Rajasthan is synonymous with stone as building material but sadly over the last few decades this material has been reduced to a 'cladding 'medium and its potential as a robust and sustainable structural element has not been exploited.
Project name
House of Solid Stone
Architecture firm
Malik Architecture
Location
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Photography
Bharath Ramamrutham
Principal architect
Arjun Malik, Kamal Malik
Design team
Ketan Chaudhary, Payal Hundiwala, Soumya Shukla, Neha Kotian
Collaborators
HVAC Consultant: Coolair System- Daikin; Rain Water Harvesting: Mungekar and Associates
Interior design
Malik Architecture
Civil engineer
GES - Global Engineering Services
Structural engineer
GES - Global Engineering Services
Environmental & MEP
GES - Global Engineering Services
Landscape
Malik Architecture
Supervision
Malik Architecture
Visualization
Malik Architecture
Tools used
Local methods of dry stone construction. A minimal amount of steel such as tie-rods and shear pins reinforce the stone for seismic performance. Lime mortar is used only to seal the exterior joints
Construction
At our request, the quarry foreman reverted to the “ splitting” stone technique using traditional stonemasonry tools instead of the high-yield gangsaw extraction that is machine intensive and eliminates the natural stone grain. Splitting the stone mobilizes the human touch, limits the processing, and retains the natural Earth imprint of the stone
Material
Hard sandstone ( Jodhpur stone) is quarried 45 mins away from the site
Client
Mr. Veer Vijay Singh
Typology
Residential › Villa
IDEAS develops a new design language for the heritage hotel where old-world grandeur meets contemporary hospitality.
Project name
The Leela Palace, Jaipur
Location
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Photography
IDEAS | Sourced from Client
Design team
Gyanendra Shekhawat, Girish Khandelwal, Sanjay Goyal
Structural engineer
Vijaytech Consultant Pvt. Ltd.
Environmental & MEP
MJC Consultants
Client
Tulsi Palace Resorts Pvt.Ltd
Typology
Hospitality › Hotel
Sanjay Puri Architects presents Zen Spaces, a 4-level, 27,000 sqft home located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Blurring the lines between the inside and the outside, Zen Spaces integrates with the existing landscape, screening and allowing filtered light in different ways within each space, infusing volumes with light and shadows to transform differe...
Architecture firm
Sanjay Puri Architects
Location
303, Avadh Queens Road, Vaishali Nagar, Rajasthan, Jaipur- 302021, India
Principal architect
Sanjay Puri
Design team
Arjun Gupta, Vibha Alat
Collaborators
Madhavi Belsare, Ishveen Bhasin
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
CityVibes is an Indian ethnic menswear brand in India that sells menswear for all festivities and their flagship store’s entrance facade is designed by newness, an architecture firm based out of the city of Jaipur, India. It is located on the busy Tonk Road.
Architecture firm
Newness Architecture
Photography
Bharat Aggarwal
Principal architect
Rajat Upadhyaya
Design team
Rajat Upadhyaya & Kaushal Jain
Tools used
AutoCAD, Sketchup
Typology
Commercial, Retail, Façade Design
Vartika Jangid: Floating away from all the troubles, finding your own mirage of thoughts. This illustration is a representation of one escaping from the monotones of daily life and finding their own escape. When the hot bath soothes you down, you create your own visions, your own world of escape.
Project name
Dream Escape
Architecture firm
Vartika Jangid
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Blender, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Vartika Jangid
Visualization
Vartika Jangid
Typology
Residential › House
Vartika Jangid: Continuing on the note of escapism, Sunshower is a spatial experiment that is a muse of two contrasting palettes – the subtle greens of the nature and the urban concrete palette. In this world of hectic life where every hour is a rush hour, Sunshower is an escape from reality.
Architecture firm
Vartika Jangid
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Lumion, Blender, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Vartika Jangid
Visualization
Vartika Jangid
Typology
Residential › House