Perfume Park and Museum: Reinforcing the legacy of Kannauj in India

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Visual representations: courtesy the architect

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Perfume Park and Museum(inset)Architects Amit Gupta & Britta Knobel Gupta

Kannauj, India’s perfume capital plays host to UPSIDC’s Perfume Park and Museum, giving impetus to the time-honoured expertise and craft of perfume making.

Vikram Sarabhai Library - a restoration with the “promise of major policy impact within Ahmedabad and throughout India”

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Photography: Courtesy SNK

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Vikram Sarabhai Library at IIM-Ahmedabad (inset) l-r: Nandini Somaya Sampat & Ar. Brinda Somaya

Somaya and Kalappa Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (SNK) once again stand apart for their diligence, sensitivity and vision as they win the UNESCO Award of Distinction for the restoration work of the Vikram Sarabhai Library at IIM-Ahmedabad…

Tracing history through contemporary urban interventions

By Vinita Wagh

Renders: Courtesy the architect

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Proposed Heritage Park (inset) Ar. Kapil Aggarwal

In the heart of Old Delhi, Spaces Architects@ka designs a Heritage Park - a cultural and symbolic ode to the grandeur of the historical city.

A walk down a historical lane!

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: Andre J Fanthome; courtesy Archohm  

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(inset) Ar. Sourabh Gupta

Archohm’s urban renewal of Lucknow’s Hussainabad is a momentous endeavour that composes quasi-pedestrianisation, landscape and the built forms onto one heritage-themed canvas.

The iconic Bombay House revitalised!

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Photography: Courtesy SNK Consultants 

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Bombay House (inset) (l-r)Ar. Nandini Sampat & Ar. Brinda Somaya

Ar. Brinda Somaya dedicates yet another iconic structure to the city of Mumbai – the soul of the Tata Group - Bombay House, restored and refurbished for gen-next!

Amrapali Museum: an ode to Indian jewellery

By Shilpi Madan

Photography: Courtesy the museum

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toe-rings| ruby hastphool at the back of the tiny hand at the end of the silver back scratcher, with concealed daggers within at each end - probably a queen's vanity essential| hairpin

Unseen tribal jewellery and heirlooms in silver and gold from across India pirouette proudly at the recently opened Amrapali Museum in Jaipur…

Adaptive reuse of century-old Ahmedabad home

By Savitha Hira

Photography: Courtesy Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum

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Glass-walled gallery atop the Claude Batley building juxtaposed with the colonial architecture of the main building 

Taking familial values several notches higher, the Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum is a colonial home turned museum space that aspires to engage audiences in revisiting historical treasures and simultaneously revivifying Ahmedabad’s cultural scene...

Mumbai’s Royal Opera House restored to its erstwhile grandeur!

By FinchD

Photography: Courtesy ANLAssociates

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Conservation Architect Abha Narain Lambah restores the 1916 Royal Opera House, Mumbai, to its erstwhile grandeur...

A confluence of architectural styles

By Marina Correa

Photography: Bharat Aggarwal; courtesy the architect

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Dharampura Haveli in old Delhi

Ar. Kapil Aggarwal readapts the glory of a 150 year-old haveli in old Delhi, into a hospitality destination that takes pride in its architectural and cultural legacy in the contemporary context…

Revisiting heritage with a modern concept

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Photography: Edmund Sumner; courtesy Studio Lotus

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Studio Lotus reinterprets legacy into a contemporaneous fabric - effortlessly doing exactly what it excels at - marrying the best of both worlds!

Global Vernacular!

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Courtesy Penda

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International design firm, Penda, known for their cross-cultural nuances are landscaping a residential society in Hyderabad - their inspiration: Indian step wells and water mazes!

State-of-the-art Museum Textile Gallery to highlight Kutch embroidery

By Nitika Agarwal

Photography: Courtesy MDC & Shrujan Trust

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Matrika Design Collaborative chisel out Bhuj’s textile gallery with subtle contextual references that bring alive the embroidery traditions and the desert landscape of the region...

Jawahar Kala Kendra: Soulful Refurbishment

By Savitha Hira 

Photography:  Deepshikha Jain; courtesy Soul Studio

Jawahar  Kala  Kendra

Studio SOUL is refurbishing the heritage beacon of Rajasthan – the Jawahar Kala Kendra, with a thoughtful conservation of its architectural character and the original architect’s lofty vision…

CEPT Archives: assimilating nuances of lost architectural history

By Savitha Hira; Info courtesy: Ishita Shah

Images & Renderings: Courtesy CEPT Archives

Archiving at CEPT

The new department of archives at CEPT, Ahmedabad holds in its midst rare gems of architectural representational styles – both, in drawings and design. IAnD probes and enlightens…

Lucknow Memorial Gate: An ecologically viable footprint!

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Illustrations: Courtesy Archohm

 

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Archohm exemplifies an ecological footprint with a subtractive approach in the design of the proposed Lucknow Memorial Gate…

Beautifying the Taj Mahal surrounds

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Photography: Courtesy Archohm

  

Aerial View - Taj Ganj redevelopment

The Taj Ganj urban redevelopment footprint spans the incremental growth of the contemporaneous neighbourhood of the Taj Mahal and marks a significant landmark in its tourist mapping…

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).

Museum of Christian Art

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the architects

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Situated below the apse of a chapel within the sprawling grounds of the St Pius seminary at Goregaon(E), Mumbai lies a tiny Christian Art Museum that showcases time-honoured Christian religious artifacts and memorabilia… 

Auspicious Silver

By Chirag Sharma 

Photography: Courtesy World Wide Web

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That is what silver is all about: a quiet subtle yet extremely sophisticated statement of style that enhances the ambience through its naïve presence at the appropriate time, at the appropriate place. Flaunt it this season…

Restoring lost charm: Ganeshkhind Temple Complex, Pune

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the architect

 

Restored Ganeshkhind Temple, Pune

Kimaya Architects bag the Honourable Mention in the 2015 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for their restoration of the 16^th century Parvati Nandan Ganapati Temple in Ganeshkhind, Pune…