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A Threshold disguises community centre in India as “ancient ruins”

December 5, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A series of freestanding brick walls designed to resemble ruins frame this community centre near Bangalore, India, designed by local architecture studio A Threshold. Appropriately called Subterranean Ruins, the building is dug into a steeply sloping site overgrown with mango, banana and coconut trees and designed as a freely accessible, multifunctional centre for the village of

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Wallmakers punctuates arts centre roof with skylight seating

November 27, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Wallmakers has reimagined a traditional roof by adding skylights that double as seating for an arts centre and home in Kerala, India. Established by a family of musicians, Nisarga Art Hub is both a private residence and arts centre designed as a space for the community to congregate and engage with art and

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Wallmakers punctuates arts centre roof with skylight seating

November 27, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Wallmakers has reimagined a traditional roof by adding skylights that double as seating for an arts centre and home in Kerala, India. Established by a family of musicians, Nisarga Art Hub is both a private residence and arts centre designed as a space for the community to congregate and engage with art and

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M9 Design Studio’s circular Vishnuvardhan memorial symbolises “unity and continuity”

November 27, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture practice M9 Design Studio has designed a circular memorial complex in India to commemorate actor Vishnuvardhan. Located in the rural town of Mysore, India, the complex by M9 Design Studio comprises two spaces – a circular memorial and community hub that acts as a gathering space for the local community. It was designed as

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M9 Design Studio’s circular Vishnuvardhan memorial symbolises “unity and continuity”

November 27, 2023 Starr Charles 0

Architecture practice M9 Design Studio has designed a circular memorial complex in India to commemorate actor Vishnuvardhan. Located in the rural town of Mysore, India, the complex by M9 Design Studio comprises two spaces – a circular memorial and community hub that acts as a gathering space for the local community. It was designed as

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The Grid Architects completes sculptural ferrocement workplace in Ahmedabad

November 26, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Indian studio The Grid Architects has created a curvilinear office in Ahmedabad that is constructed from white ferrocement. Informed by the Sanskrit word for “flow”, the 200-square-metre workplace is located at a prominent road intersection in a densely populated area surrounded by ongoing construction work. It is defined by white undulating walls, which are formed from

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Workers of Art designs its own studio space using materials that had been “relegated to landfill”

November 20, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Indian architecture studio Workers of Art (WOA) has converted a former storage space into its own plant-filled office, using recycled and repurposed waste materials in almost every aspect of its design. Called WOA Second Home, the office is located in Kochi, Kerala, and occupies a 1,450-square-foot (135-square-metre) concrete structure that was previously used for storing

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Studio Hinge creates library spaces beneath tree-like wooden columns

October 30, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Indian practice Studio Hinge has completed Forest of Knowledge, a library in Mumbai that sits beneath a tree-like canopy of latticed wood. The library was designed for the Cricket Club of India, a member’s club dating back to the 1930s that is housed in an art deco building in southern Mumbai. Adapting the third floor

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Malik Architecture transforms ice factory into gallery and events space

October 27, 2023 Tirthika Shah 0

Indian studio Malik Architecture has turned a 144-year-old ice factory in Ballard Estate, Mumbai, into the IF.BE contemporary gallery. The renovation, led and funded by Malik Architecture, aimed to preserve the ex-industrial space, which is in an area where the majority of un-listed buildings are demolished, and create an arts development that could serve as “a reference for

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Architecture Brio creates holiday home with “strong presence” on hillside above Mumbai Bay

October 11, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Indian studio Architecture Brio has created a holiday home topped with two gabled, timber structures perched on a hillside overlooking Mumbai Bay in India. Named The Ray, the 1,800-square-metre holiday home in Alibag was designed by Architecture Brio to take advantage of the site’s prominent, hillside location. “We knew at the outset this house would have

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