Bonhomie with Nature, quite literally…

By Anuradha K R

Photography: Ravi Kanade; courtesy the architect

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A city-dwellers’ craving for a reunion with nature is quite understandable. In an effort to satiate one such craving, Ar. Rajesh Patel designs ‘Pavana Bungalow’, a 5000 sqft. getaway-home, constructed on a 3-acre farmland in Lonavala that door-delivers ‘balmy nature’ to its inmates!

Play of Volumes

By Marina Correa

Photography:Courtesy Anagram Architects

©Andre J Fanthome

Reminiscent of a Jenga-like block game, this 5-storey residence in New Delhi is made of 3 materially diverse, interlaced and cantilevered cuboids that exude an illusion of floating between a pergola on the roof and a pool at the entrance… 

Visual Arts for Classes & Masses – KGAF2015!

By Savitha Hira

Photography: Courtesy the artists & KGAF 2015

The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2015

The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2015 (KGAF) seems bigger and better! Bigger - not in area but in volume; in the core essentials that make up a holistic exchange platform...

The 3-Tree House

By Marina Correa

Photography: Sachin Bandukwala, Melissa Smith and Sam Stalker; courtesy banduksmithstudio

 

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Nestled amidst a small thicket on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, is a newly-constructed 3,100 sq ft lounge space annexed to the existing farmhouse, designed by banduksmithstudio…

The Vernacular in Architecture

Info & Images: Courtesy istudioarchitecture

Photography credits anclicks and bmdpix

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Mumbai’s young practice, iStudio Architecture designs a brick house inspired by both, the philosophies and the works of architects, Laurie Baker and Nari Gandhi...