Matharoo Associates establish their conventional wisdom by exercising extreme restraint in an honest use of material and construction for an atypical project near Ahmedabad. The clients, an aquarium shop owner, needed a place to breed fish as well as to serve as a weekend retreat on a lush contoured more...

The ambition and inspirations of this project are staggering, to say the least. Spread over 42 acres, everything about this school can be prefixed with the words ‘state-of-the-art’. This sprawling campus is a kaleidoscope of ideas and forms. This begins right at the gate, which is a 25-foot monster more...

A call centre with a personal touch – architect Kiran Kapadia of Kapadia Associates talks about his approach in designing Epicenter Technologies. The office area was divided on two floors; the 25,000 square feet on the lower floor housed the call centre operations with the main work space, cafeteria more...

The National Institute of Faith Leadership in Ghaziabad, designed by Studio Archohm, is envisaged as a tool to make Islam relevant to the next generation. The architecture of the complex and of the main building itself is very contemporary and minimalistic. Principal Architect Sourabh Gupta designed more...

This sprawling bungalow in Vadodara, Gujarat, designed by Usine Studio, creates a fusion between the contemporary and traditional. – Design Owl. more...

Bong Bong, a kitschy restaurant in Mumbai is a fun mixture of Bengali household and Parisian Café and is drawing customers in not just for its cuisine, but also for its eclectic decor harking back to the 1960s of Kolkata. The restaurant has been designed by Kumpal Vaid of Purple Backyard who wanted more...

The Nikhil Patel Penthouse in Baroda, Gujarat, is a marvel realised in beige Italian marble. Flushed with sunlight and natural air, this project is an exemplary luxury home design specimen created by Dipen Gada & Associates.  This beauteous penthouse is located in Baroda, Gujarat, and is spread acro more...

In a veritable effort at innovation, S+PS Architects wipe the dreary look off a family home, opening it up to light, air and space. When Pinkish Shah and Shilpa Gore-Shah of S+PS Architects took up this project, they could foresee innumerable shortcomings. Renovating this house was taken up as a cha more...