The Architects Diary

In Namakkal, architects Vandhana Priyadharshini and Rahul Vignesh of RVDA craft a 12,000-square-foot south-facing sanctuary. The home reinterprets traditional Vastu philosophy through a contemporary lens.

Care is not a metric that blueprints can easily quantify. It exists in the quiet spaces between walls, revealing itself when a house settles into the rhythms of da...

HOUSE WITHIN explores the private residence of an architect couple on a trapezoidal urban plot. The home deliberately turns away from the noise and immediacy of the street. Instead, it unfolds inward towards light, landscape, and stillness.

Defined by a restrained monolithic edge and protective exterior walls, the architecture reveals little from the outside. Inste...

Retirement is often perceived as a milestone that marks the slowing down of life—a phase associated with routine, quietness, and a departure from the ambitions that once shaped our days. But every so often, there comes a story that challenges this perception entirely. MHOJEM, a compact apartment perched on the 28th floor of a high-rise tower in Mumbai, is one...

With Elysia in Vapi, the intention was to create a home that feels effortlessly elegant yet deeply comforting. The design team moves away from overt expressions of luxury and uses restraint to shape each space. Light, materiality, texture, art, and carefully considered colour define the character of the home. The result is a contemporary home that feels sophisticat...

This belief became the foundation of Primal Indulgence, a hospitality project that reimagines the relationship between nature and architecture. Rather than recreating the jungle visually, the project translates the emotions and rhythms of nature into a contemporary spatial experience. The design draws from nature’s instincts and uses them to shape how people ...