Design Thinkers & Insights

India's Ar. Sanjay Puri bags three coveted awards at the prestigious World Architecture Festival and the World Festival of Interiors - the largest annual festival and live awards programmes for the global architecture and design community. Read here...

Exceptional transparency and a unique, uninterrupted magnificent view characterises the Gurten Pavillion in Wabern, Switzerland. Check it out and leave us your views...

Ball-Nogues Studio designs two public art installations - Air Garden and Stud Wall - that are as simple in their message as they are complex in their compositions. Check them out here…

Pop art colours juxtaposed against achromatic backdrop;Rajasthanijaali and hand-cut railings; earthy materials and rustic textures interspersed with contemporary fittings coalesce to furnish an eclectic and lived-in feel at the Gawande residence in Pune… Check it out!

Vienna-based Ar. Alexander Diem captures eyeballs with this absolutely impressive, extraordinary villa by the lake in Western Austria - manifesting the theoretical underpinnings of his office.

Abstraction in form; colour neutrality and fluid lines of curvature define workspaces designed by Delhi-based Kapil Aggarwal of KA Designs. IAnD profiles two of his recent projects. Check them out here...

Architecture and fashion have a long standing relationship; but actually incorporating the textile weave in a building façade is another thing. SPARK's 'pleated' and 'woven' façade for the award-winning mixed-use development Jing Mian Xin Cheng in Beijing demonstrates that depth of experience need not be forgotten despite the speed of the central city's expansion. 'Pleats' of perforated aluminium sheeting and a 'weave' of rippling windows resolve a variety of practical issues, while referencing a textile market that formerly operated on the site. Check it out here…

An installation at the Delhi Duty Free in the Indira Gandhi International Airport's departure terminal draws inspiration from the surging waters of the sea...

The Tent is a small spa designed by a21studio and perched above a hot spring and mineral resort hill in Vietnam.

Standing out for its striking façade, this award-winning 'twin sloped roof' bungalow is primarily designed to adapt the home to Bahrain's harsh climate… Check out the 'all-glass' home here…

Army barracks transform into a plush open-plan home, where warm natural materials and colours find a corresponding analogy in cuboid solid-surface forms and glass surfaces. Check it out here...

Taking their cue from the non-orientable loop of the Möbius strip, NEXT architects from Amsterdam design an art installation - exploiting the principle to emerge with yet another actuating philosophy in life. Check it out here...

Studio Eight Twentythree designs the Birdsong Café in suburban Mumbai as a contextual response to the surrounding heritage precinct. Check it out here…

Opening today, the zero-energy-building (ZEB) pilot project in Norway is conceptualized as a single family house with a garden, which sees a categoric amalgamation of architecture and technology - ensuring optimization of both, comfort and energy use. Check out the project here...

Foster+Partners' design of the Alen68 motor yacht uniquely combines the elegant social spaces of a cruising yacht with the fun of a day boat. Set sail here...

The 2014 UNESCO Asia-Pacific 'Award for Merit' in Cultural Heritage Conservation goes to the restoration of Shri Sakhargad Niwasini Devi temple complex in Satara by Kimaya Architects, Pune… Check it out here...

Ruetemple architects, Alexander Kudimov and Daria Butahina design a compact world for a brother-sister duo, with transformable and dynamic recreational areas, while the work areas remain anchored. Check out how simplicity in design thought can transform a space... Check out this room for siblings

Conceptualized and designed by architect and designer, Emmanuelle Moureaux, the Shinjuen Nursing Home near Tokyo, has been turned into a warm and friendly centre that not only welcomes the ailing into a positive ambience, but also nurtures feelings of joy and wellbeing. Read here and leave us your views...

Khosla Associates designs High Ultra Lounge - the currently trending plush roof-top bar and lounge at a height of 420 ft atop the World Trade Centre building in Bangalore…

Story-telling the Zaha Hadid way - ground-breaking design for the new Mathematics Gallery at the Science Museum, London will tell the stories of how mathematicians have helped shape the world...