Every city has to tell a story, but Mumbai’s story is like a Symphony. It hums through its crowded trains and silent sea faces, through glass towers and old chawls,…
In Indian cinema, very few films evoke the quiet charm and the rhythm of Mumbai’s middle class as gently as the 1976 Basu Chatterjee-directed Chhoti Si Baat. The film is…
The recently unveiled proposal for the new Mumbai High Court, designed by architect Hafeez Contractor, stands as a monumental irony. It is an architectural spectacle that seems to have wandered…
Bombay (then) has always been an idea, a figure of myth and desire, more than it has ever been a physical construct. Home to Bollywood (Indian Hindi cinema based in…
Curling through clusters of trees, within the dense urban fabric of Mumbai, the Micro Forest Trail at Malabar Hill, officially the ‘Nisarga Unnat Marg’, emerges as a quiet intervention that redefines…
Project Overview Client: Godrej Properties Ltd Location: Vikhroli East, Mumbai, India Site Area: 34 Acres Project Type: Mixed-use: Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Retail & Cultural Design Team: Sasaki (Planning, Urban Design,…
‘‘We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.’ – Winston Churchill Mumbai wakes up early. Not for leisure, but out of necessity. Trains begin their journey down the tracks at…
The aspect of water being a necessity for every individual, though seemingly diversified, remains an unattainable dream for a majority of citizens. In this scenario, the extreme contrast in piped…
In the heart of Mumbai, tucked between a dense urban village and the noise of a busy street, stood a plot so small and constrained that most would dismiss it…
According to data from the PIB Economic Survey 2023–24, approximately 40 million Indian students enrol in higher education each year. Many students choose their accommodations because of their reasonably priced…
The 21st-century city is shaped by the spread of so-called slums. UN-Habitat states that more than a billion people live in these communities around the world, and they represent almost…
“The folk tradition…is the direct and unself-conscious translation into the physical form of a culture, its needs and values.” –Amos Rapoport, House Form and Culture Vernacular originates from the Latin…