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Studio Hinge creates library spaces beneath tree-like wooden columns

October 30, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Indian practice Studio Hinge has completed Forest of Knowledge, a library in Mumbai that sits beneath a tree-like canopy of latticed wood. The library was designed for the Cricket Club of India, a member’s club dating back to the 1930s that is housed in an art deco building in southern Mumbai. Adapting the third floor

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Malik Architecture transforms ice factory into gallery and events space

October 27, 2023 Tirthika Shah 0

Indian studio Malik Architecture has turned a 144-year-old ice factory in Ballard Estate, Mumbai, into the IF.BE contemporary gallery. The renovation, led and funded by Malik Architecture, aimed to preserve the ex-industrial space, which is in an area where the majority of un-listed buildings are demolished, and create an arts development that could serve as “a reference for

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Malik Architecture transforms ice factory into gallery and events space

October 27, 2023 Tirthika Shah 0

Indian studio Malik Architecture has turned a 144-year-old ice factory in Ballard Estate, Mumbai, into the IF.BE contemporary gallery. The renovation, led and funded by Malik Architecture, aimed to preserve the ex-industrial space, which is in an area where the majority of un-listed buildings are demolished, and create an arts development that could serve as “a reference for

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The Act of Quad converts Mumbai shed into studio with see-through facade

August 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

The Act of Quad founders Priyanka Itadkar and Falguni Bhatia have built their own interior design studio, The Light Box, by transforming a 58-year-old former library in Mumbai, India. Itadkar and Bhatia have reimagined the shed, which was originally built as a micro-library in 1965 but had been abandoned for over 30 years. The humble

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Dezeen Agenda features Foster + Partners’ first Apple Store in India

April 25, 2023 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Foster + Partners’ first flagship Apple Store in India. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. Fosters + Partners has completed India’s first Apple store in Mumbai. Informed by “the creative spirit of Mumbai” the Apple BKC store features a ceiling made from 450,000 pieces of oak. This week’s

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Foster + Partners embodies “creative spirit of Mumbai” with first Apple Store in India

April 19, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled the first flagship Apple Store in India, which has a ceiling made from 450,000 pieces of oak. The Apple BKC store occupies a prominent corner of Bandra Kurla Complex, an office and shopping development in Mumbai, and is the technology brand’s first flagship store in the country. “We are delighted to collaborate

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Studio Symbiosis extends and renovates Mumbai office block with flowing metal forms

January 13, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Flowing “calligraphic forms” made from sheets of perforated metal define this renovation of a 1980s office block in Mumbai, designed by local practice Studio Symbiosis. Originally a six-storey structure, the building houses the offices of the I Dudhwala Real Estate Group and is located at the entrance to the company’s eponymous Dudhwala Complex, a premium residential

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MVRDV repurposes neglected land beneath Mumbai flyover as public space

July 15, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Crawlspace at One Green Mile by MVRDV and StudioPOD

One Green Mile is a community landscape in Mumbai, India, which Dutch studio MVRDV and local practice StudioPOD have created from disused space beneath a concrete flyover. Located on an 800-metre stretch beneath the Senapati Bapat Marg flyover, the undulating landscape features extensive planting and bright blue urban furniture. The site, described by MVRDV as

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The Act of Quad designs multi-generational Mumbai apartment with its own temple

August 20, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Mumbai apartment interior by Act of Quad

Two flats in a Mumbai high-rise were combined to create a “minimal but playful” home for three generations, which local studio The Act of Quad has decorated with multiple spherical and rounded shapes. Located in the city’s Ghatkopar suburb, the four-bedroom, 325-square metre apartment is dotted with orbs and circles. Some serve a purpose as

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Ashiesh Shah creates “visually soft” restaurant interior in Mumbai

June 29, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Sequel restaurant interior by Ashiesh Shah

Textured surfaces and sinuous forms populate this outpost of vegan restaurant chain Sequel in Mumbai, which was designed by local architect Ashiesh Shah. Located in an office development in the city’s Bandra Kurla Complex, the interior was conceived as a calming antidote to the busy business district beyond. “The restaurant alludes to a timeless charm, celebrating the

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