Rethinking Indian housing?!

Compiled by Team IAnD

Photography: Courtesy MVRDV

Read Time: 3 mins

© Ossip van Duivenbode

With the need for housing bursting at its seams, MVRDV completes their first offering in India – a colossal mountainous apartment block equipped to host 5000 residents from all walks of life… 

Brinda Somaya: a woman for all seasons!

Read Time: 2 mins 30 secs; viewing time: 4 mins

The ease with which Brinda Somaya aligns her personal and professional life is enviable. 

Embracing biophilic architecture

By Vinita Wagh

Renders: Courtesy Sasaki

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Anant National University designed by Sasaki is Ahmedabad’s treasure trove – a holistic campus, calling attention to the harmonious choreography of academics, community and environment.

The story of the blue wall

By Pari Syal

Photography: Harsh Sharma; courtesy the architects

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Between Spaces Architects use a striking fabric-clad blue wall as the upping quotient in this duplex in Bangalore…

The house on the hill

Text: Courtesy Studio PKA

Photography: Amit Pasricha; courtesy Studio PKA

Read Time: 3 mins

5 Element House (inset) Ar. Puran Kumar

Very few architects have a way with walls. The way they chisel the built form speaks volumes for the spaces carved, the human interaction with them and the surrounds. The 5 Element House by Studio PKA is one such abode…