Architectural Digest | Chapter 23
Perched on the 29th floor in central Mumbai, this apartment overlooks Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the cityscape. Seeking a sanctuary away from the urban hustle, the family envisioned a space conducive to raising children and fostering togetherness. Studio PKA responded by creating pockets of community and solitude within the spatial layout.
Read Full ArticleArchitectural Digest | Project I
Overlooking the Mahalaxmi Racecourse, in a posh high-rise, is a three-bedroom apartment for a family of three generations—a couple, their 10-year-old son and their parents. Leaving behind pretence of any kind, it welcomes you inside where simplicity blends harmoniously with warmth, and weaves an India-proud narrative through design.
Read MoreIndia Design ID | The Canvas
Mumbai’s skyline constantly mutates; it’s a city that churns out towering buildings at an alarming rate, each clamouring for attention. It’s easy to get lost in this cacophony of lofty structures, yet drowning out the noise is some of the city’s most characterful architecture of Art Deco buildings, quietly standing steadfast within this world. So, when Studio PKA was called upon to reimagine the empty shell into a family apartment on the third floor of one of these beauties, they took that architectural inheritance seriously.
Read MoreScale Magazine | The Shell
The Mango House was built in the seaside village of Alibaug, just off the coast of Mumbai in 2015. Keen to utilise the plot to its full potential, PK conceived of an interactive design lab that would serve as a space to initiate a dialogue and creativity between the local craftspeople and the designers and students who would be invited there.
Read MoreElle Decor | High on 38th
Not just a structure of brick and stone, this house is an art for artists to behold. And while that happens, it also becomes a harbour of repose for the homeowners, underlaced with imprints of splendour and sentient art. While individual efforts of design may bring a distinguished sense of completeness to a space, but this abode stands exemplary of the collaborative magic that Studio PKA and DeMuro Das have brought alive in a voluminous penthouse that keenly overlooks a sweeping 142-acres of Golf & Country Club in Gurugram.
Read MoreStirworld: The Loft | Redefined
Located on the second floor of a century-old Victorian building in Mumbai, India, is the refurbished, renovated, recreated and reimagined office space - The Loft | Redefined. Indian architect Puran Kumar of Studio PKA took it upon himself to sustainably redesign his own studio space to fit into its new home. While redesigning the architectural office, Studio PKA consciously considered the location, in this case in heart of the city’s art district, to create a streamlined yet uniquely comfortable studio space..
Read MoreIFJ Magazine : The Loft | Redefined
Happily ever after and how this was accomplished - With a gross built area of 2,100 sq. ft., the studio was to have natural light and be accessible and responsive to client requirements. The studio is surrounded by the classic elements of South Bombay – the Victoria Terminus to the east, galleries and museums to the south and sprawling maidans to the west, the site is located within an urban cultural identity.
Read MoreArchDaily : The Loft | Redefined
Located on the second floor of a century-old Victorian building in Mumbai, India, is the refurbished, renovated, recreated and reimagined office space - The Loft | Redefined. Indian architect Puran Kumar of Studio PKA took it upon himself to sustainably redesign his own studio space to fit into its new home. While redesigning the architectural office, Studio PKA consciously considered the location, in this case in heart of the city’s art district, to create a streamlined yet uniquely comfortable studio space..
Read MoreFrame: The Loft | Redefined
Located on the second floor of a century-old Victorian building in Mumbai, India, is the refurbished, renovated, recreated and reimagined office space - The Loft | Redefined. Indian architect Puran Kumar of Studio PKA took it upon himself to sustainably redesign his own studio space to fit into its new home. While redesigning the architectural office, Studio PKA consciously considered the location, in this case in heart of the city’s art district, to create a streamlined yet uniquely comfortable studio space..
Read MoreArchitectural Digest The Loft | Redefined
An architect’s studio is a curious space with a multi fold mission. On the one hand, it must enable all manner of creative expressions, and withstand the wear and tear that comes with model-building and material-testing. On the other hand, it is the first indication clients will have of the firm’s design ideology, and bears the burden of representing the architects’ capabilities.
