When architecture speaks…

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: FG + SG. Ultimas Reportagens. Fernando Guerra; courtesy the architect

Read Time: 2 mins

.

It’s clean, it’s functional and it’s minimal – The Hofmann House by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos is distinctly modern and breath-taking…

Taipei’s vibrant new landmark seems inspired by a game of building blocks!

Compiled by Team IAnD

Renders: MVRDV

Read Time: 2 mins

©MVRDV

MVRDV’s bold and ambitious design for the mixed-use Taipei Twin Towers proposes to create a vibrant and charismatic landmark that re-establishes Taipei’s central station area as the city’s premier location for shopping, working, and tourism - a la NY’s Times Square!

Basil’s Bar – Philippe Starck crafts a romantic new continuity in a life-long story!

Compiled by TeamIAnD

Photography: Courtesy Philippe Starck

Read Time: 2 mins 

.

Set on the paradise island of Mustique and unique in its genre, Basil’s Bar is ready to embark upon a new era following a chic and cosmopolitan renovation by world renowned creator Philippe Starck.

Casual is the new corporate, endorses Sasaki

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: Courtesy Sasaki

Read Time: 2 mins

.

Sasaki design studio emboldens Microsoft to ditch the standard corporate aesthetic and embrace an inspiring and collaborative workplace environment at their NERD Centre.

Allartsdesign rejuvenates Perm’s Rolls Circus into a youth-savvy café!

By Archit Raj Thapar

Photography: Courtesy Saranin Artemy

Read Time: 1 min 30 secs 

.

Allartsdesign remodels a six-decade-old café into a coming-of-age eatery, enhancing it functionally, synching it contextually and keeping it trending for the youth… 

Breakthrough post-earthquake prototype makes profound humanitarian impact!

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: JAG Studio & El Sindicato Arquitectura

Infography: Mitsuyoshi Kawasaki – Al Borde & El Sindicato Arquitectura

Read Time: 2 mins

.

AL BORDE + El Sindicato Arquitectura reinvent traditional building technology to develop a post-earthquake prototype that is literally making waves in the ‘Earthquake Architecture’ community…

100architects convert indoor space into family-oriented entertaining space

By Rutvi Ashar

Photography: Amey Kandalgaonkar; courtesy the architects

Read Time: 2 mins

.

The ‘Jungle Race’ by 100architects is an indoor intervention designed as a kids-oriented path within the course of the adults’ circulation in a shopping mall…