Article4 months ago
The Kurula Varkey Design Forum (KVDF) at CEPT is a significant academic event of the Faculty of Architecture—an annual reflection inspired by Prof. Kurula Varkey’s pedagogy of social sensitivity, design rigour, and clarity of thought. Evolving from spatial fundamentals to issues of ecology, urbanity, and identity, KVDF serves as a site of critique and dialogue, bridging academia and practice while revealing the state of design education globally.
Project4 months ago
Casa Wills, designed by Yemail Arquitectura, perched on the edge of a hill overlooking Cota Valley, embodies simplicity and restraint. Rooted in the ethos of “dispensing with the unnecessary,” it revisits the primitive promise of living in a cabin. Elevated on stilts and shaped by the undulating terrain, its wooden form aligns with the landscape, an orthogonal volume that balances shelter, openness, and a quiet dialogue with nature.
Academic Project4 months ago
‘Co-Living with Seasonal Migrants’ is an architecture thesis by Musarrat Salsabil Chowdhury from the ‘Department of Architecture – Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET).’ The project aims to create sustainable, community-based housing as an alternative to the proposed high-rise redevelopment in Chanpara. By upgrading existing homes and shared spaces, it seeks to improve living conditions, support seasonal migrants, and strengthen local livelihoods through participatory design, better infrastructure, and inclusive community development.
Project4 months ago
The Eternal Courtyard House by Dialogue Design Partners reinterprets the South Canara courtyard tradition for contemporary living. Set on a steep hillside in Mangalore, the design embraces the terrain, climate, and landscape, placing a bold open-to-sky courtyard at its heart. The courtyard shapes light, air, and social interaction, while terraces, verandas, and local materials create a seamless dialogue between indoors and outdoors.
Practice4 months ago
Dialogue Design Partners values collaboration and recognizes the role of architecture in shaping society. The practice strives to create spaces that address contemporary needs while challenging conventions to enhance efficiency, fluidity, and human experience. Guided by sustainability, its designs balance global technologies with regional wisdom, responding to context, climate, and resources to achieve environmental, social, and economic harmony.
Compilation4 months ago
Archidiaries is excited to share the Project of the Week – Shelters on Slope (SS) Garden | RAD+ar. Along with this, the weekly highlight contains a few of the best projects, published throughout the week. These selected projects represent the best content curated and shared by the team at ArchiDiaries.
Project4 months ago
Office in the Groves, designed by Studio Dot Dimension, breaks stereotypes of office spaces and connects the users with its surroundings. An office which is not just surrounded by landscape but a part of it, blurring the boundaries between indoors and outdoors. The design embodies openness, transparency, and harmony with nature, creating a workspace that inspires and connects while redefining the corporate environment.
Project4 months ago
A Home In The Sky, an interior design project by Madras Spaces, features an apartment conceived as a retreat of stillness rather than spectacle. Defined by restraint and material honesty, the design uses Kota stone, concrete, and natural teak to create a calm, tactile atmosphere. Every surface and detail sustains a sense of quiet balance, offering a spatial pause amid the city’s restless vertical rhythm.
Project4 months ago
Habitar el Río by Erazo Pugliese reactivates a neglected stretch of the Ebro riverfront in Logroño, creating a shaded wooden structure that connects the city to the river. Designed for Concéntrico 2025, it invites people to pause, learn, and reflect within a calm, ecological retreat. Balancing environmental responsiveness and social interaction, the installation transforms a transitional space into a shared place of coexistence.
Project4 months ago
Maya Residence by Between Spaces is a simple, efficiently planned home designed around the concept of creating interconnecting spaces. Centered on two open-to-sky courtyards, the design creates seamless visual and spatial links between indoors and outdoors. With modest materials, soft tones, and abundant light and greenery, the house balances functionality and warmth, embodying a quiet, minimalistic elegance.
Project4 months ago
Less is More, a residence designed for a small family by Nestcraft Architecture, blends traditional vernacular charm with modern functionality. Planned on a clear grid, it ensures seamless spatial flow and a strong indoor–outdoor connection. Natural light, earthy materials, and elements like brick jaalis, stone, and wood create warmth and texture, resulting in a home that feels timeless, open, and deeply connected to its surroundings.
Academic Project4 months ago
‘Aabhas – A Sense Of Home’ is an architecture thesis by Pranjal Prakash Tak from the ‘Rachana Sansad’s Academy of Architecture.’ The project aims to create adaptable, dignified, and community-oriented living environments for migrant construction workers. By addressing issues of temporality, affordability, and self-construction, the design seeks to provide flexible housing models that promote stability, inclusivity, and well-being—bridging the gap between urban development and the marginalized workforce that sustains it.
