Issue 3 was about global shifts—how workspaces are being redesigned to deserve attendance. But architecture refuses to stay global for long. Buildings are local whether your reference images are or not. In Ahmedabad, climate, dust, shade, approvals, and execution realities are not background. They are the brief. Ahmedabad teaches architecture whether you ask it to or not. It teaches it…
Issue 2 was about systems—how commercial buildings have to behave reliably under pressure. The office is perhaps the most visible of those systems because it sits inside a cultural argument: why come in at all? This note isn’t a list of décor ideas. It’s an attempt to name the deeper shifts shaping workplace design globally, and how those shifts are…
Issue 1 was about choosing an architect as choosing a mind under pressure. But pressure is not one thing. It changes shape depending on what you’re building. This is why I’ve written this note: before you decide who should lead your project, be clear about what kind of responsibility the project carries. People speak about “residential” and “commercial” architecture as…
Someone types “architects near me” into a search bar and expects the internet to deliver certainty. Instead it delivers volume: headshots, glossy renders, award badges, reassuring slogans. It isn’t wrong. It’s just incomplete. Architecture doesn’t reveal itself at thumbnail size. A building isn’t a product you unwrap. It is a long conversation—with your site, your budget, your family or your…
Most projects don’t suffer from a lack of talent. They suffer from casual early decisions— about what the building is truly for, what the budget is actually capable of, what execution will demand, what climate will punish, what approvals will insist on, and what maintenance will quietly cost over time. At VastuNirman Architects (VNA), I see the same pattern repeat…
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