What is larger-than-life? In architecture, it means grandness delivered with passion or even simplicity, perhaps. This edition of Surfaces Reporter is inked with the same philosophy – awe-striking designs, plush projects, majestic materials with glorious stories to tell! Experience opulent metamorphosis while a Steel Barge Restaurant turns in to floating Restaurant; a scrap yard becomes groovy dance floor, in our Material Poetries section.
Enjoy the sensitive & creative designs by Lovekar Design Studio, Pune, as Surfaces Reporter gets into a candid conversation with Ar. Anjali & Ar. Ashwin Lovekar. Also meet our fascinating Rising Stars of the month, Abeer Fatima and Ar. Takbir Fatima. The girls are not only exploring fractals and parametrics, they have also designed a school where the rocks are part of the building! Not only this, Famous Lighting Consultants, Devesh Trehan, Elysian, and Radeesh R Shetty, Purple Turtles talk about the newest advances in Lighting designs.
Don’t let your heart melt just as yet, as Charismatic Ceilings from Netherlands, Indonesia, and our capital, Delhi touch the heights of luxury… Grandeur personified, industry honchos like, Renu Misra, GROHE; Asutosh Shah, Duravit; Parul Mittal, Greenlam; Kamlesh and Mukesh Patel, AGL Tiles; Sumit Bidani, Formica; Shankho Chowdhary, Century Ply; Sumit Joshi, Philips; share thought provoking views and ideas in the issue! The nation’s leap towards advanced computing methods with rat[LAB]EDUCATION ‘s out-of-the-box workshops on Computational Design…and what not!
Happy Reading!