Selected Academic Projects
Project4 months ago
Eden Kindergarten by BAYA Studios, set in a serene canopy of old trees, showcases an architecture shaped by its natural surroundings. Instead of altering the landscape, the design tucks curvilinear blocks between existing mango and coconut trees, linked by a central aisle. The result is a series of free-flowing spaces that blur boundaries between indoors and outdoors, creating an environment that is rooted, playful, and open to discovery.
Practice4 months ago
BAYA Studios is a Bengaluru-based architectural firm, led by a team of young professionals working across diverse project scales—from public buildings to private homes. Its open-studio approach emphasizes research, model-making, and drawing to refine construction details. With a focus on site, context, and climate, the firm values local materials and technology, aiming for timeless, culturally resonant designs that connect people with nature.
Project4 months ago
Three Courtyard House by Extrastudio reinterprets Mediterranean living through a sequence of courtyards that shape light, privacy, and connection to the land. Concealed behind quiet white walls, the residence unfolds inwardly, with its walled garden, elevated terrace, and hidden wine cellar weaving intimacy and openness. It is a serene refuge that breathes with the scent and spirit of its landscape.
Article4 months ago
The article guides homeowners through choosing and maintaining a water heater. It explains the diverse types—tank, tankless, solar, heat pump, indirect, and point-of-use, and how to pick the right size and fuel source. It covers common issues, efficiency ratings, and smart features like WiFi alerts. Emphasizing safety, maintenance, and long-term savings, it helps readers select an efficient, reliable system.
Project4 months ago
Casa Taller Atelier Tropical by Yemail Arquitectura blends commercial, cultural, and residential spaces around a three-level interior courtyard, fostering community and multicultural exchange. It balances public and private gradients, flexible layouts, and terraces with greenery, creating an immersive interior landscape that connects tradition, light, and nature while offering adaptable spaces for living, work, and interaction.
Project4 months ago
Villa Prakriti by unTAG Architecture and Interiors is a biophilic mountain dwelling that celebrates the profound connection between humans and nature. Rooted in the idea of ‘Prakriti,’ the residence seeks not to mimic nature but to live in its likeness, blending quietly into the Sahyadri landscape. It grows around a lone mango tree, embracing the terrain with humility, creating a dwelling that listens, breathes, and coexists with its surroundings.
Project4 months ago
Alpendre by CESUGA School of Architecture and Erazo Pugliese is a modular wooden installation that acts as an architectural threshold between the civic center of Feáns and its surrounding landscape. Combining wood and translucent fabrics, it creates a shared, semi-sheltered space that highlights the material’s expressive potential. The project explores dialogue between urban, industrial, and rural landscapes while promoting wood as a building material.
Practice4 months ago
CESUGA (Centro de Estudios Superiores Universitarios de Galicia) is a private higher education institution in A Coruña, Spain, affiliated with Universidad San Jorge. It offers official degrees in Architecture, Business, Communication, and other disciplines. CESUGA focuses on academic excellence, internationalization, and practical, real-world learning experiences.
Practice4 months ago
Erazo Pugliese is an architecture and design practice based between Paris and İzmir, led by Sebastian Erazo and Stefano Pugliese. Since 2019, the firm has embraced a collaborative, hands-on approach, using full-scale construction as a tool for learning and civic engagement. Rooted in furniture-making, their 1:1 spatial structures emerge from community-driven workshops with light, reversible, and resource-aware designs.
Project4 months ago
House 40 by Between Spaces, a residence crafted for a client rooted in tradition and an earthy lifestyle, evokes mixed nostalgia by blending elements from their past with new memories for the future. The plan, organized into living, circulation, and bedroom grids, maximizes sunlight, integrates a kitchen garden, and uses jalli screens and Indian elements to create a grounding, personalized home.
Project4 months ago
The Garden Table by Studio Ossidiana is a modular cast object designed to be touched, played upon, and cultivated. It is a multi-purpose surface where cooking, eating, resting, or playing become collective performances. Designed as a permanent installation, it grows over time, transforming domestic actions into civic rituals and expanding the possibilities of public space.
Project4 months ago
Plain Ties, a residence by Matharoo Associates, embraces a shared garden and creates a sense of inward openness. A scooped central core lit by a skylight organizes the spaces, while movable walls link private and communal areas. Deep basements reduce the footprint, and curved walls, freestanding planes, and interlocking volumes create an intimate scale that encourages shared living across three generations.
