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The Light and Black Workplace / MODO Designs

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:00:00 +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 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.

Extending Roofs from Brazil to India: Parallel Residential Design Elements as Seen in 10 Projects

Susanna Moreira — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 07:30:00 +0000

It shouldn't be too surprising that architectural concepts were traveling around the globe long before the online spread of information. While many regions share certain historical events and hence references (such as colonization and the mid-20th-century independence movement/ turn of political systems), others might have simply developed parallel solutions to similar climates and material availability. Additionally, it was only natural that with the dissemination of a more uniform architectural pedagogy acquired while studying abroad, followed by the internet boom, we would find almost twin projects from every corner of the world. While these might look nearly identical from some angles, they might bear different layers and stories. Then again, they might also display the same reasoning and prompts shared by counterparts from across the seas.

Yashobhoomi Complex / IDOM + CP Kukreja Architects

Andreas Luco — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0000

Yashobhoomi has been conceived as a smart, mixed-use urban development project to exhibit India's growth and achievements to the world and contribute to the country's GDP growth. Combining technology, innovation, and culture, the project aims to fulfil the need for a common interaction ground between Indian and international businesses, investors, and buyers. Covering an expansive 225 acres, the complex features a thoughtfully curated mix of diverse developments. Yashobhoomi, has been completed in the project's first phase, along with two exhibition halls, parking design for 3000 cars, and site servicing. The entire project is set to be completed by 2025, including three more exhibition halls, retail centres, hotels, offices, museums, and a 20,000-seater, world-class indoor arena with India's first-of-its-kind circular retractable roof.

The Courtyard House / Rushi Shah Architects + Tattva Landscapes

Valeria Silva — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 23:00:00 +0000

The main prerequisite of the Client was to design the house in accordance with 24 directions of Vastu. In addition The requirement was also to design 2 exact same houses for 2 families on 2 amalgamated plots. The overall master plan of the site is designed with 2 houses placement and a driveway surrounded by green islands. Both house placements offer a central garden view along with a private garden view. The areas near the houses are designed as green islands of contours with various heights, colors, and textures. Exposed RCC, exposed brick, and brown kota were the prime material pallet of the house, but we wanted the greens to be prominent, too.

Parikrama House / SPASM Design Architects

Valeria Silva — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000

Approached by a friend who represents a Minimal-window producer from Portugal, called PANORAMAH. We, were given the task of developing a sort of case study home, in the Murud region amidst a coconut grove. The windows being super high-tech and modern in their presence were meant to disappear against the verdant view.

Ishtika House / SPASM Design Architects

Hana Abdel — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 02:00:00 +0000

This unique project realizes itself as a negotiation between outward views and introverted planning. The project houses a multigenerational family and staff in a gated compound. The test was to have each living, sleeping, and entertainment space open to the outdoors without privacy loss. The principal big idea was to encircle the otherwise fragmented layout with a clean box-like veil of vertical brick jaali.

Perforated Architecture: 20 Projects that Bring Back the Historic Musharrabiya

Dima Stouhi — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 04:00:00 +0000

There is often an intricate relationship between architecture and the environment. Each part of the world has defined its own architectural techniques based on its unique climatic conditions. However, environmental concerns in the 21st century provoked new techniques, implementing solutions to preserve natural resources and provide thermal comfort. While some opted for a futuristic approach with mechanical and technologically-advanced solutions, others decided to go back in time and explore how civilizations protected their people, architecture, and environment when they had nothing else to resort to but the environment itself. In this article, we look at how Musharrabiyas found their way back into modern-day architecture as significant vernacular features.

Ascending House / Rushi Shah Architects

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 20:00:00 +0000

The Ascending house is in Ahmedabad, completed in December 2022. The massing of the house is designed with step formation to cater to higher side requirements along with open spaces on each floor. The bulk was broken into segments and was designed with a concept of Jenga blocks and was fragmented as per ascending floor plates. The design caters to cozy scale terraces to rooms, which emphasize the extruded cuboids. In the brief, we were told that clients believe in the puja area to a great extent. As the design outcome, the circular concrete mass was designed with a fixed glass slit on top. This space was formed as the dynamic element for the daytime with a height of 16ft.

New Building for the Parliament of India / HCP Design, Planning and Management

Hana Abdel — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 17:00:00 +0000

The new building for the Parliament of India is the first purpose-designed Parliament building for India. The design addresses the present and future needs of efficient Parliamentary functioning. The building is located on a triangular plot therefore, a triangular building allows for the most efficient use of available space. The trinity of functions – Lok Sabha (the Lower House), Rajya Sabha (the Upper House), and Central Lounge – also work efficiently within the triangular plan.

