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Malhaar Residence / Vaissnavi Shukl

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Located on the quiet outskirts of Ahmedabad, Malhaar gathers itself inward, forming a single-storey world organized around a central court — a space that is less a void and more a living core. Here, the architecture does not simply enclose; it orbits. Daily life unfolds in slow circulation along the edges of this open centre, where movement, light, and air are constantly in dialogue.

The Dip Pavilion / andblack design studio

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 03:00:00 +0000

The Dip Pavilion is conceived as an elemental architectural intervention within an existing residential landscape. Designed primarily for evening use alongside a swimming pool, the pavilion negotiates openness and enclosure while maintaining a calibrated relationship between architecture and landscape.

Aquatic Gallery / INI Design Studio

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +0000

India's largest and first planned inland public aquarium transforms science education into an immersive civic experience within Ahmedabad's 200-acre Science City campus. Conceived as a fifth-generation science and edutainment facility, it bridges the gap between formal science education and public engagement. Welcoming over one million visitors annually, the project transforms learning into an immersive experience while making environmental awareness accessible to diverse communities through subsidized school visits and free access programs for rural children.

Valaya Villa / tHE gRID Architects Research and Design Studio

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

Valaya is a Sanskrit word that refers to a protective circle, something that surrounds, holds, and safeguards what lies within. At Valaya, architecture unfolds through this idea of protection. In a time when houses are often driven by image and visual statements, Valaya begins with a more fundamental question: How can a home in today's climate remain open without becoming vulnerable? Valaya responds to Ahmedabad's realities, intense heat, and shifting light by placing climate back at the centre of architectural thinking. This is a return to responsibility. The south-west side of the site receives the maximum weather impact, while the north-east offers softer daylight and favourable airflow. These realities became the starting point of the project. The clients wanted a home that could remain connected to the outside, and full of light, while still offering privacy and shelter. Rather than treating climate as a constraint, the design allows it to guide decisions.

The Brick Veil House / VPA Architects

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +0000

This home is designed for seclusion through a layered architectural language that centers around sensory comfort. Set on a linear west-facing plot within a dense residential neighborhood in the city of Ahmedabad, this house responds to the climate by embracing the flexibility of brick and exposed concrete to filter natural light, ventilation, and sound.

Climate, Culture, and Modernism: The Postcolonial Campus as Architectural Laboratory

Ananya Nayak — Mon, 25 May 2026 07:30:00 +0000

In the decades following independence, some of the most ambitious architectural experiments in the world did not emerge through museums, monuments, or government palaces. They emerged through universities. Across South Asia and Africa, newly formed nations turned campuses into testing grounds for entirely new ways of imagining collective life. These campuses functioned as more than educational institutions. They became territories where states tested how modernity might be organized, for citizens to gather, institutions to function, climate to shape architecture, and imported ideas to transform local realities.

Mapping Space Without Sight: Inside SEAlab’s Sensory Architecture

Ananya Nayak — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Founded in 2015 in Ahmedabad by Anand Sonecha, SEAlab is a practice shaped by a slow, contemplative engagement with place, proportion, and participation. Recognized as one of the winners of the ArchDaily 2025 Next Practices Awards, the studio builds with simple materials and local techniques, pursuing environments that are experienced as much as they are seen. This ethos became particularly tangible in Gandhinagar, where the School for Blind and Visually Impaired Children did not begin as a purpose-built institution. The school had been operating from an existing primary school building, with classrooms stacked above dormitories and twelve children sharing a single room. Space was limited, and so were growth opportunities. The new academic building was required to expand capacity, improve living conditions, and support greater student independence.

BDP, Cox Architecture, and Collage Design Unveil a Sports District Around the World's Largest Stadium in India

Reyyan Dogan — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:30:00 +0000

BDP, Cox Architecture, and Collage Design have unveiled the master plan for the 350-acre Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Sports Enclave in Ahmedabad, India. Positioned on the Sabarmati Riverfront and structured around the 132,000-seat Narendra Modi Stadium, the world's largest stadium by capacity, the project proposes a large-scale sports district integrating international competition venues with public landscapes and community facilities. Conceived as both an events precinct and an urban park, the development is intended to accommodate the 2030 Commonwealth Games centenary event, following Ahmedabad's selection as host city.

