The design of this residential community by Ar. Zaha Hadid is very much unlike her other iconic fluid forms. Is she moving on to a new level of simplification? Check it out here and do leave us your views...
The Konan Cultural Centre in Japan ascribes to an identifiable building design - a significant aspect of a community centre. Check it out and leave us your views…
Moesgaard Museum Denmark wins Civic Trust Award 2015 for demonstrating excellence in architecture and making a positive social, cultural, environmental and economic impact on the local community. Check it out here...
Public art projects can be instrumental in developing strong cultural bonds that boost overall personas of a community. Check out the MUHC installation by Linda Covit and leave us your views...
Though "#context-sensitive", "#diverse", and "#community-focused" may not be the first terms that come to mind when imagining a building that houses over 5,000 people, MVRDV's #FutureTowers in #Pune is an attempt to upend those perceptions. Check out the full story here…
Making the lowest impact on the environment, Ar. Fran Silvestre designs a home in the luxe gated community of Sotogrande in Cardiz, Spain. Check out how he uses four planes - shadow, wood, glass and stone to merge the built form with nature…
Football-loving Senegal gets ready for the Stade Du Senegal in the city of #Diamniadio, designed by Tabanlioglu Architects to celebrate the sport and mark the country's cultural identity
A community-based intervention in Indonesia by SHAU architecture uses 2000 ice-cream buckets to create a micro-library for the lower-income populace to empower literacy. Find out more here!
Through contemporary spatiality and a shared ecosystem, 'Common Lights' by Cosmos Architecture promises to offer the community of #BanjaLuka a versatile social and cultural life. Check out the newly unveiled designs of this multifunctional cultural centre…
Underlining the concepts of sustainability and circular economy, MVRDV's 'If Factory' proposal draws on Nantou's historic lineage to transform Shenzhen into a cultural and community hub.
Repurposing traditional Vietnamese roof-tiles into a distinct earthen façade, Ngói Space, a welcoming community hub by @hp_architects is a sustainable triumph. https://bit.ly/HPArchitects-IAnD
Studio Naoshi Kondo transforms a compact 500 sq. ft area into a multifunctional commercial space housing a photography studio, a co-working space, and the highlight - a movable communication room that makes the project dynamic and intriguing!
LAAB Collective in collaboration with Signature Design Communication crafts a collaborative and social space a la brasserie using 24 mirror-like vertical aluminium cylinders - simple and iconic, yet mysterious and monolithic - as the pièce de resistance of this post pandemic workspace!
Shubin Donaldson Architects designs two offices in California - both adaptive reuse projects that foster communal ethos, reinvigorated return-to-work experience, and an environment that encourages collaboration and promotes in-person interactions.
CLOU Architects play on the magic of the unexpected and the uncanny, the disregarded and the unconventional to create a community space in the heart of the Vanke Future City mall in Qingdao, China. The vivacious 'red' space hopes to meteor the success of this new retail destination.
ID Ketan Sheth - Chairman of Indian Institute of Interior Designers - Mumbai Regional Chapter (IIID-MRC) 2023-2025 and Founder and Principal Designer of Goldmine Project Consultant Pvt. Ltd expounds a philosophy that resonates with and reflects the untiring efforts of the multitude of the designer's community! Team India Art n Design is proud to celebrate him as the Designer of the Month January 2024!
Nestled within a gated community, this residential bungalow by Anurag Sinha Architectural Consultancy is an exercise in warmth, tranquil charm and an unpretentious aesthetic high!