Maintaining proper hygiene to curb the dissemination of coronavirus is the need of the hour. Understanding the same, kitchen ware and sanitary ware brand Grafdoer has launched its brand new-line of hygienic touch-less sanitary-ware accessories which includes automatic sensor faucets, self-closing taps, pedal-control taps, and automatic soap/sanitizer dispenser machines. All the products manufactured by the […]
ARCHITECT PROFILE
Globalisation has revived local traditions across the world
In a conversation with Vikas Bhadra, German Architect Niels Schoenfelder points out globalisation is creating new potentials for architecture in India as also for architecture and design elsewhere. What does good design mean to you? That idea of good design keeps oscillating between arts and engineering the most intriguing design is perhaps clouded in suspense, […]
An affair to remember
Prof. Christopher Charles Benninger, Founder Chairman and Principal Architect, CCBA Designs speaks on his love affair with India and his glorious journey in the world of architecture and design. What is your idea of good design? To quote Rumi: “Love is the whole and we are the parts!” Design begins with love of the whole, […]
Modern workplace design should gratify global sensibilities
Brian Pilley, India Head, M Moser Associates tells Vikas Bhadra that the purpose of architecture in the workplace will constantly evolve with ever-changing needs. “I believe that good architecture has the ability to transcend the everyday. Light and space make people feel healthy and happy, and that needs to be encouraged. Designing for diversity will […]
Smart architecture is optimistic and graceful
Born in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Robert Verrijt received a Master of Science in Architecture at the TUDelft in 2003. After arriving in Mumbai in 2006, he set up the practice Architecture BRIO together with Shefali Balwani. Vikas Bhadra catches up with the architect. For someone who was educated in Europe and is exposed to the […]
Destined to Design
Originally from Netherlands Lara de Rooij, Founder and Lead Architect, LMC Architects Pvt Ltd has proved her mettle in India for the last 16 years. Good Design has a purpose to fulfill. It not only gratifies the purpose, it elevates the nature of the purpose in question. It encourages the design thinking to evolve and […]
16th Municipalika to be held in February 2020
The 16th Municipalika Exhibition and Conference on Smart and Sustainable City Solutions, CAPEx (Construction, Architecture, Planning And Engineering Expo) for innovative building designs, materials and technologies and Architecture In The Age Of Millennials (to witness the millennial age transformation in architecture, discuss and debate the emerging trends and the millennial preferences) is to be held […]
A Perfect Synthesis
Responsible for creating some of the built environment marvels across the world, the projects designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) represent a perfect synthesis of planning, interiors, engineering and architecture. Vikas Bhadra catches up with Peter Lefkovits, Laura Ettelman and Jason Anderson; the three experts behind some of the successful projects SOM has […]