Compact Chic

By Zoya

Photography: Courtesy the designers

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Mumbai-based architects Samir Raut and Shahveer Irani have come up with an innovative award-winning design for a compact household bar.

Enhancing Lifestyles

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the architects

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A 2,500 sq ft, four-bedroom apartment on Altamount Road, Mumbai, has been converted into a three BHK to enhance its spaciousness quotient…

IIM-A Heritage Campus Restoration

By Savitha Hira

Info: Courtesy IIM-A-RFP; S& KC

Photography: Courtesy India Art & Architecture FB Page

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Mumbai’s Somaya & Kalappa Consultants’ win the competition for Conservation Architects for the conservation of the 20^th century Louis Kahn’ IIM-A.

Kids-Happy!

By Zoya

Photography: Courtesy the designer

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Grabbing eyeballs, bright cubic blocks in colours of red, green, blue and yellow spell out ‘Kidzappy’, a salon for adults and kids in a prime Mumbai suburb.

Natural Leanings

By Marina Correa

Photography: Courtesy the architect

The louvers, opaque and solid, open in unison

Sitting in Ar. Shimul Javeri Kadri’s high-ceilinged office, with a swing in cheery upholstery in one corner; the space suffused with plenty of sunlight and wind sweeping through my hair – was literally a breath of fresh air on a hot summer afternoon - in comparison to stereotypical air-conditioned Mumbai offices. And I got a first-hand experience of her nature-inspired style of work.