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Architects: RAD co + lab
- Area: 650 m²
- Year: 2023
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Manufacturers: Asian Paints, Beruru, Colortek, Ikea, The Stone Casa, +1
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Professionals: Spectratone, StructARK, Go Green Nursery, Arccrafts LLP
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Wellness Haven / RAD co + lab
Plantation Retreat / Architecture BRIO
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Architects: Architecture BRIO
- Area: 1200 m²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: Daikin, Jaquar, Mortar Construction, Timothy Oulton
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Professionals: Panora Group, DFX Systems
Tarq Gallery / SquareWorks
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Architects: SquareWorks
- Area: 300 m²
- Year: 2023
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Professionals: Studio TRACE, Cooling House Corporation
World Tourism Day: 15 Architecture City Guides to Celebrate Urban Fabrics from Around the World
In celebration of World Tourism Day, we invite you on an architectural journey through some of the most captivating cities and destinations of 2023. These meticulously curated city guides pay homage to our global landscape's intricate urban fabrics. These guides serve as windows into the past, present, and future of modern, and contemporary architecture, offering insightful glimpses into each locale's distinctive landmarks and hidden gems.
Tourism today is a multifaceted phenomenon encompassing social, cultural, and economic dimensions, encouraging people to journey beyond their homes in pursuit of leisure and discovery. In 2023, many cities have seized the world's collective imagination, each with its unique narrative waiting to be uncovered. Whether one finds themselves meandering through London, admiring Paris, or immersing in the cultural treasures of Sharjah, the story is always there to be unraveled. From Amsterdam's canals to Barcelona's avant-garde architecture, the liveliness of Santiago to the ancient marvels of Rome, and the diverse Istanbul to the bustling Bangkok – each city serves as a testament to the enduring spirit of human civilization.
IF.BE Ice Factory Ballard Estate / Malik Architecture
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Architects: Malik Architecture
- Area: 10870 ft²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: Mascon Const. & Interior, Mohit Interiors, Studio Trace, TRG international
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Professionals: Global Engg. Services, Studio TRACE
Doki Doki Concept Store / The Architecture Story
“As Architects, We Don’t Discover Our Identity, We Construct It”: In Conversation with Rahul Mehrotra
Rahul Mehrotra is a practicing architect based in Boston and Mumbai and he has been teaching at Harvard’s GSD where he is currently Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design and Director of the Master in Architecture in Urban Design Degree Program. Born in 1959, Mehrotra grew up in Lucknow, a city in Northern India and an important cultural and artistic hub. His father was a manager at a large machine tool company. The family moved a lot following Mehrotra senior’s frequent promotions, which led to changing residences owned by his company. Besides a few years in Lucknow and Delhi, they lived in different neighborhoods within Mumbai.
Balkrishna Doshi, 2018 Pritzker Prize Winner, Passes Away at 95
Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi, master architect, urban planner, educator, 2018 Pritzker Prize Winner, and 2022 Riba’s Gold Medal has passed away at 95, in Ahmedabad, India on Tuesday the 24th of January 2023, as reported by several Indian outlets and Architectural Digest India on their Instagram page. One of the most renowned Indian architects that shaped the architecture of India and its adjacent regions, Doshi, who was inspired greatly by the works of Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, has “combined pioneering modernism with vernacular”. Known especially for his urban planning and social housing projects, as well as his academic work as a visiting professor at various universities worldwide, Balkrishna Doshi has designed, over his 70-year career, some of the most iconic buildings in India.
D10 Corporate House / Saransh
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Architects: Saransh
- Area: 2500 m²
- Year: 2022
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Manufacturers: GRAPHISOFT, The Brick Store, Unreal Engine
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Professionals: Sakshham Consultants, Pankaj Dharkar Associates, Groundstory, Patch Design Studio
Reading Between the Skylines
Cities have been, and will always be multi-faceted, elastic sites. They are settlements in continuous evolution, molded by proximity to natural resources, by migrating populations, and by capital. Despite the diversity in the urban character of disparate cities, it has been said that cities look alike now more than ever before, a uniformity that means a glass-and-steel tower in Singapore would not look out of place in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex.
Mumbai Metro / Archohm
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Architects: Archohm
- Year: 2022
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Professionals: Lkt Engineering Consultants Ltd.
The Loft | Redefined Office / Studio PKA
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Architects: Studio PKA
- Area: 2100 ft²
- Year: 2022
One Green Mile / MVRDV
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Architects: MVRDV
- Year: 2022
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Professionals: Lighting Concepts, Enviroscape, AMS Consultants, ARKK Consulting
DeCoding Asian Urbanism Grapples with Asia’s Unprecedented Growth
As is obvious to anyone with even a passing interest in demographics, cities are becoming denser—much denser. Rural life continues its steady emptying-out as urban life accelerates its explosive filling-in. The tilt has been apparent at least since the middle of the last century when the French geographer Jean Gottmann invented the word “megalopolis” to describe the continuous urbanization from Boston to Washington, D.C., then containing one-fifth of the United States’ population. But nowhere has the shift from countryside to city been more dramatic than in present-day Asia.