Author: Jayakrishnan Ranjit

Imbibe yourself in a nature-friendly environment spun by biophilic structures! The Solar Trees Marketplace is an inspirational natural diversity envisioned by Koichi Takada Architects in Shanghai. The design proliferates an evergreen benchmark, as the vision illumes using solar energy and pare a sustainable future. Soaring three stories, integrating artificial and natural vegetation, the marketplace notches up as a gateway to Shanghai Tian An Caobao Road. Thirty-two trees are elevated to ensemble a canopy of timber branches, springing the concept of open design visualized into a natural public arena. Sweeping an area of 3,450 square meters, the market imbues modular stalls…

An intermingling game of fractals cubes enthrals every eye in Sector 82, Punjab. Studio Ardete, based in Chandigarh, created the Never Never Cube, an exceptional array of grey boxed façade sliced and splayed in random angles in the industrial grooming area. The commercial building focuses on functioning as offices or display centres in the corporate arena. The strikingly remarkable skin of the building implores a classy peppiness into its aesthetic aura. The fractal system conforming to local building norms crafts the facade with a romantic zeal. A small, simple box architecture, which rills and rivulets in parametric prominence, enchant a…

It stands a test of time for a public building to comprehend its web of connections. Shizimen Central Business District envisioned by 10 DESIGN is a strategically developed complex located along the Zhuhai waterfront close to Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau. Gordon and Miriam’s design team visioned the first phase weaving multifarious interactive ingredients over a wide range of functions and activity zones. Zhuhai regarded as a place of great natural beauty, and China’s garden city brings values to this business centre. The visualization of a uniquely striking tower erected as a beacon reflects a strong tie in the region’s…

Machado Silvetti steps in to carve a new edifice for the Asian Art Center in Ringling Museum of Art with a legacy of John Ringling and his wife.

The internet era has brought the whole world together in a digital bubble to meet, greet, work, share, and grow. The digital age has brought the score serenading a winding path; as you stream off-road bedazzled by the scenic World Internet Conference Center designed in collaboration by Archi-Union + Fab-Union in the traditional water town, Wuzhen. ‘Wuzhen Internet Conference’ is a surrealistic expression endowed by this era to regions south of the Yangtze River (Jiangnan). To the northwest corner of the heart of Wuzhen, the entire site sits surrounded by farmhouses, tourism projects and the first stage of the exhibition…

In Huanglong village, a mesmerizing structure knotted using bamboo rises as a sculptural fabric within the rich historical context.

ETH Zurich University students and professors designed a Shingled Timber Pavilion with the help of robots as a research project.

A roof that flows and hurls across an enticing landscape. MAD Architects enwraps a three-venue Jiaxing Civic Center with an endless top that depicts its form as blown by the wind. The enormously fashionable building sits near the canals of the historic South Lake and the city’s largest park. The Civic Center embraces three buildings arranged and composed around a 6,000-sqm blooming garden. Ma Yansong, the founder of MAD, liked to say that a civic centre, first and foremost, must be a place that attracts people; a place where children, youth, seniors, and families are willing to come together on…

Gianni Botsford Architects vision of ‘A House in a Garden’ spun an unusual subterranean dwelling reinstated from the demolition of a 1960s bungalow, accessed via the 1840s Notting Hill Villa.

The engineering firm Arup and the architecture studio Locatelli Partners envisaged and explored the potential of a novel technology; 3D printing a house.