Tag: India Leading Architects

30
May

Context oriented design with CALM Studio

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CALM Studio is a boutique architectural design practice based in Chennai, India working on various scale of developments.

The CALM philosophy embodies a holistic approach to design that incorporates not just architectural design, interior, landscape and master planning but also extends to lighting, graphics, and branding. The studio holds a distinctive speciality in luxury homes, hospitality and commercial developments. 

The CALM purpose is to reach out and make an offering that is sincere, whole and revolves totally around a personal experience. The intent is built on a complete understanding of the purpose, person and place, to deliver not just a design solution, but a completely transformed experience accompanied by a revelation to a lifestyle that revolves around the user of the space.

It is an integrated solution envisioned for peace and tranquillity within the environment. This thinking is the core of CALM and it is what gives the holistic design approach its unique personality. CALM Studio is not all about building. The studio has been honoured in Architectural digest’s AD100 of the most influential designers in the country.

Meenakshi Srinivasan: Meenakshi has been associated with SCDA Architects Singapore for nearly a decade. She is also an acclaimed classical Indian dancer.

Dharamraj Subramaniam: Dharmaraj has spent nearly a decade with WOHA Designs, one of Asia’s leading design firms based out of Singapore.

Harshan Thomson: Harshan is passionate about architectural photography and has documented works of leading architects across Asia.

19
Jan

Challenging context, Creating new Paradigms with Ar. Sameep Padora principal architect of Studio sP+a, Mumbai

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Sameep Padora is a practising architect and principal of the design studio sP+a in Mumbai. He received his diploma in architecture from Academy of Architecture went on to study at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, and received his Masters from the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University in 2005.

His firm’s projects have received numerous international awards including The Architectural Review’s Emerging Architecture Award in London, the MARMOMACC International Award Architecture in Stone in Verona and the WAN 21 for 21 Award for 21 Emerging International Practices for the 21st century, earlier this year.

Most recently he has collaborated on a research project for the ‘Uneven Growth’ Tactical Urbanisms exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The studio has 25 architects and works on projects ranging from small scale urban interventions to large scale developments in India.

As a practice, they at sP+a believes that India’s vast breadth of socio-cultural environments require multifarious means of engaging with the country’s varying contexts. Type, Program, Design and Building processes are subservient to the immediacy of each project’s unique frame of reference.
The studio’s approach hence is to look to context as a repository of latent resources connecting production process and networks, appropriating techniques beyond their traditional use while allowing them to evolve and persist not just through preservation but more so through evolution.

The practice questions the nostalgia involved with the static ‘museumification’ of craft and tradition as well as the nature of what today comprises the ‘regional’ in contexts amplified by their place in global and regional networks. This attitude enables the practice to look at traditional project types, projecting their formal/ relational history within the paradigms of current socio-economic forces.

15
Dec

Anagram Architects enthusiastically explores the opportunities to investigate spatial design and endeavour to provide innovative and fresh design solutions

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Anagram Architects is an architectural design practise established by Vaibhav Dimri and Madhav Raman in New Delhi in 2001. The firm’s practice is diverse and encompasses public infrastructure planning, urban design, architecture, scenography, broadcast design, furniture design, and interior design.

They, at Anagram Architects, enthusiastically explore the opportunities to investigate spatial design and endeavor to provide innovative and fresh design solutions by delving into the rich experience in various fields. They also undertake collaborative design projects with other designers and artists so as to provide their clients with more holistic designs and to enrich and invigorate their own design experiences.

The young and dynamic firm has very rapidly garnered national and international acclaim for designs that span a wide array, from modest residences to large public infrastructure facilities. Through their work they attempt to enrich elemental modernity with intensive research into traditional as well as non-conventional practices, evolving culturally relevant, contextually responsive and resource-efficient design solutions.
Madhav Raman the Principal & Co-Founder at Anagram Architects his interests in cultural histories and urban economics adds depth to the practice. He brings insight and experience in transit, urban ecologies, multi-disciplinary strategies and new technologies to our projects. An avid cyclist and swimmer, Madhav regularly guides research, lectures and writes about design in professional journals as well as mainstream publications.

Vaibhav Dimri the Principal & Co-Founder at Anagram Architects his desire to experiment with new ideas deeply influences our design process. He guides the practice by continuously pushing boundaries through material innovation and by reimagining the program, towards creating avant-garde solutions. His lifelong passion for theatre is reflected in his understanding of the subtleties of spatial design.       

The young and dynamic firm has very rapidly garnered national and international acclaim for designs that span a wide array, from modest residences to large public infrastructure facilities. Through their work they attempt to enrich elemental modernity with intensive research into traditional as well as non-conventional practices, evolving culturally relevant, contextually responsive and resource-efficient design solutions.

