Attic Lab, Malappuram, Kerala Architect: Attic Lab Citation Note: This small project doubles up as a workspace and a living unit. Located amongst the green foliage of a residential yard, the Attic Lab represents the potential of a small project designed with intelligent use of space and material. Geometrically designed within a A-frame, the structure becomes the skin and envelope […]
Jetavan, Sakharwadi Architect: Sameep Padora and Associates Citation Note: Designed as a space for holistic development of a close-knit community, the Jetavan project by Sameep Padora and Associates recognises the significance of context – both physical and conceptual to locate the built forms within a found landscape, all the while being duly sensitive to the design programme. The site – […]
SwadhyayReading Room, Gandhinagar Architect: BandukSmith Studio Citation Note: Built on an open site within a BSF cantonment campus, the Swadhyay Reading Room building is designed for children of all ages. A beautifully proportioned roof that creates an intimate space on the edges of the structure breaks the crisp, regimental form. The architecture of the building lies in its transverse section. […]
Ganga Maki Textile Studio, Village Punniwala, Dehradun Architect: Studio Mumbai Architects Citation Note: The Ganga Maki Textile Studio is built on the slopes of the foothills of the Himalayas in Uttarakhand. Designed on a fragile terrain, the studio and its ancillary structures are sited naturally and effortlessly on the lay of the land. Built with the assistance of the resident […]
IIM-B New Classroom Complex, Bengaluru Architect: Mindspace Citation Note: Located in immediate proximity of the iconic Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru, this building is designed as a supplementary space to the existing campus. Flanking a green corridor designed originally by Balkrishna Doshi, the structure has a silent presence and is respectful of its environment. There are two core aspects of […]
The Bonjour India Experience, India Gate (New Delhi), Cross Maidan Garden (Mumbai), Salt Lake Central Park (Kolkata) Architect: SpaceMatters Citation Note: Travelling exhibitions are exciting design opportunities for architects to create pop-up spatial experiments to solicit varied audiences. The Bonjour India Experience designed by SpaceMatters is a simple, elegant construct – an expressive space that serves as both – the […]
Pause Restrooms, Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Bombay-Goa Highway Architect: RC Architects Citation Note: Pause Restrooms is a facility building primarily designed for truck drivers who need pitstops to rest and refresh on long and tedious journeys across India. Simple, crisp and visually distinct in red, the restroom complex presents both – programmatic innovation and good design for a typology that is […]
Avasara Academy, Lavale Architect: Case Design Citation Note: Designed as a system of structure and infill, the Avasara Academy is an example of an architectural approach that is inclusive and shares design ownership with the workers, the clients and the users. Built on a frugal budget, the set of buildings that make the Academy are arranged in a simple plan […]
MES Auditorium, Mandvi Architect: Neogenesis+studi0261+The Company of Design, CAN Architecture Citation Note: The MES Auditorium in a small town of Mandvi in Gujarat sits on a constricted urban site. A public auditorium, the design of the space comprehensively accommodates the programmatic demands of the building, all the while, creating an interesting sequence and circulation that responds to its public-ness. Designed […]
KSM Architecture Studio, Chennai Architect: KSM Architecture Citation Note: The office building is sited within a dense urban context with low-rise buildings packed in a close-knit street pattern in Chennai. Designed to house an architecture office, the structure is eloquently planned to have split-levels with the staircase acting as the connection between the levels. It is a space for work […]