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“I Am Always Mindful That Construction is a Sin”: Interview with Vinu Daniel of Wallmakers

Most architects design projects in the comfort of their offices, sitting behind their desks, making decisions by looking at their flatscreens, never visiting a construction site, and managing everything remotely. This attitude may lead to a design of a sleek and even objectively beautiful building. But such a solution can’t be anywhere near a genuine response to what any given site may require. How do you even find out? Is it possible to build something new as if it were an extension of what is already there in the most innate, consequential, yet original form? The only way to find out is to start from the site itself, says Vinu Daniel, the founder of Wallmakers, an award-winning architectural practice in Trivandrum, the capital of the southern Indian state of Kerala.

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Brick Screen House / HONEYCOMB architects

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Narrow Brick House / Srijit Srinivas Architects

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  117
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2022
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Electrodynamic, Geosam, Greenlam, Hybec, Prisha, +2

The Violet Office / Nestcraft Architecture

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1200 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  ATOMBERG, Asian Paints, Changi, Fenesta, Finolex, +5
  • Professionals: Maple Consultants

Kutta Estate House / EDOM Architecture

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Kochi, India
  • Architects: EDOM Architecture
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1750 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020

Stone Lodges Private Residences / Earthitects

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CAER House / Encasa Archstudio

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Mampad, India

The Wild Churches of Kerala, Southern India as Captured by Stefanie Zoche

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Photographer Stefanie Zoche of Haubitz-Zoche has captured a series of vibrant images showcasing the “hybrid modernism” churches of the Southern Indian region of Kerala. The images below, also available on the artist’s website, depict the blend of modernist influences and local architectural elements that defined many Indian churches following the country's 1947 independence.

As Zoche explains, the post-independence Indian church establishment sought to differentiate itself from the historic colonial building style, and hence drew inspiration from the modernist icon Le Corbusier. The buildings in Zoche’s gallery often display an “effusively sculptural formal language and a use of intense color” with Christian symbols “directly transposed into a three-dimensional, monumental construction design.”

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60th Annual NASA Convention 2018

The Annual NASA Convention is the annual get together of National Association of Students of Architecture. It is a four-day-long event held towards the end of January and is attended by around 5,000 students. Called Annual NASA when it was started more than fifty five years ago, the convention has gone on to become an integral part of all architecture colleges not only in India but as well as in the SAARC Nation.
With more than hundred events, NASA Convention offers a variety of fare to choose from for both the participants who are out to chill out and those