The client wished to develop two homes on an acre each of land. The Twin Houses needed to be country homes for Bombay families to get away from the urban rigmarole. The project needed to balance the money put up against profitability and a sense of capturing the essence of place.
This country home starts with an 8 foot thick Gabion wall, which acts as a spine, the first marker which runs for 170 feet, from north to south. Pawna Lake, offers some killer vistas. The pool sort of drifts away from the verandah as a reflective mirror plane, pointing to the peak on the opposite shore.
The Bandra apartment is designed with an adaptable and open arrangement. Re-moving dispensable walls between rooms and replacing them with objects optimizes space. By opening and closing, sliding and folding it up, the home is restructured, expanded, fragmented, connected or isolated.
With a stream running through the house, this Alibag Indian retreat is delicately woven into the landscape, alternately opening up and closing itself to the different characteristics of the site.
The organic nature of construction successfully connects the outside with the inside and thus manages to convey an earthy feel through its free-flowing plan. This Indian brick house is a blend of various elements & building materials that are ‘azonic’, lending simplicity to the design.
Located on the roof of a 12 storey building of a duplex apartment, this space was conceptualized as a ‘Veranda’. (Hindi meaning: A transitional space between public and private area or, between a house and a street). A concept, which conjures up an image of a welcoming social space meant for all. Traditionally, verandas have
A For Architecture Studio designed the Pune Brick House as a retreat from the hectic life of the city. The house is located in Pune, Maharashtra, India Project description: The brick house occupies a land parcel of 800 sq. on the suburban edge of Pune – with a reserve forest on the rear and a dense
Designer: Workshop Inc. Project: Project Café Location: Ahmedabad, india Photographs: Kunal Bhatia The Project Cafe has been conceptualized as a fresh, dynamic space merging three aspects – food, art and retail – where food acts as a catalyst for widening the reach of artists and designers among the masses. The idea was to create a
The 16,000 sft site of the Krishnan house had several existing trees and we envisioned a relatively low-slung architectural expression that would be interpretive of a vernacular aesthetic, while accommodating its green surroundings.
Reservoir is the most recent office space project created by Sanjay Puri Architects in Rajasthan, India. This corporate office space is inspired from centuries’ old traditional architecture of the region. Reservoir Office Building won first prize at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) as the Best Office (Future) Building of the Year 2015. Description by Sanjay Puri Architects:
Archohm Design Studio has designed the Lion Safari Park with the intention to help the Asian lion, a species almost extinct in many areas of India. Lion Safari Park is situated near the town of Etawah, located on the banks of Yamuna River in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Description by Archohm Design Studio: Conceptualized
Located in Mumbai, India, Gangsta’s bar is designed by interior designer Minal Chopra. Gangsta’s cafe and bar as the christening goes is predictably dark and grungy with metal doors, cable chains, jail bars and tattooed walls that boast of dark creatures in charcoal silhouettes. Fictional characters like The Godfather’s Vito Andolini Corleone, Training Day’s corrupt
