room of Les Halles de Saison Sage
Architects: Ryuji Nakamura Architects
Category Archives: architecture
The Art Collectors
Architects: Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
What an art collection and what a way to display!
Architects Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen created this uncluttered single space from two smaller spaces. The floors and ceilings are exposed raw concrete.
Terrorized And Injured
Presidential Suite, Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai
Swing in Rajput Suite, Taj Mahal palace Hotel, Mumbai
(Since last two days I am trying to write this post, deleting it, rewriting it, simply pouring extreme-st of anger. Unable to go ahead and post something else; I decided to write nothing and just put two random images of Taj Mahal Palace hotel. You can go here for a virtual tour of the iconic hotel.)
(Image source : Taj Mahal palace hotel website )
The Pomegranate Journey
Way to fitness
(the Fitness centre reception at kaya kalp)
It wasn’t the ultra luxurious look which drew my attention to this spa – Kaya Kalp at ITC Mughal at Agra.
The traditional elements of Mughal landscaping and architecture caught my attention.
The heady mix of Ayurveda and Mughal legacies held me mesmerized.
On one side there are different tones of white in entire design; on the other Pomegranate (liet motif) trail runs dramatically across-along the white floor as an inlay red engineered stone.
The architecture of the spa is also inspired by the use of space in Mughal architecture as specifically in ‘Fatehpur Sikri’.
The 99000 square feet spa is only a few months old (launched May 2008) and has already been rated by Tatler‘s as ‘world’s best city spa’.
Poetry in stone
Stone Garden
Architect: Kazuhide Doi @ Doi Architects
Hiroshima based Japanese architect Kazuhide Doi has created this very beautiful Stone Garden (a residential building) adapting the architecture according to the slope of the area.
Using the mantra of ‘no interference to the nature’ the very talented architect has written the poetry in green grass, stone, steel and concrete so well that I feel like singing!
I think such clever and beautiful adaptive use is akin to sustainability!
tunnel education
Ashkelon academic college
Architect: David Nofar @ Nofar architects
This Tel Aviv based firm Nofar architects and urban planners have won numerous prizes.
One of their project is this Ashkelon academic college with very interesting interior architecture.