Architecture+Swath
Architecture+Swath is a design practice based in Bangalore, founded in 2018 by architects Meinathan and Sai Harini.
Office for Penguin Random House | SJK Architects
Office for Penguin Random House by SJK Architects is an interior design project that seeks to adapt to the evolving work environment. The design fosters a post-pandemic workspace that promotes collaboration and interaction. The office’s social core consists of three interconnected courtyards, offering a range of seating options for individual, small, and large group work, encouraging diverse ways of working.
LR-House | ONG&ONG
LR-House by ONG&ONG exudes an understated yet undeniable charm, featuring clean lines, open spaces, and a harmonious blend of light and shadow. The design integrates architecture, interior design, and landscaping, employing a holistic approach. The carefully chosen material palette, including stone and timber facades, tranquil blue pools, and vibrant gardens, enhances the aesthetic appeal of this residence.
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Clay | Sona Reddy Studio
Clay, designed by Sona Reddy Studio, seamlessly blends Brutalist aesthetics with vibrant interior design in a remarkable three-story residence. The design integrates natural elements with modern aesthetics, crafting a home that is both visually captivating and inviting. By harmonizing indoor and outdoor areas, playing with light and shadow, and layering traditional and modern influences, the space delivers a truly unique living experience.
Sona Reddy Studio
Established in 2014, Sona Reddy Studio is a young & evolving architecture practice known to curate spaces that radiate love and happiness. The firm offers services in a plethora of design sectors encompassing residential, retail, workspaces, and hospitality genres of design.
Hoogwegt Office | Bit Creative
Hoogwegt Office by Bit Creative features a functional interior design that refers to the character and branding of the company. The recurring motif is navy blue, graphic patterns, and the letter ‘H’ from the investor’s brandbook. The office space consists of various types of rooms for work and meetings, forming a visually unified whole. The design prioritizes a conceptually coherent space with a limited range of colours and materials.
Selected Interviews
Headquarters of Berliner Sparkasse | Tchoban Voss Architekten
Headquarters of Berliner Sparkasse, an architecture project by Tchoban Voss Architekten, is based on a maximally flexible space concept. The design of this pioneering office campus features a two-part building complex with five full storeys, connected by glazed, two-storey bridges. Both of the buildings incorporate striking, green inner courtyards and spacious roof terraces, each with intensive greenery.
485 MetaGalaxy Office | 485 MetaGalaxy
The 485 MetaGalaxy Office is an interior design project that seeks to create a welcoming and open space for creativity and communication, encourage discussion among designers, and support the growth of a cross-professional design community. The overall design creates a design utopia where people can embrace the future and return to simplicity by deftly balancing modernity and nostalgia, locality and globalisation.
485 MetaGalaxy
485 MetaGalaxy is a design practice based in Shanghai, China.
Selected Projects
Casa Bosque | FGMF Arquitetos
Casa Bosque by FGMF Arquitetos incorporates trees and uneven terrain, creating varied pathways and landscapes. Its layout features straight lines, a central park, and stone gables for support. The residence connects indoor and outdoor spaces through multiple levels, featuring patios of varying sizes. The client’s passion for Brazilian art is reflected in both outdoor sculptures and interior design.
Energy Travel Agency Headquarters | c.dd
The Energy Travel Agency Headquarters, an interior design project by c.dd, reimagines a people-centric office experience that reflects the company’s dynamic, relaxed, and efficient corporate culture. The design promotes interaction among people, installations, and space, influenced by the adventurer spirit, promoting a vibrant, engaging environment that encourages a journey.
Technical Services Base Lysolaje | Progres Architekti
Technical Services Base Lysolaje, an architecture project by Progres Architekti, prioritizes functionality, truthfulness, variability, sustainability, and respect for surroundings. The design incorporates low volume into the hillside, featuring rhythmic facades and exposed structures and materials without additional layers. The public building aims to set trends in sustainability, renewable energies, interior standards, and materials used.
