Travel and art are my ‘Go-to Therapists’, says Ar. Shobhit Kumar

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Text & Photography:  Ar. Shobhit Kumar

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(inset) Ar. Shobhit Kumar

Ar. Shobhit Kumar, partner of Rakhee Shobhit Design Associates (RSDA) hails travelling to new places as his best stress buster…and then there is his artistic pursuit…

Nature and my pet are My go-to Therapists, says Ar. Rupande Shah

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Text & Photography:  Ar. Rupande Shah

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Ar. Rupande Shah talks about how a complete disconnect from the problem often works as the best therapy to rejuvenating one’s creative juices… 

Photography and Gardening are My go-to Therapists, says Ankon Mitra

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Text & Photography: Ankon Mitra

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Tomatoes-lemons-garlic - photography by Ankon Mitra(inset)

In the first of this new series, “my go-to therapist”, Ankon Mitra tells us how he overcomes moments of creative sterility by indulging in his alternate passions…

Nostalgia stirs positive emotions!

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By Savitha Hira

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Team IAnD knocked on the doors to feel-good memories inviting select architects and designers to unearth their most desirable and memorable projects till date...

Defining health and luxury at the turn of the millennium!

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By Ar. Premnath

Photography: Courtesy the architect

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The Golden Palms Resort (inset) Ar. Premnath

Ar. Premnath turns back the clock to the turn of the millennium, when he designed The Golden Palms Resort for erstwhile Bollywood hero, Sanjay Khan…

Of Op Art and Wire Frames!

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By Minnie Bhatt

Photography: Prashant Bhat; courtesy the designer

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Tru Tram Trunk (inset) Interior Designer Minnie Bhatt

Interior designer Minnie Bhatt juggles through her most-loved projects to zero-in on one of her most challenging assignments – Tru Tram Trunk at BKC, Mumbai…

When the heart knows, but needs to acknowledge…

By Savitha Hira

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Team IAnD is grateful to all participating designers and architects of the mini web series Dhara –motivational messages by the design and architecture fraternity, for the fraternity…

The charm of unconventional design!

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By Architects at Group DCA

Photography: Kapill Kamra; courtesy Group DCA

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Sainik Farms residence (inset)l-r:Architects Amit Aurora and Rahul Bansal

Group DCA embrace myriad design sensibilities to style a residence in Sainik Farms, Delhi using the unconventional artistic taste of the client as their starting point. Richly detailed, the residence provides a visual feast with intrigue in every corner…

Dhara | Mini Web Series| Ep.8| Motivational Moments with Prof. Jaisim Krishna Rao

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Founder and Principal Architect, Jaisim - Fountainhead, Prof. Jaisim Krishna Rao considers these unprecedented times to be a prelude to the onset of a new revolution - in the centre of which will be the profession of architecture. 

Dhara | Mini Web Series| Ep.7| Motivational Moments with Jimmy Mistry

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Principal Designer & CMD Della Group, Jimmy Mistry strongly advocates using design thinking as a tool and the holistic coming together of the design fraternity to help identify and ease post-lockdown problems…

Dhara | Mini Web Series| Ep.6| Motivational Moments with Ar. Anjali and Ar. Kiran Kalamdani

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Architects Anjali and Kiran Kalamdani from Kimaya talk about their various creative pursuits and how momentous family bonding can combat stressful times...

Mana Ranakpur: Contextually rooted in the sublime

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By Ar. Akshat Bhatt

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Mana Ranakpur (inset) Ar. Akshat Bhatt

Ar. Akshat Bhatt of Studio Architecture Discipline goes down memory lane with a project that not only uses architecture as a reflection of time and place but engages with the future and is of a progressive disposition.

Dhara | Mini Web Series| Ep.5| Motivational Moments with Artist Ajay De

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Artist Ajay De says staying focussed is key. He advices us to put our best foot forward to tide over these uncertain times. 

Dhara | Mini Web Series| Ep.4| Motivational Moments with Hemant Suthar – President, Association of Designers of India

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President, Association of Designers of India (ADI), Hemant Suthar, shares various tips to turn the lockdown challenge into an opportunity. This is the time, he stresses, to transit from textbook proverbs to real life implementation… 

Dhara | Mini Web Series| Ep.3| Motivational Moments with Narendra Ghate, Chief Designer, Tata Elxsi

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Chief Designer, Tata Elxsi, Mr. Narendra Ghate deliberates on how re-evaluation of our lifestyles is going to be an inherent outcome of the Covid-19 phase. He prods us to look within…

Manav Gulzar: A humbling experience!

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By Ar. Hiren Patel

Photography: Vinay Panjwani; courtesy HPA

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Manav Gulzar Community Centre (inset) Ar. Hiren Patel

Ar. Hiren Patel of his eponymous firm speaks about an ongoing humbling experience that he feels keeps him grounded as a man and a responsible professional…

Dhara | Mini Web Series| Ep.2| Motivational Moments with Ar. Hafeez Contractor

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Ar. Hafeez Contractor – a trailblazer in the Indian architectural scenario, reiterates his strength of conviction and forbearance, as he shares a few pearls of advice, provoking thought for the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic…

Dhara | Mini Web Series| Ep.1| Motivational Moments with Artist Brinda Miller

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Artist Brinda Miller, known for her manifold talents as a creator talks about introspection as a potenet tool in these times. Listen to her and imbibe...

Influencing societal change

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Nostalgia

By Ar. Reza Kabul

Photography: courtesy Reza Kabul Architects

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Recreational Floor, Shreepati Arcade, Mumbai (inset) Ar. Reza Kabul

Reflecting on the confidence and undaunting spirit of his team to go out-of-box, Ar. Reza Kabul reminisces on how Shreepati Arcade marked unprecedented achievement in 2003 as the tallest building in Mumbai…

Losing Steam

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Concept & Narration: Vagish Naganur

Story & Visualisation: Gurjit Singh Matharoo

Photography: Courtesy Matharoo Associates

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Divisional Railway Managers Head Office Building, Ahmedabad (inset) Ar. Gurjit Singh Matharoo

Starting today, in the first of our series ‘Nostalgia’, IAnD speaks to Ar. Gurjit Singh Matharoo, who goes down memory lane and shares with us a story that is also a part of an upcoming book of stories on Matharoo projects called 'wit-ness to mat-haroo (hindi) spirit of endeavours'. G in the story is Gurjit.