In the dense neighbourhood of Vasna in Ahmedabad, a 7,700 sq ft residence rises from a compact 57’ x 65’ corner plot with a clarity that feels deliberate rather than dramatic. Block House, designed by Prashant Parmar Architect, was shaped around the needs of a joint family of two brothers — a lifestyle that demands privacy, openness, and a sense of togetherness held in careful balance. The client wanted a contemporary home that didn’t shut itself off from the outside yet felt

Paramount House Hotel rises from an 80-year-old warehouse in Sydney’s Surry Hills, its brick shell now crowned by a delicate copper chevron screen that glimmers against the neighbouring art deco architecture of this former film precinct. The hotel is a story of artefact and ornament, of memory and reinvention, expressing the raw, honest fabric of the existing warehouse while capturing the spirit and excitement of the golden era of cinema. The project introduces 29 individuall

Unfolding across two serene levels, Mr̥ttikā, a 4,000 sq. ft. penthouse in Gurgaon designed by Custom Design Stories, is imagined as a slow, steady dialogue between material honesty and spatial rhythm. The home opens in a quiet foyer where warm timber flooring sets the tone for a palette that stays true to earth, craft, and subtle tactility. Flanking this entrance is a study-cum-guest bedroom and an enlarged kitchen, both reworked through civil changes that open up the plan a