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Gabion walls filled with stone “camouflage” Indian home by Earthscape Studio

March 8, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Large rocks from the surrounding area are suspended in a gabion wall around The Infinite Rise, a holiday home in southern India by local architecture practice Earthscape Studio. The Infinite Rise is located near the village of Anaikatti on an elevated, rocky site that provides expansive views across the surrounding mountain ranges. Looking to disrupt

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CollectiveProject shades renovated Indian school with expansive bamboo canopy

January 30, 2024 Katie Last 0

Shaped cutouts cast playful shadows across Talaricheruvu Rural School, which Indian studio CollectiveProject has transformed from an existing school building in southern India. Located in Andhra Pradesh, the fifteen-year-old building was refreshed with a bamboo canopy, as well as a collection of shaded outdoor spaces and openings designed to respond to the area’s warm climate.

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Bamboo pavilion by AtArchitecture references traditional Indian handlooms and construction

January 28, 2024 Nyima Murry 0

Northeast Pavilion is a permanent bamboo structure created by Mumbai studio AtArchitecture to showcase local craft and construction techniques from the northeast of India. Located on a site near Surajkund Lake in Faridabad, the Northeast Pavilion was designed by AtArchitecture for the Surajkund Craft Fair, a three-week event that takes place every year to celebrate

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Skylit home offers a “seamless transition between indoor and outdoor living”

January 26, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Funnel-shaped concrete skylights illuminate a plant-filled courtyard at the centre of this home in Bangalore, India, which has been designed by local studio A Threshold to “blur boundaries between the inside and outside”. Named Ineffable Light, the four-storey family home is located on a tight urban plot with neighbouring buildings on three sides, which required

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An Indian Farmhouse That Breathes Zen

January 25, 2024 HD Staff 0

Nestled in the verdant expanses of India’s countryside, this farmhouse visualized by Koma Visualization is an ode to tranquility and architectural grace. Marrying contemporary design with the age-old wisdom of Eastern aesthetics, the property is a canvas of calm, featuring Zen gardens that whisper the ancient stories of serenity. Here, clean lines and natural light […]

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SOM designs “terminal in a garden” for Bangalore airport

January 19, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Global architecture studio SOM has designed a terminal for the Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, India, that draws on the city’s heritage and landscape. Designed by SOM as a “terminal in a garden”, the plant-filled project, created in collaboration with Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla (AJSK), and Grant Associates, aims to propose a calming alternative

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Blurring Boundaries wraps sculptural brick home around tree in Indian forest

December 27, 2023 Katie Last 0

Indian studio Blurring Boundaries has used organic forms and natural materials throughout Asmalay, a curvaceous home that wraps around trees in a forest near Mumbai. Nestled within a network of mango trees in Indian coastal town Alibag, the house was designed to showcase the connection between architecture and nature. In response to the surrounding canopy

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Oversized roof shelters house in Kerala by 3dor Concepts

December 24, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Indian studio 3dor Concepts has completed The Slab, a family home in Kerala that is protected from the elements by a facade of wooden louvres and a large concrete roof. Situated on an elevated and exposed site in Taliparamba, the home is designed to take advantage of the views across the landscape while providing sufficient

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A Threshold disguises community centre in India as “ancient ruins”

December 5, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A series of freestanding brick walls designed to resemble ruins frame this community centre near Bangalore, India, designed by local architecture studio A Threshold. Appropriately called Subterranean Ruins, the building is dug into a steeply sloping site overgrown with mango, banana and coconut trees and designed as a freely accessible, multifunctional centre for the village of

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