The Light and Black Workplace / MODO Designs

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 03:00:00 +0000

The owners wanted to consolidate all the scattered offices at different places in the city into a singular corporate office where the ground level would have a showroom on the main roadside and a double-height entry from another road.

The Louvered House / andblack design studio

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Concept: Redefining connectivity in an arid climate
Located in the harsh, arid landscape of Ahmedabad, The Louvered House by andblack design studio is a programmatic response to the challenges of climate and the increasing isolation of contemporary domestic life. The project reimagines the traditional relationship between the built form and the natural environment, prioritizing a lifestyle that is physically and visually tethered to the outdoors.

K's Verandah / Hiren Patel Architects + Design

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000

K's Veranda, the latest chapter in the story of K's Charcoal in Ahmedabad, embodies the spirit of Hiren Patel Architects + Design (HPAD) — crafting spaces that breathe, balance, and belong. What once was a lively, open lawn beside the restaurant has blossomed into a soulful retreat. Here, walls seem to melt into the landscape, and the indoors drift effortlessly into the open air. It doesn't read as an addition, but as a graceful evolution, carrying the familiar warmth and comfort of its predecessor, yet whispering in its own quiet voice.

The House of Parallel Walls / PVDRS

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 02:00:00 +0000

The House of Parallel Walls is a home that celebrates the essence of a joint family in a living space that becomes the heart of the house. Conceived as a double-height space, the living room is a microcosm around which the various private and public spaces are organized. The boundaries between the circulation spine, the living room, and the verandah are blurred, generating a fluid interior.

Gathering Grove Residence / R+R Architects

Miwa Negoro — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Gathering Grove is not a utilitarian extension, but a curated enclave of leisure, designed to embody celebration, spirit, and connection. Conceived as a dynamic social retreat for a Los Angeles–based client with a passion for entertaining, it transforms the notion of an outhouse into a spirited party zone. Every design decision was shaped by the client's exuberant, stylish personality, creating an environment that not only accommodates gatherings but inspires them. The architectural language is playful yet polished, where fluid indoor-outdoor connections, bold material choices, and ambient lighting converge to evoke a sense of occasion. From intimate evenings to vibrant soirées, the space becomes a living canvas for shared experiences.

Link House / Openideas Architects

Hana Abdel — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0000

Designing a 22,000 sq. ft home for an entrepreneur who doubles as a real estate magnate is a creative odyssey. In the heart of the city, there stands a residence that defies conventional living.

Teen Vaults House / Vaissnavi Shukl

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 02:00:00 +0000

At the end of a mango tree-lined street on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, a vintage red Contessa stands sentinel—a playful nod to nostalgia that sets the tone for what lies beyond. Nestled within a lush green plot is Teen Vaults, a family home where architecture, craft, and comfort converge in quiet sophistication.

Mana Workplace / IKSOI

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Mana, Studio Iksoi's workspace, does not seek to overwrite its history but to engage with it. Retrofitted within an abandoned factory that belonged to Dhawal and Mansi's father, this 2000 sq ft. workspace is an evocative exploration of memory, discovery, and design. The intervention is subtle yet profound—retaining the site's original footprint while raising the ground level, IKSOI has created a space where the familiar becomes unfamiliar, and where walls once enclosing functions, now invite curiosity. Neither a mere restoration nor a stark reinvention, Mana exists in the in-between, where architecture becomes a quiet dialogue between what was and what could be.

Trees Sliced Through Residence / Matharoo Associates

Miwa Negoro — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat is in a sandy and dry area. It is almost flat, and in the recent past, measures have been taken to solve the problem of increased desertification around the city area due to the steady expansion of the nearby Rann of Kutch. The climate is of the hot semi-arid type with temperatures reaching up to 48'C, and it is extremely dry aside from the monsoon season, making it common for droughts to occur.

MS House / Studio Saransh

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Can Brutalist architecture embrace nature so closely that it feels like the trees have shaped it? Studio Saransh's MS House in Ahmedabad offers a bold answer. The design of the house begins with a simple promise: to preserve the site's nine mature neem trees at all cost. The result is a concrete structure that bends to nature's will, influencing every decision—from spatial layout to the architectural form and material palette—in the process. This sensitivity to context and environment is a hallmark of Studio Saransh's design ethos, which emphasises functional elegance with an impactful design language.