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Nudes tops greenery-covered Forest School in Pune with looping cycling track

July 12, 2020 India Block 0
Forest School in Pune by Nudes

Architecture studio Nudes has designed a school covered in plants and topped by a cycling track shaped like an infinity symbol for Pune, India. Forest School in Pune is the winning entry for a competition to design a new educational facility for the city in western India. Nudes’ plan for the school is to build

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Takbir Fatima presents an exclusive guided tour of the Hilltop School in Hyderabad for VDF

July 8, 2020 Siufan Adey 0
Takbir Fatima Screentime VDF

Indian architect Takbir Fatima will join Dezeen for a live interview and walkthrough of the school she designed with her practice DesignAware, in this Screentime conversation sponsored by Enscape as part of Virtual Design Festival. Tune in from 12:30pm UK time. Fatima, who runs the interdisciplinary studio DesignAware alongside Abeer Fatima and Asna Moazzam Khan,

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Timber and Indian stone tiles feature inside VS House in Ahmedabad

June 30, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
VS House designed by Sārānsh

Architecture studio Sārānsh used a range of materials to create a rich sense of tactility inside this family home in Ahmedabad, western India. VS House is situated on the fringes of the city of Ahmedabad. It was built seven years ago as a four-bed home but has been reconfigured by Sārānsh. Now it hosts three

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Bronze chainmail curtains add drama to Qualia restaurant in Mumbai

June 24, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Qualia restaurant in Mumbai designed by Serie Architects

Undulating chainmail curtains lend a stage-like quality to the open kitchen of this Mumbai restaurant designed by Serie Architects. Qualia is set on the ground floor of Mumbai’s Lodha World One skyscraper and has been designed to let diners “feel part of the entire practice of cooking”. To achieve this, Serie Architects orientated all of

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Eliza Hague designs inflatable origami-like greenhouses from bamboo and shellac

June 15, 2020 Natashah Hitti 0
Eliza Hague designs inflatable origami-like "greenhouse villages" from bamboo and shellac

Design student Eliza Hague has created a concept for inflatable greenhouses made from shellac-coated bamboo paper to help residents of Jaipur, India, grow their own food. The University of Westminster student has developed a low-cost paper-like material from bamboo pulp as a sustainable and local alternative to the polyethylene plastic sheeting typically used for polytunnels.

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Charged Voids draws on Le Corbusier for multi-generational home in Chandigarh

May 25, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
Residence 1065 by Charged Voids

A prayer room occupies a white turret in this house in Chandigarh designed by architecture studio Charged Voids to reference the work of Le Corbusier. Called Residence 1065, the home is located in Sector 27 of the Indian city. Chandigarh was planned by Le Corbusier and features many buildings designed the Swiss modernist architect. Charged

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Towering red beams shade walkways of Rajasthan School in India

May 5, 2020 India Block 0
The Rajasthan School by Sanjay Puri Architects

Deep red walls and walkways shade the primary-coloured interiors of this school in Rajasthan, India, by Sanjay Puri Architects. Set over three stories, the Rajasthan School has been equipped to deal with the desert climate. With temperatures hovering above 35 degrees Celsius for most of the year, shade and natural ventilation are a key part

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White concrete house by Matra Architects perches above lake in Udaipur

April 4, 2020 India Block 0
K Residence by Matra Architects

Matra Architects has used precast slabs of textured white concrete to clad a house formed of three interconnected pavilions set high above a lake in Udaipur, India. Named K Residence, the house is perched nine metres above Fateh Sagar Lake and was designed to complement its historic surroundings. Udaipur is famous for its artificial lakes and

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Photographer Roberto Conte captures Chandigarh’s iconic modernist buildings

March 25, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Chandigarh photographed by Roberto Conte

Photographer Roberto Conte has captured the geometric shapes of Le Corbusier’s weathered concrete buildings at Chandigarh’s in his latest series. Conte’s images showcase the clean silhouettes of the buildings found in the modernist utopia, from the UNESCO-recognised World Heritage site of the Capitol Complex to lesser-known examples of Le Corbusier’s design. “With this project I want

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Irregularly stacked boxes hide central courtyard of village house in India

March 14, 2020 Jon Astbury 0

A cluster of irregularly stacked boxes forms a house for a village official in Talangpor, India, designed by Gujarat-based practice Neogenesis+Studi0261. Called Sarpanch House, the project is designed to be set apart from its rural surroundings while also offering privacy for the Sarpanch and their family. A Sarpanch is an elected decision maker who is the

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