Selected Academic Projects
Progres Architekti
Progres Architekti is an architecture practice that focuses on integrating space, matter, light, feeling, and materials in both large and small projects. They take pleasure in their work and in the satisfaction of a job well done. They believe that respecting the unique conditions of each project is what gives rise to architecture that is strong, functional, and balanced.
The Quarry House | Crest Architects
The Quarry House by Crest Architects flaunts an 18’ cantilever structure, seamlessly blending innovative architectural design with its natural surroundings. The open-plan residence features vast interior spaces and an unbroken connection to the exterior. Multiple overhangs accommodate different spaces, creating a captivating arrangement of masses that frames picturesque landscape views and fulfills specific purposes.
The Hill in Front of the Glen | HW Studio
‘The Hill in Front of the Glen’ by HW Studio is a serene residence resembling a hill that blends seamlessly with its natural surroundings. The design is subtle, as though it were an extension of the earth. It features four concrete walls, two rising from the hill’s contours and the other two framing the entrance. Inside, the house serves as a quiet refuge where the outside world and built form coexist harmoniously.
Compilations
DH Palencia | FRPO Rodríguez & Oriol
The DH Palencia by FRPO Rodríguez & Oriol symbolizes renewable energy sources, paradigm shifts, and improved public health in cities through its architecture. The design emphasizes energy and economic circularity through its geometry and transparency, creating a unified identity. The building consists of two main components: a heavy concrete base and a lightweight, recyclable steel and plastic lantern.
FRPO Rodríguez & Oriol
FRPO Rodríguez & Oriol has been developing its professional work in the fields of architecture, urban planning and design since 2005. The extensive training and experience accumulated by Pablo Oriol and Fernando Rodríguez have laid the foundations to establish a high-level professional office, where research and the commitment to the contemporary practice of architecture presents results that are widely recognized nationally and internationally.
Kro moskevska | Neuhausl Hunal
Kro moskevska, designed by Neuhausl Hunal, is an interior design project featuring a prominent green theme, reminiscent of a nearby football stadium. The design aimed to balance various height levels in a space with intersecting functions of a bakery, restaurant, café, and bar, with the main hub located behind the entrance door, ensuring a cohesive and functional design.
Red Box Exhibition Center | MIX Architecture
The Red Box Exhibition Center by MIX Architecture reflects the historical site’s “Red Color,” or the solid form of industrial buildings, embodying the site’s heritage and spirit. Its architecture bridges history and the future, creating a spatial atmosphere enriched by intricate perceptions. The interplay of red-hued spaces, reflections of the exterior, and shadows from skylights and translucent openings crafts a unique experience.
VARIO Shanghai Flagship Store | Yuan Shi Design
VARIO Shanghai Flagship Store, an interior design project by Yuan Shi Design, explores the delicate balance between Haipai’s cultural essence and the finesse of Western design. In the pursuit of transforming abstract concepts into tangible forms, the brand reimagines the possibilities of Neo-Orientalism. The design combines various household functions into a cohesive space, providing a glimpse into future living concepts.
Yuan Shi Design
Yuan Shi Design is dedicated to providing personalized and innovative interior design services, intertwining emotional experiences with client journeys and empowering spaces with unique operational strategies and artistic value. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Shanghai, the firm’s service areas encompass real estate, offices, commercial spaces, private residences, and hotels.
Weekly Highlights 2024 #49
Archidiaries is excited to share the Project of the Week – Vaazh House | Vy Architecture Studio. 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.
Taipei Fubon Bank | SCA Design
Taipei Fubon Bank, an interior design project by SCA Design, adopts a stylish design approach to create a homely and immersive office environment. The design of the office fosters collaboration while creating an inviting, dynamic atmosphere for its employees. The office interiors blend vibrant colours, contemporary aesthetics, and thoughtful spatial planning, offering an inspiring workplace.
Oceanami – Landscape Flow | MIA Design Studio
Oceanami – Landscape Flow by MIA Design Studio breaks away from the monotonous style of conventional project homes by exploring a method of landscape improvement that maximises the beauty of the surrounding context while varying the vibrancy of the architecture. The project follows the concept of “landscape flow,” emerging from the vibrant variety of architectural forms and the ecological connection between natural and artificial landscapes.
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