Madhav Raman the Principal & Co-Founder at Anagram Architects his interests in cultural histories and urban economics adds depth to the practice. He brings insight and experience in transit, urban ecologies, multi-disciplinary strategies and new technologies to our projects. An avid cyclist and swimmer, Madhav regularly guides research, lectures and writes about design in professional journals as well as mainstream publications.

Vaibhav Dimri the Principal & Co-Founder at Anagram Architects his desire to experiment with new ideas deeply influences our design process. He guides the practice by continuously pushing boundaries through material innovation and by reimagining the program, towards creating avant-garde solutions. His lifelong passion for theatre is reflected in his understanding of the subtleties of spatial design.       

14
Oct

Sustainable design solutions with Morphogenesis

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Morphogenesis is one of India’s leading award-winning Architecture and Urban Design practices with offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi, India. Morphogenesis reinterprets India’s architectural roots and consistently employs passive design solutions for a unique contextual language. Its work encompasses a range of typologies across Architecture, Interiors and Landscape Urbanism.

Morphogenesis is the only firm in the WA100 list of the world’s largest Architecture firms which is Gender neutral, with over 50% women across all levels. With projects in 8 countries, 95 International and National Awards and 750 plus publications globally, it is the first Indian Firm to be awarded the Singapore Institute of Architects Getz Award for their vision and commitment in making a significant contribution in shaping the changing landscape of Asia. The firm’s work has been published in a Monograph by Images Publishing, Australia under their world-renowned Master Architect Series, a first for an Indian firm.

Established by Sonali and Manit Rastogi in 1996, Morphogenesis is globally recognized for its diverse work that encompasses a range of specialized practise areas – Master Planning, Residential, Commercial, Workplace, Institutional, Hospitality and Houses, through in-house integrated project delivery in Sustainability, Interiors, Landscape, Digital Technologies and Design Management.

Architecturally they celebrate identity and diversity versus visual homogeneity. They think of their buildings and cities as Bazaars, places of human interaction along with being places of human habitation. This ensures all their projects are unique, whilst responding to the client, climate, context and the end-users

The end-user always sits at the center of their design process in our approach to building smart environments. They consider mobility, security, outdoor comfort, technology, health and well-being, ease of facility management and disaster readiness to create spaces that work equally well for all users.

They understand that they are often working in an environment with limited resources hence, they deploy passive strategies by responding to the local climate and ecology and address comfort, safety, livability parameters and are mindful that projects remain economically viable and globally pertinent.

The belief in sustainability shapes all their projects. It is not treated as a layer of applied technology on building systems but forms the very basis of the design. Each project is conceived through a research-oriented approach to policy, planning, design, technology, passive and low energy design.

15
Jul

Sustainable Design with Architecture Brio

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Architecture BRIO engages actively in the creation of contextually appropriate, sustainable design solutions within an increasingly changing world.

The founders of Architecture BRIO set up the studio in Mumbai in 2006. Over the years the studio has thrived with an energetic team of architects led by Shefali Balwani (C.E.P.T, India) and Robert Verrijt (TUDelft, the Netherlands).

The work of the studio addresses new ways of understanding the often contradictory interrelations between the city, architecture, landscape, and the world of interiors. Within this context, the work searches for a delicate balance between architecture as the act of disappearance, and creating characterful, responsive and experiential environments.

Over the past decade, the Dutch-Indian firm has been the recipient of numerous national and international awards, such as Archiprix, Europan 2008, and World Architecture Community Awards. In 2014, they were awarded the “Best Practice in India” at the Trends Excellence Awards 2014. The studio was selected amongst the “AD100“, the Architectural Digest India list of the most influential designers in India and South Asia in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

The practice works with a thorough understanding of Architecture and its related fields. It seeks to develop the design as its core strength and primary focus. An energetic team of between 15 to 20 architects works intensively with engineers, consultants, designers and the client. In this multidisciplinary approach, it welcomes new insights that can lead to specific innovative solutions. It believes strongly in design as a process with an intensive dialogue. It uses models, both physical and virtual, as tools for communication between clients, engineers and architects. This encourages programmatic and engineering concepts to be fully integrated into the design right from the conception.

Architecture BRIO works on a broad range of projects both in the public and private realm. We enthral in jumping from the extreme of the tiny scale of an architectural dollhouse to designing masterplans or thinking on complex issues such as homelessness.

The studio thrives in this wide variety and scales of its projects. Regardless of a project’s scale, a common basis of the practice is its commitment to exemplary planning, design and execution. We approach a design brief in an open and explorative manner. We start by asking the right questions, before arriving at a common standpoint. This common point of departure then acts as a clear concept, which guides the design process.

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