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JASH Factory / KSM Architecture

Miwa Negoro — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:00:00 +0000

The development for the Shivpad Engineering Unit, which manufactures varied water treatment equipment, was planned across 2 acres of land. The site for the Shivpad Engineering at Vallam has two access points, which are from the southeast and southwest corners abutting the main Sipcot road. The production space, which is a metal PEB structure, forms the central part of the development, flanked by the Admin building to its south and the ancillary building to its west.

Four Walls Pavilion / Studio Mango

Hana Abdel — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Four Walls is a lakeside pavilion in a coastal site south of Chennai, India. Designed by London-based architects Studio Mango, the building forms the endpoint of a linear park within Sanctuary by Aarth, a new residential development for which the practice also designed the villas. Constructed as the first element within the wider masterplan, the client requested a building simple in its conception but capable of serving several programmatic requirements. A gallery space was necessary to display the villa designs, while a larger space was required for gatherings. The pavilion would frame visitors' first encounter with the lake, around which the development is organized.

Innovation Lab / MTA ARCHITECTS

Miwa Negoro — Mon, 11 May 2026 02:00:00 +0000

The Innovation Lab is MTA Architects' own satellite office, located in Chennai. The project was built as a working studio and client lounge, and also as a chance to build the way they believe buildings should be built - with local materials, passive environmental strategies, and construction techniques rooted in the region's traditions. The concept behind the project is the Convergence of Culture and Nature. Rather than imposing a design, the building draws from its context - the climate, the site, and the materials available in the region. The site includes a planted garden of native species, a pool, and a generous outdoor area. The building sits snugged in the landscape rather than on top of it.

Shiv Nadar School / Vastushilpa Sangath

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Set within the dense urban fabric of Chennai, the Shiv Nader School reconceives the educational campus as a porous landscape shaped by ecology, climate, and cultural memory. Rather than clearing the site, the project is organized around one of its most defining features: the abundance of existing trees. The architecture is fragmented into small, modular buildings. The plan hence draws inspiration from the local cuisine, or the local Chettinad thali, where diverse elements are unified on a single banana leaf. Similarly, the campus is composed of multiple buildings brought together under sweeping roofs that respond to both climate and culture.

Eventide Coffee / Billboards

Miwa Negoro — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Flanked by the sea on one end of the site, Eventide Coffee is truly and well blessed by abundant eastern light. Uninterrupted views and the constant presence of the sea become the quiet narrators of the space, shaping what is both a passion project and a place of pause. The café emerges as an intuitive response to site, climate, and context. "From the beginning, the brief was never about creating a statement café," the architects share, "It was about facilitating calm, something that felt natural to the place and its people."

Cut Bend Fold Play House / Matharoo Associates

Miwa Negoro — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

The house for a migrant businessperson, his wife, and three daughters is located in the dense urban fabric of Chennai, a metropolis in southern India. The tight and narrow site of 41 x 102 feet (12.5 x 31 meters) is only open on one corner that connects it to the cul-de-sac. Being bound by houses on three sides, and a high apartment complex on its longer side, left little scope for light and ventilation, and deprived it of much of its privacy.

Anjuman School Teynampet Chennai / KSM Architecture

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 02:00:00 +0000

The Anjuman-E-Himayat-E-Islam Trust in Thiagaraya Nagar, Chennai, is over a hundred and thirty years old – a Trust that provides care and education for orphan children and children from a poor economic background. The project was envisaged for orphan boys between grades 6 to 12 and is located on a designated site within a 10-acre campus that houses a mosque, multiple educational institutions, vocational training centres, and accommodation for underprivileged children. The project was funded by a group of benefactors associated with the Trust and was constructed on a tight and economical budget.

Mega-cities, Mega-projects, and Mega-slums: Exploring Urbanization in India

Ankitha Gattupalli — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 07:30:00 +0000

As a result of the nation’s ardent aspirations for growth and development, the social, economic, and physical landscape of India has transformed. A significant portion of the region’s population is of working age and comprises a massive market size, making India a land of opportunity especially in the eyes of foreign investors.

