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The Grid Architects completes sculptural ferrocement workplace in Ahmedabad

November 26, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Indian studio The Grid Architects has created a curvilinear office in Ahmedabad that is constructed from white ferrocement. Informed by the Sanskrit word for “flow”, the 200-square-metre workplace is located at a prominent road intersection in a densely populated area surrounded by ongoing construction work. It is defined by white undulating walls, which are formed from

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WOA designs own studio space using materials that had been “relegated to landfill”

November 20, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Indian architecture studio Workers of Art has converted a former storage space into its own plant-filled office, using recycled and repurposed waste materials in almost every aspect of its design. Called WOA Second Home, the office is located in Kochi, Kerala, and occupies a 1,450-square-foot (135-square-metre) concrete structure that was previously used for storing tiles.

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Studio Hinge creates library spaces beneath tree-like wooden columns

October 30, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Indian practice Studio Hinge has completed Forest of Knowledge, a library in Mumbai that sits beneath a tree-like canopy of latticed wood. The library was designed for the Cricket Club of India, a member’s club dating back to the 1930s that is housed in an art deco building in southern Mumbai. Adapting the third floor

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Malik Architecture transforms ice factory into gallery and events space

October 27, 2023 Tirthika Shah 0

Indian studio Malik Architecture has turned a 144-year-old ice factory in Ballard Estate, Mumbai, into the IF.BE contemporary gallery. The renovation, led and funded by Malik Architecture, aimed to preserve the ex-industrial space, which is in an area where the majority of un-listed buildings are demolished, and create an arts development that could serve as “a reference for

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Architecture Brio creates holiday home with “strong presence” on hillside above Mumbai Bay

October 11, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Indian studio Architecture Brio has created a holiday home topped with two gabled, timber structures perched on a hillside overlooking Mumbai Bay in India. Named The Ray, the 1,800-square-metre holiday home in Alibag was designed by Architecture Brio to take advantage of the site’s prominent, hillside location. “We knew at the outset this house would have

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Matra spreads multi-generational Indian home across four concrete blocks

October 6, 2023 Katie Last 0

Four concrete volumes topped with pitched roofs run alongside each other to form Prism House, a multi-generational home designed by Indian studio Matra. Located in the south of Delhi, the six-bedroom home was designed to provide private and communal living spaces for three generations of the client’s family. Drawing inspiration from Vastu – a set

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Conservation groups call for Charles Correa’s under-threat modernist stadium to be saved

September 29, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Conservation groups including the Twentieth Century Society and World Monuments Fund have called for the 1960s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, to be saved from demolition. The groups made statements following news that the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, which was designed by Indian architect Charles Correa, is set to be demolished as part of Ahmedabad’s bid

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Matharoo Associates wraps concrete home around light-filled stairwell

September 21, 2023 Katie Last 0

A network of cubic concrete volumes and staircases forms Up to the Sea, a blocky family home that Indian studio Matharoo Associates has added to the coastal town of Dumas, India. Nestled into a grassy site near the coast, the home sits on a stone base and was designed to merge traditional Indian design with

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Nature-Saturated Home Design With a Celandine Palette

September 20, 2023 HD Staff 0

Dissolving the traditional four walls of home this feat of architecture, created by 7th Hue Architecture Studio, seamlessly incorporates nature’s essence into a luxurious abode. This remarkable marriage of architectural ingenuity and the organic world takes root amidst lush landscapes in Kerala, India. As we step inside a realm where modern-organic design flourishes, we discover […]

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CollectiveProject recycles demolition waste for Debris Block House in Bangalore

September 19, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

The debris of a demolished 1970s building was repurposed into mud-concrete blocks to create this house in Bangalore, India, designed by local architecture studio CollectiveProject. Called Debris Block House, the dwelling builds on a research project initiated in 2018 by CollectiveProject that seeks to tackle the large amount of demolition and dumping of materials that

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