Building and landscape architect, Ajay Suryawanshi, shares his valuable insights on developing and maintaining landscaped areas during the monsoons. Check it out here...
Designed to coexist harmoniously with the environment, Dar El Farina is a linear rural house following the two lines of the mesref and the khetara. The house not only divides the land into two radically different landscapes, but transforms it, creating a dialogue between untouched desert and thriving greenery. Designed by Leopold Banchini Architects, this rural home reimagines the ancient relationship between architecture and water, a vital resource for survival in an arid landscape.
This weekend home, christened 'Floating Boxes' by Chitte Architects, spotlights a mesmerising exploration of modernism, minimalism, and an architecture of weightlessness, where floating volumes perch sensitively on the lush landscape.
MAD Architects unveil the design for the Nanhai Art Centre in Foshan, China. Resembling a continuous wave of water, with three main buildings looming underneath the floating sun canopy, this biomorphic building will be developed as the new public gateway on the waterfront, harmonising social, creative, and natural attributes.
Lijo.Reny.Architects designs a contextual home in tropical Kerala, where site conditions foster courtyards, landscape pockets, and biophilic features to effortlessly integrate with the built form, transforming the act of dwelling into a holistic experience of well-being.
MAD architects carve out a canyon-like structure running through the façade of a building in Denver, creating an immersive, natural experience, merging indoor and outdoor spaces and blurring the boundaries between nature and architecture.
Amid the characteristic lacklustre of industrial zones, the Sidera building designed by Tisselli Studio Architects stands as a beacon of design ingenuity. With its dynamic façade, sustainable approach, and innovative use of materials, this architectural marvel transforms functionality into an art form. Discover how architecture redefines identity.
Raúl Sánchez Architects' Casa Magarola in Sant Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona, achieves this with elegant restraint-elevated on slender concrete screens, wrapped in passive design strategies, and seamlessly immersed in the landscape.
Ofis Architects sensitively revitalise a modest boathouse at Lake Bled into an ecological model of design thinking. By combining traditional timber restoration with an experimental green roof filtration system, this project shows how architecture can act as infrastructure, landscape, and knowledge base-all while respecting the lake's cultural and natural heritage.
A consortium of three Singapore-based professionals - JL Architects, LST Architects and Spatial Anatomy Interior Designers crafts a four-level home on unusual terrain incorporating gardens at each level and plugging sustainability features in a manner that makes the abode amazingly inviting and enjoyable!
Sanjay Puri Architects optimise space and achieve a signature built form by designing a linear office with a central courtyard, mitigating the perennially hot weather conditions in Raipur Chhattisgarh, India.
Chinese architect Liu Jaikun wins the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize. He is known for methodology-driven design philosophy focussing on contextual adaptation rather than imposing a signature aesthetic. The jury commended Liu for "affirming architecture that celebrates the lives of ordinary citizens" and for his ability to create communal spaces in dense urban landscapes. Team IAnD congratulates Ar. Liu for this enormous achievement.
Spaces Architects@ka evokes the spirit of the #MughalGardens in #OldDelhi with their #HeritagePark, its architectural articulation rich in #vernacular materials and #landscape elements. Check out the proposal here…
Zaha Hadid Architects unveil their environmentally conscious master plan for the fast-developing Aljada Central Hub in Sharjah. Check out the proposal that conceptualises the moment a water droplet strikes the earth's surface, captured in an array of elliptical buildings…
Sanjay Puri Architects design luxury apartments in #Surat focussing on #lowcarbon footprint and #self-sufficiency as highlights of the architectural vision. Check it out here…
Schneider+Schumacher architects vivify the landscape outside an office complex in Frankfurt by using installation art at the intersection of urban design and architecture. Check out the larger-than-life organic ribbon that is a show-stopper!
Dublin's McCullough Mulvin Architects and Delhi's Design Plus Associates' masterplan of the Thapar University in Patiala embraces the context, reflects culture and inspires students in a beautiful blend of contemporary and traditional architecture. Check out the project here…
HKS Architects collaborate with Narrative Design Studio tooffer something new to glamping enthusiasts at AutoCamp's two new properties seamlessly marrying luxurious interiors with the surrounding natural beauty of the landscape.