Tiered Realm House and Studio / Fictional Project

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:00:00 +0000

“Tiered Realm” draws on the visualization of ‘home’ not just as a dwelling for two individuals but also as a space for one’s work & community - a world abuzz with creative energy and the spirit of the individual finding meaning within the collective. This residence-cum-studio is designed for an artist couple who work with mixed media & textiles, respectively. The home was conceived as a container for the dynamic dance between work, life, the celebration of collaborative artistic processes, and long-standing friendships. The project is situated in Ambattur, on the outskirts of Chennai - a neighborhood representative of sprawling Indian suburbia, with brightly painted 2-3 story houses occupying tightly apportioned plots of land. “Tiered Realm” deviates from the typical ‘BHK’ format, its burnished brick façade unfolding gently upwards from the street along the west edge of the site, concealing a tapestry of interwoven spaces united by a communicative vertical void.

Learning Center at Quest / KSM Architecture

Hana Abdel — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000

The learning center at Quest is located on a 540 sqm piece of land, about 300 m from the seafront in Besant Nagar, Chennai. It is a learning center for children ages 8 to 16 years old. The center acts as a learning and interaction space for largely home-schooled children or those with the ‘unschooling’ pattern of education, which involves teaching children based on their interests rather than a set curriculum.

Boat Club Apartments / SJK Architects

Hana Abdel — Sat, 27 May 2023 21:00:00 +0000

A Luxury Apartment Building that Combines the Interconnected Nature of Communal-Living with the Sense of Privacy Offered by Independent Homes.

Agam House / Mawi Design

Hana Abdel — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Agam House is a house of epic proportions in Velachery, Chennai. This two-storey home strategically addresses Chennai’s hot weather and its dense urban context through an expressive solid facade that makes a bold statement. The project was started with the intent to create a healthy living environment that is refreshing and nurturing for the body and mind. The main challenge was crafting a response to the limited footprint of the site.

Ilainayam House / Studio SKAI

Valeria Silva — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Amongst a dense urban area in Chennai, Ilaiyanayam Residence lies on a corner plot of land in a residential neighborhood. Ilaiyanayam refers to ‘Texture’ from the language Tamil. The unique characteristics of this residence focus on the play of textures. Ilaiyanayam is an amalgamation of modern technology with traditional values. It is a poetic approach to articulate depth through juxtaposing and finding the right balance of space, void, light, textures, and materials creating a smooth transition in order to harmonize aesthetically and functionally in a meticulous way that stimulates different emotions in the residents who experience them. This design is achieved by being contemporary and minimalist while being in harmony with the traditional context of the site.

Through the Layers House / Mawi Design

Hana Abdel — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 20:00:00 +0000

Context - In the lush labyrinths of T. Nagar, Chennai, this residence sits on the far end of a triangular plot that naturally allows for a paced first look. The brief was to give new meaning to an existing shell of a building while achieving all requirements posed by the client - a house connected with nature, exalting pleasant vibes, and one that is simple to perceive.

Samudra Residence / Urban Workshop

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Samudra is located in Akkarai, a coastal suburb of Chennai along the East Coast Road. The city has been growing towards the south with the development of housing, commonly used as second homes. Some of the city residents moved towards the coast for a better quality of life. The pandemic saw a lot more people moving, contributing to the growth of the surrounding neighborhoods. The atmosphere is quiet, open, and green inviting people to live more outdoors.

Maharishi Vidya Mandir School / KSM Architecture

Hana Abdel — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 07:00:00 +0000

Maharishi Vidya Mandir School is a CBSE school building in Periamet,Chennai. The school is designed for about 2400 children. The efficiencies of designing and constructing a building had to be balanced with what we believed in: creating a warm, playful and welcoming environment for these young children that would be filled with natural light and ventilation. The key objective of the project is to provide the children with a suitable environment to learn and explore.

The Gully Home / MAARS Design

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:00:00 +0000

Located on the end of a quiet, residential street in Chennai, overlooking the ocean - the project site called out for a house that opened and offered itself to the surroundings but also swaddled in its layers of privacy and barriers shielding itself from the open environment it is placed in. The design brief was very simple hence making it much more challenging – a gift from a father for his daughter who was getting married, and the house would be the starting point of her new journey. The 39’x93’ linear plot had its larger side facing the ocean front with a beautiful view of the Bay of Bengal. Like every beachfront property, a default requirement was to ensure that every part of the house had a view of the ocean.

Raintree House / Khosla Associates

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 22:00:00 +0000

On the southern periphery of the site stood a magnificent and ancient Raintree that influenced the spatial layout of this 4-bedroom house in Chennai. The tree, with its sculptural roots and the giant canopy, was a primary driver in determining the layout and design of the house. We wanted the tree to be omnipresent, so we created the entrance court around its roots and positioned the living room in such a way as to have direct views of it. The main compound wall on the street was designed with certain cutouts to accommodate some of its branches and roots.