Domus Srilanka - December 2019

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The study by Studio Symbiosis Architects looks at a multitude of solutions to create a comprehensive strategy to tackle and rectify this imminent threat, which is denying clean breathable air to the residents of Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). Everyone who can afford is buying home air purifiers but why is clean air becoming a luxury and only accessible to limited people?
Nestled away from the bustle of the city, a two- storey house on Sulaiman Terrace, Colombo appears as the usual residential façade surrounded by other houses. However, a unique plywood cladding in the interior, conceptualized by Zowa Architects exudes subtle elegance and modern simplicity.
Milan’s reputation as the capital of modernism owes much to its architecture, which has steered the city’s changes in the 20th and 21st centuries. “The most architectural city in Italy,” said Gio Ponti who, with Domus, launched the tradition of guides to the new city in the postwar period. Yet today this heritage is in jeopardy, threatened by demands for upgrades that undermine its integrity and diminish its meaning.