Studio Ardete’s Hexalace features a bold use of geometry for respiratory-like ventilation
Hexalace is an open-plan commercial building made primarily for leasing purposes in Mohali. In a tight commercial plot with challenging building norms, it became perceptible from the beginning that the concept would have to be manifested from the facade. Considering the arduous climatic conditions involving extreme heat, and the building front facing west, the façade […]
The Geometrication by Renesa Architecture Design Interiors
Renesa Architecture Design Interiors Studio took cues from the original deconstructive architecture to create a spatial experience filled with volumetric galleries and partitioned masses. Located at the newly renovated 32nd avenue Gurgaon, Unlocked Cafe plays host to a restaurant and an escape room resulting in a variable experience that includes the visitor from the very […]
Event Hall in Panipat—a truly green building by Intrigue Designs
Devyani Gupta and Nehit Vij of Intrigue Designs have fashioned an event hall/banquet space that breaks all the stereotypes associated with the venue for large conferences. The project has taken two years to complete as each and every facet—construction , landscaping , services , functionality etc was thought about from a new perspective and required […]
KOODAARAM—The Pavilion at Cabral Yard
The largest contemporary art festival in Asia, The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is held once every two years, in abandoned factories and warehouses repurposed as galleries and cafes, in Fort Kochi-Mattancherry in Kerala, South India. Every biennale, a pavilion is constructed to host performance and cinematic art at Cabral Yard, a one acre campus full of large […]
This ideal holiday home 1leapingfrog Studio perfectly blurs the lines between the built and unbuilt
Casa M by 1leapingfrog Studio is the ideal holiday home in Chennai. Located along the East Coast Road by the sea side, the beach house functions as a haven from the bustle of city life. Read what the studio had to say about the space below: A conscious decision was made to build on just […]
Revisiting a Mumbai apartment designed by Annkur Khosla that remains the epitome of luxury living in a crowded city
The spirit of modernity and fusion suffuse with the open and colourful layout of this Mumbai apartment designed by architect Annkur Khosla. Read her description of the space below: I believe the relationship between the client and the architect is a unique one. Mystically the client and I met at various intervals in life – […]
Chromed Design Studio creates an authentic Japanese experience at Kampai
Kampai, which literally translates to ‘bottoms up’ , appeals to any globe-trotting soul that enjoys true combination of flair and buoyancy of contemporary design , while celebrating iconic Japanese elements in an exquisite and graceful setting. Designed by Chromed Design Studio and located in the affluent sector of Delhi- Aerocity, it is being tagged as […]
8 Frank Lloyd Wright buildings named UNESCO World Heritage Sites
In 1991, Frank Lloyd Wright was named ‘the greatest American architect of all time’ by the American Institute of Architects. This year, the 20th Century maestro, who believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, (a philosophy he called ‘organic architecture’) has been immortalised as one of the greatest designers […]
Rooshad Shroff designs the ideal contemporary clothing store for Kunal Rawal in Delhi
Kunal Rawal has become a force to reckon with in the contemporary men’s fashion industry, but the prolific designer is showing no signs of dampening the pace of his brand’s growth and diversification. After acquiring prime real estate in Mumbai’s art district (the iconic Rhythm House building in Kala Ghoda), Rawal recently launched a store […]
India Mahdavi fashions a beach-like scenography at the Centre Pompidou
As part of the 2019 Design Parade at the Villa Noailles in Hyères and the 4th edition of International Festival of interior design in Toulon, the Pompidou Centre presents an exhibition of its Design collections, curated by Marie-Ange Brayer. More than sixty exceptional pieces have been displayed in a scenography designed by India Mahdavi in […]
Iqrup Design fashions Lexus’ flagship showroom in India
Japan’s largest-selling premium automobile brand follows a simple philosophy, outlined by Simon Humphries, Group Manager, Global Design Management—to be ‘technologically advanced yet humanised, to create striking design, but still be artistic and unpretentious.’ Iqrup Design, Iqrup Dhamija’s luxury architectural interior services and bespoke furniture brand, (Iqrup + Ritz) has designed a 3500 sqft showroom in […]
Heatherwick Studio reveals ‘gigantic planted pergola’ design for new district in Tokyo
Heatherwick Studio‘s first project in Japan features the redevelopment of the Toranomon-Azabudai district of Tokyo. The studio has conceptualised the entire public realm and several lower podium blocks for the development, which in its entirety will span eight hectares and feature buildings by Mori Building Company, as well as skyscrapers by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects […]
