Team Aakaar

In Indian retail design, particularly within the evocative realm of bespoke handlooms and silks, the physical store is not merely a sales floor; it is a ceremonial stage. When Occult Empire, led by Principal Architect Ar. Swati Patel, undertook the conception of Zankhi – The Saree Showroom in Surat, Gujarat, they confronted an ambitious twin mandate: realize a sanctified, Astro-Vaastu-compliant interior while executing the entire 1,000-square-foot transformation in just 19 days (refer to...

Alka On the untamed periphery of Dehradun, where the wilderness of Thano meets the first gentle folds of the Himalayas, Spine Infratech has crafted a 1,860 -square-yard holiday home that trades decorative spectacle for spatial poetry. Tucked into dense, untouched woodland, the residence avoids the urban impulse toward over-articulation. Instead, it draws on the sun-bleached calm of Southern European coastal villas and the tactile, sheltered warmth of Swiss chalets, creating an enduring...

Alessandro Mingolo, Giulia Castelli, Marco Corazza In the heart of Milan, where the historic street grid of Corso di Porta Romana intersects with the narrow charm of Via Orti, an early-twentieth-century building has quietly gained a new life. Completed by Milan- and Lugano-based practice ITCH Studio, Blue Moon is an inhabited roofscape that converts a neglected 420-square-meter attic into a contemporary residential sanctuary. Rather than imposing a detached rooftop volume onto the cityscape,...