Read MoreElle Decor | The Canvas
If there’s one thing any Mumbaikar can dream of, it is a home that offers a sweeping view of the sea. And when the home owners of The Canvas embraced its empty shell overlooking a breathtaking view of Mumbai’s Marine Drive, they envisioned a space that personified their love for art fused with seamless and functional […]
Read MoreDesign Milk: The Loft | Redefined
Studio PKA’s New Office Is an Exercise in Sustainable (Re)Design- When Studio PKA needed a new office space, it didn’t need to look too far, only just a couple of floors down. Located in a 100-year-old Victorian-era building in South Bombay, India, the newly designed The Loft | Redefined by principal architect Puran Kumar is a practice in sustainable redesign, adaptive reuse, and historical preservation.
Read MoreBombay Imagined : The Estate
The Estate, a plan for urban renewal in the heart of the arts district (South Bombay). At Ballard Estate, one can still see the gated alleys that once connected the buildings' courtyards to the neo-classical grandeur of a bygone era. Most of these spaces are currently inaccessible and decrepit. By honouring the precinct's rich legacy, the project seeks to remodel, adaptively reuse, and revive these areas.
Read MoreVolume Zero | Tianu – The Revival Project
Nestled in a corner, on the ground floor of a Victorian Era building in Ballard Estate – the original Central Business District – ‘The Revival Project’ speaks of a desire to recover and respect the past – an ode to architectural heritage in Mumbai.
Read MoreArchdaily | The Shell
The Shell is a design lab and a pavilion which has been developed as a dedicated space to create, celebrate design & initiate dialogue. The unique setting of Awas Village in Alibaug, provides the possibility of identifying and documenting areas for research and engaging with local and traditional techniques.
Read MoreDivisare | The canvas
The apartment sits on the 3rd floor of an Art Deco building with sweeping views of the sea. The family sought a home that could respond to its context and cater to their needs with regard to the functionality of space. The Canvas, as the apartment is coined, faces the Queen’s Necklace and frames the […]
Read MoreHouzz | Mountania
The architecture of this villa in Aamby Valley in Pune district is an interesting interplay of enclosed spaces with semi-open extensions and influences of the Mediterranean design style. White stucco texture, juxtaposed with vibrant blue windows, creates visual interest in the facade. Terracotta tiles on the roof and sandstone flooring add to the earthiness of the […]
Read MoreUnbuilt 2.0 : Project Awas
Unbuilt 2.0: Architecture of Future Collectives- Project Awas is a project in continuation. An idea that found its roots in the mind of a connoisseur of art, and stemmed from the heart of an altruist. The unending insatiable hunt to unearth talent led to its conception. A six-acre narrow piece of land in a village called Awas in Alibaug, near Mumbai, forms the base for this idea. An art curator aspires to build an art village and a home for himself. The site is segregated into two unequal sections, by the natural passage of water. While privacy and security require this division, the philanthropist in him calls for the social, visual, and physical “bridge” between the two entities. As seasons take a turn, the site molds itself to accommodate the natural flow of water, harvesting it and thereby, making for a cooler microclimate. The bridge, symbolic of one’s journey, becomes the physical connect between the two sides – with unbuilt extensions in the form of decks, projecting themselves toward the water. These decks instigate the instinctive human tendency to move closer to nature. The Village of and for artists is a community bringing creative heads together to explore, experiment, and find their purpose in the field of art.
Read MoreElle Decor | The Mango House
Nestled in a path of mango trees, a short drive from the Mandwa jetty is The Mango House. This 6,000 sq ft home by principal architect Puran Kumar of Studio PKA appears to have grown out of the coastal land. Its exposed brick and concrete facade seems to be a natural part of the tropical landscape, making […]
Read MoreDezeen | The Loft
Architecture firm Studio PKA has transformed part of a disused 100-year-old building in Mumbai into its own contemporary office space. Called The Loft, the adaptive reuse project focused on the fourth floor of a Victorian-era warehouse in the city’s South Bombay, an art district nicknamed SoBo.
