India Art n Design

Architecture doesn't have to replicate tradition to honour it. For Urban Revivo's Beijing flagship, MVRDV draws on familiar architectural elements—from roof tiles to moon gates—to create a contemporary identity rooted in place. Discover how tradition becomes a design system. https://indiaartndesign.com/when-tradition-becomes-design-language-mvrdv/

Inspired by the layered character of rammed earth, this Pune residence by Alkove-Design unfolds through subtle shifts in colour, material and light. Discover how a carefully calibrated palette creates continuity without monotony. https://indiaartndesign.com/where-gradients-shape-a-home-alkove-design/

Light doesn't simply enter a building. Architecture decides how—and when—we encounter it. Discover how two contemporary Indian homes by The Grid Architects and unTAG Architecture transform daylight into an experience worth waiting for.   https://indiaartndesign.com/waiting-for-light-the-grid-architects-x-untag-architecture/

Light doesn't simply enter a building. Architecture decides how—and when—we encounter it. Discover how two contemporary Indian homes by The Grid Architects and unTAG Architecture transform daylight into an experience worth waiting for.   https://indiaartndesign.com/waiting-for-light-the-grid-architects-x-untag-architecture/

The exterior doesn't always reveal what lies within. Casa Anahata by Carazo Arquitectura unfolds through a carefully choreographed journey of thresholds, light and landscape, where discovery becomes integral to the experience of architecture. Part of INSIDE OUT: How Architecture Reveals Itself—our July editorial series exploring the dialogue between exterior expression and interior experience. Read the complete feature on India Art n Design: https://indiaartndesign.com/the-architecture-of-discovery-carazo-arquitectura/

Enduring architecture evolves by responding to changing contexts, lifestyles and climate. TAS World demonstrates this through a farmhouse in Alipur, where planning, landscape and transitional spaces shape a contemporary way of living. Explore the complete story on India Art n Design. https://indiaartndesign.com/contemporary-contexts-enduring-architecture-tas-world/

Sculpture provides the point of departure for this residence by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, where geometry organises movement, light and landscape into a cohesive architectural experience. Discover how sculptural thinking shapes everyday living. https://indiaartndesign.com/when-sculpture-becomes-architecture-fran-silvestre-arquitectos/

Creative work depends as much on the spaces that nurture ideas as the ideas themselves. Discover how Hoot At Sight designs a Pune studio around the rhythms of creative thinking, collaboration, and quiet reflection, demonstrating how workplace architecture can shape the way creativity unfolds. https://indiaartndesign.com/office-spaces-that-think-creatively-hoot-at-sight/

One material. Two homes. Two entirely different architectural experiences. One by Studio Arcon and the other by Studio Lagom. Discover how exposed brick becomes the medium through which architecture reveals itself. https://indiaartndesign.com/one-material-two-experiences-studio-lagom-x-studio-arcon/

A slower rhythm defines this couture retail store in New Delhi, where Design Plus and Hyperfluid Koncept Designs use space, light and layered views to support the rituals of couture. Discover how architecture shapes the experience of couture retail. https://indiaartndesign.com/designing-for-pause-in-couture-retail-design-plus-and-hyperfluid-koncept-designs/

At 77 beneath London's BoTree hotel, Concrete Amsterdam reshapes perception through asymmetrical planning, layered circulation and light. Discover how architecture transforms constraint into experience. https://indiaartndesign.com/space-shapes-perception-at-77london-concrete-amsterdam/

By lifting an entire corporate campus, MAD Architects returns its ground plane to the city. Discover how one structural decision reshapes the relationship between architecture, workplace and urban life. Read more on IAnD. https://indiaartndesign.com/when-architecture-returns-the-ground-to-the-city-mad-architects/

Can two adjacent apartments truly feel like one home? Discover how Charushila Design transforms two mirrored layouts into a cohesive multi-generational residence through thoughtful planning and spatial continuity. Read here: https://indiaartndesign.com/when-two-homes-become-one-charushila-design/

Between Lines Studio answers that question by transforming a demolished house into a residence where adaptive reuse, passive design and everyday living work as one interconnected system. Discover how architecture becomes more than shelter. Read here: https://indiaartndesign.com/can-a-house-become-an-ecosystem-between-lines-studiohen-a-house-becomes-an-ecosystem-between-lines-studio/

Movement is often treated as circulation. Here, it becomes architecture. Discover how ZHA transforms a cultural centre into a continuous civic landscape where movement shapes every spatial experience. https://indiaartndesign.com/movement-becomes-architecture-at-songshan-lake-cultural-centre-zha/

Architecture can do more than frame merchandise—it can become the reason people return. Discover how Feel and Bari design a Chennai retail environment that places spatial experience at the heart of shopping. https://indiaartndesign.com/beyond-display-architecture-as-retail-experience-feel-and-bari/

Heatherwick Studio's latest proposal explores the challenge of designing an unconventional observatory—one where preserving darkness becomes as important as the architecture itself. https://indiaartndesign.com/designing-for-darkness-heatherwick-studio/