Mumbai

MVRDV repurposes neglected land beneath Mumbai flyover as public space

July 15, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

Crawlspace at One Green Mile by MVRDV and StudioPOD

One Green Mile is a community landscape in Mumbai, India, which Dutch studio MVRDV and local practice StudioPOD have created from disused space beneath a concrete flyover. Located on an 800-metre stretch beneath the Senapati Bapat Marg flyover, the undulating landscape features extensive planting and bright blue urban furniture. The site, described by MVRDV as

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The Act of Quad designs multi-generational Mumbai apartment with its own temple

August 20, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0

Mumbai apartment interior by Act of Quad

Two flats in a Mumbai high-rise were combined to create a “minimal but playful” home for three generations, which local studio The Act of Quad has decorated with multiple spherical and rounded shapes. Located in the city’s Ghatkopar suburb, the four-bedroom, 325-square metre apartment is dotted with orbs and circles. Some serve a purpose as

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Ashiesh Shah creates “visually soft” restaurant interior in Mumbai

June 29, 2021 Ali Morris 0

Sequel restaurant interior by Ashiesh Shah

Textured surfaces and sinuous forms populate this outpost of vegan restaurant chain Sequel in Mumbai, which was designed by local architect Ashiesh Shah. Located in an office development in the city’s Bandra Kurla Complex, the interior was conceived as a calming antidote to the busy business district beyond. “The restaurant alludes to a timeless charm, celebrating the

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12 architecture and design projects from the Savannah College of Art and Design students

June 11, 2021 Dezeen staff 0

Savannah College of Art and Design School Show

From a New York hub that aims to help people live more sustainably, to addressing the decline of water-based travel in Mumbai, the Savannah College of Art and Design presents 12 student projects in our latest school show. The undergraduate and graduate projects also include an analysis of the tourist industry’s impact on the Galapagos

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Studio PKA turns heritage building in Mumbai into own architects’ studio

August 29, 2020 India Block 0

Architecture firm Studio PKA has transformed part of a disused 100-year-old building in Mumbai into its own contemporary office space. Called The Loft, the adaptive reuse project focused on the fourth floor of a Victorian-era warehouse in the city’s South Bombay, an art district nicknamed SoBo. The architecture studio gently “peeled away” decades worth of

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Bronze chainmail curtains add drama to Qualia restaurant in Mumbai

June 24, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Qualia restaurant in Mumbai designed by Serie Architects

Undulating chainmail curtains lend a stage-like quality to the open kitchen of this Mumbai restaurant designed by Serie Architects. Qualia is set on the ground floor of Mumbai’s Lodha World One skyscraper and has been designed to let diners “feel part of the entire practice of cooking”. To achieve this, Serie Architects orientated all of

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Nudes designs wooden book pavilion to encourage reading in Mumbai

December 26, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Bookworm pavilion by Nudes in Mumbai, India

Indian architecture studio Nudes has designed the meandering BookWorm pavilion to encourage reading among children and adults. Located in the gardens of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) Museum in Mumbai, the BookWorm pavilion has been built as a response to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal that all youths and a substantial proportion of adults

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India approves Mumbai-Pune hyperloop in bid to build world’s first system

August 7, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Mumbai-Pune hyperloop by Virgin Hyperloop One

The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra has approved Virgin Hyperloop One’s plans to develop a high-speed line between Mumbai and Pune, which could become the world’s first hyperloop. Maharashtra’s government has announced that a consortium of Virgin Hyperloop One and global ports owner DP World would be the preferred operator to build “the first hyperloop transportation

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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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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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