Climate-sensitive house

By Marina Correa

Photography: Kunjan Garg, Rajasekharan Menon, Harikrishnan; courtesy RGB Architecture Studio

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A single-family residence located in Palakkad, Kerala blends into the neighbourhood landscape, while it makes use of ecologically-conscious features to maintain a pleasant temperature year-round in spite of the region’s harsh and dry climate…

Purposeful interiors with a personal touch!

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photographs: Courtesy OHA

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Setting the mood for a purposeful luxurious living with a personal touch is a two-bedroom show flat in suburban Mumbai…

 

Wearable Architecture – Concrete Cufflinks!

By Nitin Barcha & Disney Davis

Photography: Courtesy Studio Material Immaterial

 

ELEMENTS Collection

“We love the idea of being on the border of definitions. We only exercise choice of ideas, and ideas choose materials.” Studio Material Immaterial on their newest architectural offering...

Wafer House: the potency of a well-articulated built form!

By Sonal Mamoowala

Photography: Amit Rastogi; courtesy the architect

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This elegant contemporary styled home stands cheek by jowl amidst bungalows in a densely populated north-eastern Bangalore suburb, dictated by an east/west axial introverted design…

Career as a fashion photographer

By Neehar Mishra

Photography: Courtesy Vickram Singh Bawa

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India’s ace fashion photographer Vickram Bawa talks to IAnD about his journey in the world of art and what it takes to be a successful fashion photographer.

Artistically natural furniture for the truly contemporary home!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy Team KNW

Nesting buffet tables in a combination of steel and wood in walnut finish

Product and furniture studio, KNOCK ON WOOD (KNW) founded by Aarti Aggarwal celebrates wood in its purest form...

6 Ballygunge Place: Celebrating heritage with a twist!

By Marina Correa

Photography: Ravi Kanade and Subhrajit G Mitra; courtesy the architect

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The design for the refurbishment of renowned Bengali restaurant 6 Ballygunge Place, Kolkata, contemporizes the region’s traditionally-rich art and cultural heritage in a pastiche of pop colours and kitsch style…

Dakshineshwar Skywalk – a monumental adjunct to the renowned Kali Temple

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photography: Courtesy DFI

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Rising up to the challenge of decongesting and structuring devotee-traffic to Kolkata’s Dakshineshwar Kali Temple, Design Forum International (DFI) follow the tried and tested ‘Form-follows-Function’ principle to bridge the tradition vs. technology divide...

Calling Applications for Milan Design Week 2016

IAnD Exclusive

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India Art n Design(dot)com – The Creatives’ Weekly Infotainer on Art, Design & Architecture invites applications for the India Design Pavillion Milan - Edition One at the Milan Design Week 2016  from 12^th to 17^th April.

Chandigarh’s ‘Museum of Knowledge’: Saluting Le Corbusier!

Info & Images by MuseLAB

Roof Garden at the Museum of Knowledge

Walking in Le Corbusier’s footprint yet keeping pace with contemporary times, young design firm, MuseLAB Design Engine - second winners of international concept competition for the ‘Museum of Knowledge’, Chandigarh, enlighten us on what made their design tick...

Miki Agrawal: Breaking taboos with contemporary design

By Leah Linhares

Photography: Courtesy Miki Agrawal

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Here is an individual, who is en route to empower the modern-day woman through innovative design that not only helps make life better for them but also aids the environment along the way!

CNS Neurology Hospital - architecturally integrated healthcare solutions!

By Sonal Mamoowala

Photography: Andre J Fanthome; courtesy Archohm

  

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Following the tenets of hospitality that are fast transforming healthcare architecture, Archohm designs the CNS Neurology Hospital in Patna, where the building itself responds as a conscientious healthcare contributor!

Ikat - Odisha’s unmatched art of weaving

By Udita Chaturvedi

Photographs: Courtesy Udita Chaturvedi

 

Earlier patterns used to be hand-drawn and then copied on looms

Odisha is a state that is full of culture, tradition, history, heritage, dialects and handloom products. In fact, it’s one of the two Indian states that weaves beautiful ikat prints on silk and cotton sarees (the other state being Andhra Pradesh).