Vibe Design lab crafts a cosy, pastel home for a young couple in central Mumbai, capitalising on space-saving furniture and a light-toned palette to create roomy, breezy interiors.
With an extravagant aesthetic that ventures into assembling bold luxury, this Nagpur abode by Salankar Pashine and Associates dips into gleaming details, stunning lighting fixtures and inspired use of colours and textures.
Light, landscape, and natural materials orchestrate a beautiful extension to this home in New South Wales, inspired by Japanese architecture, and designed by Sandbox Studio
Orchestrating a play of sculptural plenty and evocative lighting, #HDCDesign crafts this Ministry of Crab restaurant in Chengdu, China, to be a conceptual mystery that is sure to draw eyes!
Vietnam-based studio Tropical Space delivers an office building in Ho Chi Minh City using a double layered façade and articulating the frugal brick to maximise natural light and ventilation.
@company/vang-studios introduces an Asian tea brand café cum co-working space to Buenos-Aerians capitalising on disruptive elements generating a youthful vibe that best resonates with metallic accents, psychedelic lights and…tea, of course!
In the historical Noho neighbourhood of Manhattan, Mesarch Studio Architecture + Interior Design repurposes an old boutique store into a light and airy office space across 13 floors.
Sanjay Puri Architects designs a humungous, four-level home in Jaipur endorsing a seamless connect between inside and outside, screening and allowing filtered light within each space, infusing volumes with chiaroscuro elements to transform differently at different times
Orchestrating a symphony of bold, geometric accents, soft curves of asymmetric arches, and mellow glow of whimsical lighting fixtures, this dreamy Vadodara home by Robust Studio grabs both eyes and hearts!
A light-filled home in Srirangapatna by Collage Architecture Studio, Bangalore, and an architecturally evolving home in Melbourne by FGR Architects, Australia, are the most popular projects of the year 2022 across all IndiaArtnDesign social media platforms!
Anya Moryoussef Architect inventively reconstructs a 112-year-old delicately proportioned, light-filled home, built on its original foundations, forming part of a vernacular - a turn-of-the-century housing typology that has almost completely disappeared from the city of Toronto.
Chris Briffa Architects reinterpret Junichirō Tanizaki's famed essay, In Praise of Shadows to transform this seaside holiday home in Gozo Island into a mesmerizing narrative of Japanese austerity, anchored by a nuanced interplay of light and shadow.
Organised chaos or a playfully cohesive design? Street XO Dubai is the newest restaurant in Dubai by LW Design that mirrors Soho's lively characters, captures Camden's underground vibe, and illuminates with the dazzling lights of Shinjuku.
Inspired by a kids' game of broken telephone, where the inputs and outputs don't always exactly match, Hello, Hello is a poetic messaging system inside a luminescent arch that turns peoples' voices into a lyrical spectacle. Created by Daily tous les jours, an emergent field of practice that combines interactive art, storytelling, performance, and urban design to create unexpected experiences that bring strangers together in a spirit of play, cooperation, and creativity, the permanent public art installation is part of a broader vision for "Joy Experiments" - interventions designed to foster community through play.
Staying true to its name, 'Sunlit Reflections' is an elegant penthouse in the heart of Mumbai, gracefully bathed in natural light and dipped in pastel shades. Designed for a family of four who love to entertain, the renovation of this 4500-square-feet penthouse by Polka house results in a space that is as inviting as it is luxurious.
In this contemporary Ahmedabad home, Prashant Parmar Architect curates an inside-outside dialogue despite the verticality of the home, ably complemented by the terracotta screen on the façade that sustains a varying play of light throughout the day. Thus, establishing the thoughtful blend of timeless elegance and contemporary minimalism - a reflection that lavish homes don't depend on large plots, but clever space planning, to transform into open, well lit, and well-ventilated spaces.
Turner Road Architecture designs a striking, head-turning piece of architecture with its light-filled contemporary design aesthetic that stands out amidst a beautifully landscaped area in the rural outskirts of Hamilton. This café for the Tamahere Country Club (a luxury retirement village) residents has also become a popular social hub for locals and visitors to the region.
Studio De Schutter introduces a holistic lighting concept for the 2,000-square-metre food market Le Big TamTam, giving Hamburg's Hanseviertel a beacon that visitors have been waiting for.
India's most celebrated architect, Padma Bhushan-awardee, Doctor of Architecture Honoris Causa, Ar. Hafeez Contractor gets candid amidst reminiscing as he regales us with several anecdotes from his journey as a dynamic practitioner. In this, part 1, we focus on several light-hearted moments shared with him as his commitment to goals, his sharp eye for detail and his elephant-like memory build narratives along the way.
From urban density to net-zero living, architecture is redefining how we coexist with nature. Discover the House of No Windows by One Bulb + Kolam Architecture, a light-filled oasis amidst a bustling cityscape, and the Aalloa Hills Project by INI Studio, a net-zero marvel that respects its natural surroundings. These projects prove that sustainability and innovation can transform the way we live. Read more about how architecture tackles global challenges with mindful, climate-responsive designs.