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).

The ribbon-effect home by InFORM Architects

By Neehar Mishra

Photography: Clare Arni and Shankar Ramakrishnan; courtesy the architects

 

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Modern-day living, characterised by technological excellence overpowering familial ties, calls for homes that strike the right balance of proximity and privacy, aesthetics and functionality and quirk and subtlety…