The “urban Ideogram” is a 5310 sqft café building located on one of the main streets in Trivandrum city. Since the commercial sustainability of such ventures is of high relevance, the challenge here was to address the question, “How can the architect bring success for a business through design?” Two factors were considered as the answer to this.
Project name
The Urban Ideogram
Architecture firm
S Squared Architects
Location
Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Photography
Khan and Baker
Principal architect
Shaji V Vempanadan, Sumi Shaji
Design team
S Squared Architects
Interior design
S Squared Architects
Structural engineer
Vipin Sivadasan
Environmental & MEP
Jacob
Visualization
S Squared Architects
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Stone
Typology
Bakery, Café cum restaurant
The brief was to construct a party hideout space for the client along with his family and friends, providing adequate privacy from the adjacent plots.
The site is located in a gated community of 200 plots in Karamsad, Gujrat. The site is 50 feet by 83 feet plot with south facing approach road and adjacent plots on the east and west. The site is co...
Project name
Desert Villa
Architecture firm
Ace Associates
Location
Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat, India
Photography
Inclined Studio
Principal architect
Ashish Patel, Nikhil Patel, Nilesh Dalsania, Vasudev Sheta
Typology
Residential › House
The site; located in Kottayam District of Kerala, India; was a steeply sloped terrain with two access at two levels at a 20 feet difference. The client was a businessman who resides quiet far from the city in which his business is centred. The need of a second home near to his business center, yet away from the hustles of the city; brought him to t...
Location
Kottayam, Kerala, India
Photography
Turtle Arts Photography
Principal architect
Nikhila Raveendran, Rejin Karthik
Design team
Nikhila Raveendran, Rejin Karthik
Civil engineer
Aimmery Consultants and engineers
Structural engineer
Aimmery Consultants and engineers
Environmental & MEP
Educe engineering Consultants
Lighting
Soldier Lighting, Kochi
Tools used
Autodesk AutoCAD, Trimble SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Construction
Rainbow Builders
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Wood
Typology
Residential › House
Aann Haus, a 604sq.m. urban property, is programmed as a sustainable live-relax unit with the concept of open space to set a feeling of a luxurious resort at home. The most fundamental ambition that guided the architects for this typology was to bring out a mini-resort type home with an inside-outside open plan.
Architecture firm
Aann Space
Location
New Chandigarh, Punjab, India
Photography
Sants Photography
Principal architect
Harpreet Singh
Design team
Harpreet Singh
Interior design
Aann Space. Artworks by Aann Arts
Structural engineer
Rakhra Associates, Chandigarh
Lighting
Lafit, Mumbai, India
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Flooring: Nexion- Satvario Satin Tile | Bathroom Fixtures: Artize & Vitra | Kitchen: Space Wood, Nagpur | Wardrobes: Timberlane, Panchkula
Typology
Residential › House
A journey of brutalism in congruence with Indianness. The idea was to design in such a way that CONCRETE has an impact. This project involved creating a simple, functional home for a small entrepreneurial family with an appreciable creative streak. The client runs a thriving business, but is also an enthusiastic poet, while his son is an avid wildl...
Project name
BETON BRUT (French term means Raw Concrete)
Architecture firm
tHE gRID Architects
Location
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Photography
Photographix | Sebastian, Video credits: Vinay Panjwani
Principal architect
Snehal Suthar, Bhadri Suthar
Design team
Snehal Suthar, Bhadri Suthar, Vishvajit Hada, Keyur Patel, Ruchik Rathod, Dishank Suthar, Ankita Mevada
Collaborators
Bhupendra mistry
Interior design
tHE gRID Architects
Civil engineer
Hariom Thakkar
Structural engineer
SETU Infrastructure
Environmental & MEP
Ravi Engineering
Landscape
tHE gRID Architects
Lighting
tHE gRID Architects
Supervision
Hariom Thakkar
Visualization
tHE gRID Architects
Construction
HN projects, Hariom Thakkar
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass, Wood, Stone
Typology
Residential › House
As the above name of the house, the Mehta Nivasaa's concept is all about giving the homely feeling to the one living there. Made on the fertile lands of Ludhiana, it is a space that consists of designs that follow the principles of aesthetics that defines one's persona and aura.
Project name
Mehta Nivasaa
Architecture firm
Planet Design & Associates
Location
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Photography
Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
Principal architect
Talwinder Panesar
Design team
Manjinder Panesar, Talwinder Panesar
Interior design
Planet Design & Associates
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop
Material
Flooring: Italian Marble, Wall Cladding: Tile, Fabric & Veneer
Typology
Residential › House
An abode, setting trends and impacting the methodology of its architectural and interior practice, is this humongous home residing in the most developing sector of Bhuj, India. An extensive and applaud able execution of 23ft of monolithic single casted rammed earth wall and brick Masonry wall articulated at same height is an unique architectural me...
Project name
The Amalgam Abode
Architecture firm
Aayam Architects
Location
Bhuj, Kutch, Gujarat, Gujarat
Principal architect
Hiten Kakadiya
Design team
Hiten Kakadiya, Tejus Vagher (Jr. Architect)
Collaborators
Sankalan, Hunnarshaala
Interior design
Aayam Architects
Site area
900 Square Yard
Civil engineer
Sanjay Thakkar, Naresh Rathi
Structural engineer
Darshan Mehta
Landscape
Aayam Architects
Lighting
Technolite, White Lion
Supervision
Aayam Architects
Tools used
Gstar Cadd, Trimble Sketchup
Construction
Ramji Bhai Patel
Material
Stabilised Rammed Earth And Earth Block Construction
Typology
Residential › House
The client having an existing school building in Mahilpur, Hoshiarpur district (Punjab) is a modern school, set among the rural farming village setup which has children coming from all segments of the background.
Project name
Doaba Public School
Architecture firm
Studio Ardete
Location
Mahilpur, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab, India
Photography
Purnesh Dev Nikhanj
Principal architect
Badrinath Kaleru, Prerna Kaleru
Design team
Badrinath Kaleru, Prerna Kaleru, Sanchit Dhiman, Nancy Mittal,Anusha Sharma, Abhimanyu Sharma, Pragya Singh,Rahul Ghosh
Structural engineer
Continental Foundations (Vikas Bhardwaj)
Construction
Own Contractors (Girish Khanna And Narinder Pal Singh
Material
Concrete, Steel Bars, Paint
Typology
Educational › School