Ahmedabad University Centre / Stephane Paumier Architects

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 31 May 2023 20:00:00 +0000

The brief for the Ahmedabad University Centre was created organically with the University Board as a hub for the in-between hours of formal teaching. The aim was to create a center that would become an incubator for academic life and a place for generating new ideas by creating interactive spaces besides formal educational functions. Being located at the vehicular entrance with underground parking, it also acts as a gateway between the city and the pedestrian university campus. The culture of street food is crucial to the fabric of Ahmedabad and student life, it was essential to design the food court as an extension of the street, leading to a food street at ground level. Inspired by the exciting bridge, Galata Koprusu, that links Galata to Eminonu in Istanbul and has a string of restaurants below and views on the Golden Horn, the three verandahs opening to the park can also be used for music performances while sitting under the trees.

Is It Possible To Create Lightweight Bricks By Recycling Cigarette Butts?

Lilly Cao — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 04:00:00 +0000

Students at the School of Engineering, RMIT University recently published a study experimenting with a new form of waste management and recycling. As they note in their research, cigarette butts are the most commonly discarded single waste item in the world, with an estimated 5.7 trillion having been consumed around the globe in 2016. However, the materials in cigarette butts—particularly their cellulose acetate filters—can be extremely harmful to the environment due to poor biodegradability. The RMIT study builds on a previous research study by Mohajerani et. al (2016) that experimented with adding discarded cigarette butts to clay bricks for architectural use. In their research, the RMIT students found that such a measure would reduce the energy consumption of the brick production process and lower the thermal conductivity of the bricks, but that other issues including bacterial contamination would have to be addressed prior to successful implementation. Below, we explore this research in more detail, investigating its relevance to the architecture industry and imagining possible futures of application.

Lake Shore House / SPASM Design Architects

Hana Abdel — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 23:00:00 +0000

Our lakeshore house, on Lake Osman Sagar, Hyderabad, India, is now occupied.

The Floating Frame House / Rushi Shah Architects + Tattva Landscapes

Hana Abdel — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:00:00 +0000

The Floating Frame house is located on the outskirts of Ahmedabad city amidst a dense green rural area. While designing, we often try to understand the user group's personality. The house being ours, it had an integrated brief from all family members which includes a structural engineer, an architect, and a landscape architect. The concept was to design a home that could delight the scenery of both an undivided garden and sky from major parts of the house. All members being nature lovers & wildlife photographers, the material palette of exposed brick, exposed concrete, exposed steel structure, and lots of creepers, and plants covering the house were key aspects of the design process. Here, the architecture is enveloped by greens.

Monte Carlo Offices / Edifice Consultants

Hana Abdel — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 18:00:00 +0000

A Contemporary Reflection of the Ethnic and Social Lineage of Ahmedabad - Located in Ahmedabad, the cultural and economic center of Gujarat, the corporate office for Monte Carlo has been designed to embrace the social and ethnic lineage of the city. The striking design of the building encapsulates the essence of the reputed infrastructure company, seamlessly intertwined with the traditionally sensitive design narrative of the city of Ahmedabad. The contemporary structure has been fabricated whilst preserving the intrinsic historic essence of its context.

The Brick Connection / TRAANSPACE

chlsey — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 06:00:00 +0000

The brick connection is a house designed for a very simple, well-travelled couple wishing to settle in their homeland, a little away from the chaos of the city. Grounded close to nature, this couple wanted a vastu compliant house, which reflects this closeness to roots as well as their elegant personality. Very clear with their thoughts and requirements, they wanted their home to be coherent in terms of space utilization and energy efficiency. Located in the outskirts of Vadodara on a 7400 sqft plot, this house holds true to its promises.

Urban Visions: How India is Shaping the Future of Housing

Eric Baldwin — Thu, 27 May 2021 07:30:00 +0000

India is rethinking the future of housing through new typologies. Defined by historical and cultural influences, the country's contemporary architecture centers on discussions of how best to modernize. Built over millennia, India's housing projects are made to address diverse scales, programs and functions. Exploring a revitalized urban landscape, these modern housing projects have begun to set a new tone for the future.

Brick Screen House / MS DESIGN STUDIO

Hana Abdel — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 22:00:00 +0000

A house should reflect the taste and the personality of its owner as well as the ability of the architects to make the whole come together and form a space fit for its occupants and its context. And that’s the philosophy we followed while designing this residence. The house follows a subtle Indian and earthy aesthetic as per the client’s taste, and has been designed keeping in mind the climatic conditions of the place.