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Defining Design Cutting Through Method And Madness

Dr. Prof. S. Badrinarayanan explores the trends in architecture, interiors, and design where the intent follows a comprehensive process, and where it is just a mere imitation. In a world of textured wallpapers and false ceilings, he advocates the need to find the ‘middle-path’ to design.

Give Time A Break

With his words of wisdom and introspection, Pritzker prize laureate B.V. Doshi discusses the role of architecture in giving a new dimension not just to a space, but also to time. This story takes us through his intent and his idea of how more than the built, it is the unbuilt spaces in an architectural expanse that link the visual with the emotional, psychological and spiritual being of the dweller or visitor. This thought-provoking read is a must for all designers and architects to imbibe a sense of ambiguity in the definition of design.

A Snazzy Abode

Amit Porwal believes that design is deeper than self-belief; and standing true to his belief is this opulent abode. Revamped to meet the envisions and needs of its inhabitants, this residence in Mumbai is not only contemporary and chic, but also personifies luxury and grandeur.

IIID Excellence Awards - The Voyage

The IIID Design Excellence Awards 2017, supported by Anchor by Panasonic, recently concluded with a grand awards function – an occasion to celebrate design with designers, at Geoffery Bawa’s Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka.

‘Vaanar Sena' In Sri Lanka

This Vaanar Sena arrived on the exotic island, Ceylon on the 26 th March, also Ram Navmi as per a significant Lunar Calendar.

IIID Showcase'18 @ Indore

IIID Indore Regional Centre organised IIID Showcase from 22 nd -25 th February 2018, ‘to establish a common link between the trade members, suppliers, retailers, manufacturers, service providers, design fraternity as well as discerning consumers’.

A Meaningful Intervention

Dhananjay Shinde Design Studio, an award-winning firm based in Nashik, restored a structure that was unused and in a dilapidated state for the past decade. The structure dates back to the 1920’s. It was a boarding school for Maratha Vidya Prasarak, one of the oldest and largest private education institutes of Maharashtra. The span of time and rough use had taken its toll on the structure. The management wanted to enhance the restoration with an efficient design team. A meaningful intervention was planned with an approach towards preserving the history and reviving the heritage.

Tetrisception: A Design Renaissance For The Young Minds

The belief to provide learning environment through the built form has seen the inception of Tetrisception- a preschool which makes learning fun again. Designed by Renesa Architecture Design Interiors Studio, the design process of the pre-school involved revamping Maple Bear India preschool to create a built tetrisized environment for enabling and catalysing the nurture of the young minds of pre-school students.

Education Beyond Boxes

Designed by Ar. Tushar Kothawade and Ar. Chiranjivi Lunkad of Studio Infinity, ‘The Outdoor Classroom’, provides pre-primary children a safe haven away from the comforts of home, to explore, learn, and grow, while challenging the conventional ‘boxed’ classroom and reflecting the changing face of contemporary education.

Unbound: A Library Under The Shade Of Knowledge

Envisioned as a place for celebrating the act of reading and freedom as an expression, a place where knowledge is free and ‘unbound’, a place where knowledge is empowerment, the pavilion ‘Unbound: Library of Lost books’ was designed at the Salvador Segui Square of Barcelona, Spain. Primarily programmed with a live-program of ‘reading’, ‘Unbound’ designed by Anupama Kundoo Architects furnishes an innovative approach in public library design which highlights the theme of liberty and the limitless nature of knowledge.

A Crafted, Contextual, A D Contemporary Practice

SJK Architects, set up and led by Ar. Shimul Javeri Kadri, is soon about to complete its third decade of practice. It strives to create architecture that is meaningful and exciting for the contemporary Indian built landscape, while drawing from historical wisdom.

Coworking Communities

Nisha Mathew Ghosh designs two very distinct yet community-oriented spaces, one is a training and research centre of a reputed hospital and the other a compact coworking space.