular music tracks in the shower.
3 min |
November 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Balancing The Poetics And Pragmatism Of Everyday Design
Humanity is faced with an oxymoronic crisis. The crisis involves the earth, the environment, impending looms of climate change, deforestation, loss of species, dwindling resources etc.
3 min |
November 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Just Give Me Some Space: Discussions And Beyond
Just Give Me Some Space (JGMSS) is Suha Riyaz Khopatkar’s debut book that paints a portrait of the dynamic life of an architecture student.
10+ min |
November 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
The Next In Vernacular Architecture
Architecture has become a capitalist.
5 min |
IAB October 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Rethinking The Future: Architecture And Its Education
“I want to be like animals, the bird makes a nest in one or two days, the rat digs a hole in a night, but intelligent humans like us spend 30 years to have a house, that’s wrong.” - Jon Jandai
10 min |
IAB October 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Uniting The Human-Scale With The City-Scale
London-based architect Usman Haque is famed for his interactive architectural systems, and for his exploration of newer, more effective ways of creating human engagement and interaction through his designs. Indian Architect & Builder caught up with him, to quiz him on a variety of topics such as his journey as an architect, his inspirations and philosophies, architects using the digital revolution to their advantage, and more!
6 min |
IAB October 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Framing spaces
Almost every architect also doubles as a photographer or at least an enthusiast.
5 min |
IAB October 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
When Your Work Is Transformative, Why Shouldn't Your Workspace Be?
Our mission to create transformational workspace design solutions took us, this time, to the offices of Mavenir Systems.
1 min |
September 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Spaces That Inspire, Encourage, And Care
The design of the Happy office in Mumbai by Studio Osmosis demarcates a definite shift in office space design towards multi-functional workspaces, driven by mobile technology and changing work styles, while also accounting for work-life balance and employee wellbeing.
4 min |
September 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Spaces For The ‘Work Hard, Play Hard' Generation
The office space for Delhivery in Mumbai, designed by Architecture Discipline goes back to the university to pick up ideas on how to make employees love the workplace. With interesting design elements that take us back to fun college days, the office still manages to symbolize a stable and ambitious start-up culture that is employee-centric and edgy, yet aligned to other Delhivery offices across the country in terms of its visual and design identity.
4 min |
September 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Shaw Contract Introduces New Curated Colorways For Iconic Collection
An expanded colour palette revitalizes the best-selling Dye Lab
2 min |
September 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Exploration And Experimentation In Architecture
In creating an office in Bengaluru, Biome Environmental Solutions pushes the boundaries of sustainability-centred design thought and the use of natural materials in innovative ways to build need-based spaces rather than conforming to the ever-so-prevalent growth-based paradigm.
4 min |
September 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Aliens, Art And Architecture
In the second series of the illustration, Architect Arun Sawant explores impossible possibilities of human potential through the concept of aliens, art and architecture. Inspired by his childhood and later by formal education, the architect plays with ideas of real and unreal manifestations.
2 min |
September 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Nostalgia, Narratives And Nuances In Brick
The basic building block of almost all architecture, the brick, has come a long way. From a humble element that is often painted and concealed in most homes to a marker of perfection, precision and many more attributes for those who choose to use them sans any finish. The Brick House by CollectiveProject is distinguished by its use of exposed-brickwork implemented within complex geometries. But if one looks beyond the first layer of the bricks; both physically and metaphorically; it reveals a context and narrative immersed in nostalgia and experimentation.
4 min |
September 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Modern Kitchens For Modern Minds
Sleek a pioneer of modular Kitchens business in India is poised to produce the best Kitchens and wardrobes suitable for Indian conditions.
2 min |
September 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Jaquar Group Launches The Arc Collection By Frederico Meroni
Inspired by the classic designs of Roman architectur
2 min |
September 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Explorations On Display The Slate, Mumbai
The boutique, designed by Kavan Shah Design Studio, is a narrative of subtle details to create an understated space.
2 min |
March 2017
Indian Architect & Builder
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.
1 min |
July 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
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.
3 min |
July 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Going Beyond A Superficial Makeover
Identiti Advertising office in Kochi, Kerala
3 min |
July 2019
Indian Architect & Builder
Telling A Story Through Design
There is a lot that the practice of architecture shares with that of jewelry making; both rely heavily of aesthetics and design. Deftly combining the principles of practical office space design with the intangible magic of what the jewelry symbolizes, JTCPL Designs brought to life a structure for KBS Group that embodies the brand’s ethos and personality, where each space tells a tiny tale that eventually adds to the Group’s story and journey so far.
4 min |
July 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
The Pixelated Play Of Expansion And Contraction
For a structure located in a strategic urban corridor PN Architects and Interior Designers devise a ‘Frozen Form’ with interesting geometries that emerge from the concept of expansion and contraction.
3 min |
NOVEMBER 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Uncommon Ideas For The Common Man - A Commoner's Nest, Zidke, Maharashtra
Designed for a ‘common man’; a biology professor and landscape enthusiast, the Commoner’s Nest extracts extraordinariness from seemingly common means and technology. The project relooks the subjective ideas of luxury, common and uncommon and delivers a project that fits into the brackets proficiently.
4 min |
NOVEMBER 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Seeing A Collaborative Design Ethic For The Real World
Almost everywhere, one can see ardent walkers on the street vehemently talking, but to no one in particular.
5 min |
NOVEMBER 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
Nature-Al Logic
The Internet of Things has made science fiction a reality.
4 min |
November 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
A Blueprint For Re-Evolution: The New Normal In Architecture
Work expands to fill the time it is given. It was a common assumption and goal during the Industrial Revolution that once we mechanized our mundane everyday tasks, we would have an abundance of free time for leisure in which to pursue enjoyable activities.
7 min |
November 2018
Indian Architect & Builder
KSB wins the Realty plus Excellence Awards (West) 2016
At the 8 th edition of the Realty plus Conclave 2016 & Awards, supported by GIHED - Gujarat Institute of Housing and Estate Developers, held in Ahmedabad on July 01, 2016 at Hotel Courtyard by Marriott.
1 min |