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Studio Lotus unveils design for visitor centre at 15th century Mehrangarh Fort

February 26, 2019 India Block 0
Mehrangarh Fort visitor centre by Studio Lotus

Studio Lotus has designed the Mehrangarh Fort visitor centre in Jodhpur, India, from a system of interconnected and adaptable decks. Delhi-based Studio Lotus has designed the visitor and knowledge centre for the city’s 15th century Mehrangarh Fort, which towers 125 metres above Jodhpur on a rocky hill. Describing their approach as an “architectural system” rather than

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Charged Voids builds stone-clad Chandigarh home around courtyard void

January 31, 2019 Alyn Griffiths 0
Residence 145 by Charged Voids in India

Living spaces at this house in the Indian city of Chandigarh are distributed around a full-height courtyard that allows natural light and breezes to reach rooms arranged around its perimeter. Locally based architecture studio Charged Voids designed Residence 145 project for a family comprising three generations, who wanted a home that provides a balance of

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Carlo Ratti develops Livingboard prefab housing system for rural India

December 30, 2018 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
Carlo Ratti Livingboard prefab housing

Architect Carlo Ratti has worked with Indian non-profit WeRise to develop a system of low-cost housing with a prefabricated core that homeowners can build any structure they like on top of. The Livingboard system, which is currently being tried in a pilot project in a village just outside Bangalore, is designed to support housing development

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Soho House Mumbai references traditional Indian textiles

December 10, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Soho House has opened its first Asian outpost in Mumbai, India, featuring pattern-heavy interiors inspired by regional textiles and crafts. Designed by the brand’s in-house design team, Soho House Mumbai is housed in a refurbished 11-storey building in the city’s affluent Juhu neighbourhood, which is home to a number of Bollywood celebrities. Featuring 38 guest bedrooms,

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MVRDV’s “mountainous” Future Towers provides low-cost accommodation in India

December 6, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Dutch firm MVRDV has completed an enormous apartment building in the Indian city of Pune, featuring a series of connected blocks with sloping roofs, which branch out to enclose multipurpose courtyards. The firm led by Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries designed the Future Towers development for a site in the Amanora Park

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Spark’s Big Arse toilet could generate electricity in remote Indian villages

November 21, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Architecture studio Spark has developed a concept for an easily transportable 3D-printed toilet that could convert human waste into electricity. The module is designed for use in India where the UN is trying to tackle the severe hygiene and sanitation issues associated with open defecation. Called the Big Arse toilet, it would be 3D-printed from readily available bamboo

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India unveils world’s tallest statue

November 1, 2018 India Block 0

A 182-metre-high monument created by Michael Graves Architecture and Design, which is four times the size of the Statue of Liberty, has been officially inaugurated in Gujarat state, India. The Statue of Unity is nearly 50 stories tall, and together with its three-level base measures 240 metres, making it the world’s tallest statue. Designed by Indian sculptor Ram

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India unveils world’s tallest statue

November 1, 2018 India Block 0

A 182-metre-high monument created by Michael Graves Architecture and Design, which is four times the size of the Statue of Liberty, has been officially inaugurated in Gujarat state, India. The Statue of Unity is nearly 50 stories tall, and together with its three-level base measures 240 metres, making it the world’s tallest statue. Designed by Indian sculptor Ram

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Sameep Padora creates undulating brick roof to cover school library in India

October 8, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Sameep Padora & Associates looked at the forms of vaulted brick ceilings found in Catalonia to develop the complex curved roof of this extension to a children’s library in the Indian town of Kopargaon. Padora’s Mumbai-based practice designed the Maya Somaiya Library for the Shri Sharda English Medium School, which is located on the edge

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