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Renesa creates whimsical interiors for Unlocked board game bar

July 19, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Unlocked Bar & Kitchen in Gurugram, designed by Renesa

Ancient sundials and puzzling video games informed the interiors of this restaurant and bar southwest of New Delhi, designed by architecture studio Renesa. Unlocked is a bar and kitchen in the city of Gurugram that includes its own adventure-themed escape room and a selection of over 100 board games. Featuring bold hues and geometric forms,

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10 strange and beautiful houses from all across India

June 8, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

With India emerging as a new hotspot for inventive architecture, we’ve rounded up 10 impressive new homes in the country, from a Mumbai house clad in antique doors to an Ahmedabad villa with rotating walls. Lattice House by Sameep Padora Located in a rapidly expanding suburb, this house comprises of a stack of misaligned volumes

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UNStudio masterplans smart city in Bangalore

May 24, 2019 India Block 0

Karle Town Centre Masterplan by UNStudio

Dutch practice UNStudio has unveiled a masterplan for Karle Town Centre, a garden-filled smart city in Bangalore where buildings will be covered in cooling white paint. Karle Town Centre (KTC), which will be built alongside the Manyata Tech Park, is designed to be an attractive place for workers and their families to live in Bangalore, dubbed

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Absence of regulations in India “leads to exploitation of interns” says architecture graduate

April 29, 2019 Marcus Fairs 0

Architects in India have to endure exploitative internships in order to complete their studies, according to recent graduate Urvashi Vasishtha. With unpaid internships under the spotlight, she spoke to Dezeen about the situation in her country. Working long hours for low wages “left us feeling unvalued,” Vasishtha said. “It dipped our confidence, decreased our drive

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Nudes creates cafe in Mumbai entirely from cardboard

April 13, 2019 India Block 0

Cardboard cafe by Nudes in Mumbai is made entirely from recycled cardboard

Indian architecture studio Nudes has built an entire cafe in Mumbai using cardboard to prove its versatility as an environmentally friendly material. Everything apart from Cardboard’s core, shell and services in the cafe has been made from cardboard. Walls, chairs, tables and even lampshades have all been sculpted from pieces of the corrugated material. The

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Gorgeous Modern Indian Villas With Courtyards

April 1, 2019 HD Staff 0

These two stunning modern Indian villas, created by architect Moriq, each feature peaceful courtyard designs within them. One has a combination of green space and a multi textured floor, which acts as a border of privacy between the entryway to the home and the main family living area. The second features a pivotal water body […]

Mobile Offices designs Brutalist concrete architecture school in India

March 20, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0

School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada, designed by Mobile Offices

Floating staircases connect teaching spaces in the Brutalist-style monolithic concrete School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada by Mobile Offices in India. The architecture school is located on an eco-friendly campus in the city of Vijayawada, in the southeast Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Mobile Offices – a Mumbai-based studio headed by Manisha Agarwal and Shantanu Poredi – designed

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Mobile Offices designs Brutalist concrete architecture school in India

March 20, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0

Floating staircases connect teaching spaces in the Brutalist-style monolithic concrete School of Planning and Architecture Vijayawada by Mobile Offices in India. The architecture school is located on an eco-friendly campus in the city of Vijayawada, in the southeast Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Mobile Offices – a Mumbai-based studio headed by Manisha Agarwal and Shantanu Poredi – designed

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Morphogenesis celebrates “gender-positive” pay gap

March 5, 2019 India Block 0

Morphogenisis has reported a gender-positive pay gap

Indian firm Morphogenesis has become one of the world’s first architecture practices to report a gender pay gap in favour of its female employees. The leading firm, which has offices in Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru, announced a “gender-positive pay gap”, ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March. Data calculated using the median of its staff’s

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Weiss Manfredi unveils masterplan for New Delhi’s modernist US Embassy

February 28, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0

New Delhi US embassy masterplan by Weiss Manfredi

New York firm Weiss Manfredi has revealed plans to update Edward Durell Stone’s modernist US embassy in New Delhi, India, as part of a major overhaul of the complex. Commissioned by the US Department of State, Weiss Manfredi’s masterplan is intended to transform the United States Embassy in the city’s Chanakyapuri neighbourhood into a “multi-functional campus”.

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