Athletic Ripples / Studio Symbiosis
Architects Amit Gupta and Britta Knobel Gupta of the India based design firm, Studio Symbiosis, have shared with us their recent proposal, Athletic Ripples, for the Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex. Additional images and a description from the architects can be found after the break.
Residential Township in South India / V I D A
V I D A, an international group of architects and urban designers has won the competition for a 100-acre residential township for 40,000 residents in South India. The client has retained V I D A to design this whole township, till construction and subsequent opening scheduled for 2013.
More on this project after the break.
Stacked House Renovation / Architecture Paradigm
Architects: Architecture Paradigm Private
Location: Bangalore, India
Project Team: Sandeep J, Manoj Ladhad, Vimal Jain, Aishwarya & Dharma
Structural Engineering: BL Manjunath & Co
Project area: 400 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Vimal Jain
Sharma House / Kamat and Rozario Architecture
Architects: Kamat and Rozario Architecture
Location: Bangalore, India
Project area: 2,550 sqf
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Lester Rozario
International Management Institute / Abin Design Studio
Architects: Abin Design Studio – Abin Chaudhuri
Location: Bhubaneswar, India
Design Team: Abin Chaudhuri, Jui Mallik, Koushik Majumder, Anshujit Majumder, Palash Santra
Project area: 45,000 sqm
Project year: 2011
Photographs: Pradip Sen
Spiretec / STL
STL Chicago has shared with us their latest project, Spiretec, a Mixed Use IT campus in the greater Noida region of India. Additional images and a brief description from the architects after the break.
Housing Proposal for Design Against the Elements / Triple O Studio
This housing project proposal for Design Against the Elements comes from Triple O Studio in India. It reflects on the scales of the contextual architecture by providing radical innovations in building methods, yet retaining a sensitivity to the context in the spatial organization of the project.
More on this project after the break.
Pegasus / Vitan Architects
Architects: Vitan Architects
Location: Gujarat, India
Client: Safal
Project area: 87,300 sq. ft.
Project year: 2008
Photographs: Vitan Architects
Construction Begins for MVRDV’s Future Towers
Currently under construction Future Towers, a vertical city proposed by MVRDV, is part of the first phase of Amanora Apartment City. The design of 1,068 apartments & public amenities, as a part of a large scale housing development with a total of 400,000 sqm comprising 3,500 apartments is a response to the demand for housing in the rapidly growing city of Pune, India. The competition for the Future Towers design was won by MVRDV in November 2009. This is MVRDV’s first project in India presented to the public, who are currently also working on a range of projects in Mumbai and Bangalore.
Architects: MVRDV
Project Management: Northcroft
MEP: Neilsoft
Structural Design: J+W
Spiretec Competition Entry / Adham Selim
Here is a submission for the Spiretec 2011 Competition in Greater Noida, Delhi, India by young architect, Adham Selim and his team. Spiretec is a 62,750 square meter mixed use area that is part of an IT office complex, spread across approx 85,000 square meters of land; with a built potential of approx 1,75,000 square meters. The project is in Greater Noida in Delhi, India.
More on this project after the break.
IMI International Management Institute Kolkata / Abin Design Studio
Architects: Abin Design Studio
Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Architect in charge: Abin Chaudhuri
Design team: Abin Chaudhuri, Jui Mallik, Koushik Majumder
Project area: 11,000 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Pradip Sen
IT Building Proposal in New Delhi / Nicolas Laisné
Architect Nicolas Laisné shared with us his proposal for the Spiretec competition in New Delhi, India, which received an honorable mention. The main idea of this project was to create a modern building with natural cooling systems inspired by traditional Indian architecture and was to be composed by an IT complex with offices, a hotel, conference halls and shops.More images and architect’s description after the break.
The Crowd in the Cloud / Design Initiatives
Design Intiatives has once again sent us their latest work, The Crowd in the Cloud, their firm’s entry in the SpireTec mixed use competition for Greater Noida, Delhi, India. Images and a narrative by the architects after the break.
Dental College / Romi Khosla Design Studios
Architects: Romi Khosla Design Studios
Chief architects: Martand Khosla, Romi Khosla
Location: New Delhi, India
Client: Jamia Milia Islamia University, New Delhi
Design team: Maulik Bansal, Ram Pandarathil Nair, Megha Shah
Project area: 11,696 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2009
Photographs: Courtesy of Romi Khosla Design Studios
Castro Café / Romi Khosla Design Studios
Architects: Romi Khosla Design Studios
Location: New Delhi, India
Chief architects: Martand Khosla, Romi Khosla
Design team: Praveen Rajput, Maulik Bansal
Project area: 890 sqm
Project year: 2005 – 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Romi Khosla Design Studios
TATA Tower / Seth Ellsworth + JaYoung Kim
Illinois Institute of Technology B.Arch students, Seth Ellsworth and JaYoung Kim have shared with us their Mumbai traveling studio project, TATA Tower. Their project studies the infrastructural crisis regarding parking in developing regions such as Mumbai and how to address such issues in a way that does not stifle economic expansion, increases housing density, produces clean energy and creates high quality outdoor space for Mumbai. Additional images and a description by the architects after the break.
International Flower Auction Store / CnT
Architects: Chandavarkar and Thacker Architects pvt ltd. (CnT)
Location: Bangalore, India
Consultant: Semac ltd.
Project management: TERI
Photographs: Courtesy of CnT
B House / Cadence
Architects: Cadence
Location: Bangalore, India
Design team: Smaran Mallesh, Vikram Rajashekar, Narendra Pirgal
Structural engineer: Manjunath & Co.
Projecta area: 2,400 sq. ft.
Photographs: Clare Arni
Khadakvasla House / SPASM Design Architects
Architects: SPASM Design Architects
Location: Khadakvasla, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Design team: Sangeeta Merchant, Mangesh Jadhav, Mansoor Kudalkar, Sanjeev Panjabi
Contractors: Impex Engineers, Suvidha Enterprises
Engineers: Mr. Purandare (structural), Mr. Kudale (plumbing), Mr. Adi Dhanboora (project management)
Project area: 820 sqm
Project year: 2008 – 2010
Photographs: Sebastian Zachariah
AD Classics: Taj Mahal / Shah Jahan
Easily one of the most recognizable buildings in the world, the Taj Mahal’s harmonious integration with its environment makes it a prime destination for many. Completed in 1648 as a mausoleum for Shah Jahan‘s late wife, Mumtaz Mahal, it stands as a symbol of eternal love as its history and beauty never fail to captivate the heart.
More on the fascinating history of the Taj Mahal after the break.
Sriash Residence / Poetics
Architects: K. Senthil Nathan
Location: HSR layout, Bengaluru, India
Project area: 370 sqm
Project year: 2007
Photographs: K. Senthil Nathan