Read MoreArchitects & Interiors India Tianu – The Revival Project by Studio PKA
Nestled in a corner, on the ground floor of a Victorian era building in Ballard Estate – the original central business district of Mumbai, Tianu was seen as an opportunity by Studio PKA to effectively refurbish a space within a heritage structure – which not only saves space and is economically viable, but also recognises […]
Read MoreElle Décor | 5 Element House
The first site visit to this nine-acre plot took place almost 15 years ago, recalls Puran Kumar of Studio PKA. He says, “I remember we practically hiked up a dirt road and found ourselves on a hill overlooking Pavana Lake. It had—and still continues to have—an unobstructed view of the lake, the dam and the […]
Read MoreRe-thinking The Future | The Shell
The Shell is a design lab and a pavilion which has been developed as a dedicated space to create, celebrate design & initiate dialogue. The unique setting of Awas Village in Alibaug, provides the possibility of identifying and documenting areas for research and engaging with local and traditional techniques.
Read MoreArchitectural Digest | A91 Partners’
As India slowly opens up and we break the monotony of quarantining at home as some of us cautiously commute back to work, we bring to you this inspiring workspace that features open layouts appropriate for social distancing. Designed by Puran Kumar of Studio PKA, the A91 Partners’ venture capital Mumbai office is a reflection of […]
Read MoreArchitectural Digest | The Stack
A shadow, lithe and light-footed, pirouettes into a halo of light, posing as an emblem of the deft dichotomies that lay beyond. Of light and shadow, night and day, of offsetting hues and counterbalancing epochs, this home certainly speaks, but of finer details—the sectioning of spaces, the provision for future scaling, and a deeply familial […]
Read MoreVolume Zero | The Mango House
Sailing in a ferry far from the madding crowds of Mumbai, towards the quaint coastal town of Alibag; the rattle and hum of the city are silenced. The prelude to the experience, that is The Mango House, is set in motion on arrival – a walk down the sunlit pier and a short drive from […]
Read MoreArchitectural Digest | That Apartment
Charmingly enveloped between the mercurial sky and Mumbai’s glorious sea face, the design ethos of this home was inspired by the ever-changing nature of its surroundings. “The clients—a family of four—wanted the home to echo bygone memories of days that would begin and end with walks by the sea.
Read MoreArchDaily: Tianu | The Urban Revival Project
Nestled in a corner, on the ground floor of a Victorian Era building in Ballard Estate, ‘The Revival Project’ speaks of a desire to recover and respect the past - an ode to architectural heritage in Mumbai. The brand – a furniture retail outlet - sought to relocate from its existing setup to a new store that would be conducive to their sensibilities, as furniture designers, art connoisseurs and deep admirers of architecture and heritage of the city.
Read MoreDesignboom | 5 Element House
Studio PKA has designed the ‘5 element house‘ atop a hill in Pavana, India. the concept behind the project is rooted in the idea of combining the five elements of earth, sky, air, water and fire, to create a family home. the design of the house aims to create harmony within the landscape by being built to the contours […]
Read MoreVolume Zero | The Loft
South Bombay or SoBo – as it is affectionately called – arguably is India’s leading art district that exudes a character that is reminiscent of yesteryear, yet very much part of the present. Labeled as a “museum of architecture”, the area is an expanse of culture and heritage with an eclectic blend of styles – […]
Read MoreVolume Zero | 5 Element House
Pavana: A diamond in the rough Famous for its captivating vistas, Pavana is as much a getaway as it is a pristine landscape – landlocked by the Sahyadris, crowned and guarded by three forts. The lake, a man-made marvel, held back and contained by a towering dam plays host to a wide gamut of activities […]
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