Peach-toned walls and arched openings define Baia Villas, a set of six holiday homes in Goa that Mumbai studio Jugal Mistri Architects has designed to evoke local vernacular. Located in Mandrem, a small town in the north of the state, the homes are intended to mirror the character of the local area, including its colourful architecture and landscapes. Baia Villas is designed to echo the colourful architecture of Mandrem "Baia Villas started with an intimate understanding of the site and the small town of Mandrem in north Goa, which boasts remarkable beaches and heightened spirits," said ..read more

Planted balconies surround open living spaces at this house in Bangalore, designed by Indian studio 4site Architects for a nature-loving family. Named House of Greens, the four-bedroom home is informed by Bangalore's history of green spaces and parks, which have earned it the moniker of the "garden city" of India. Planted balconies surround House of Greens "As a tribute to Bangalore, the theme of the house is to reflect the garden and abundance of green spaces," 4site Architect's founder Chandrakant Kanthigavi told Dezeen. "The concept of the house was carefully conceived to offer a garden ex ..read more

Traditional materials and building techniques "celebrate the essence" of south Indian architecture at Telugu Medium, a restaurant in Hyderabad by local practice Sona Reddy Studio. Telugu Medium is located in the Jubilee Hills neighbourhood and housed in a vaulted structure of exposed brick and concrete, designed to suit the area's arid climate and reference its vernacular architecture. Sona Reddy Studio has created the Telugu Medium restaurant "The architecture engages massive brick domes, vaults, and exposed, load-bearing walls, minimising the use of concrete and steel, thereby creating a pa ..read more

Architecture studio Wallmakers has repurposed approximately 6,200 discarded toys to construct the walls of Toy Storey, a circular home in Kerala, India. The aptly named residence by Wallmakers uses toys discarded in the area, which are unsuitable for recycling, as structural components and decoration within the external walls. A cantilevered verandah wraps around the circular home "The main concept of Toy Storey revolves around the idea of using discarded toys and effectively conveying a message through this," studio founder Vinu Daniel told Dezeen. "By repurposing around 6,200 discarded toys ..read more

Reddymade founder Suchi Reddy has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here she selects five projects that best reflect her studio's work. Originally from Chennai, a city in eastern India, Reddy founded her New York-based practice Reddymade based on "a design ethos informed by neuroaesthetics, the study of how the brain responds to the design of its surroundings". "I believe design exists in everything – it's not restricted to architecture or to language," Reddy told Dezeen. "I like to celebrate its presence in everything I do." "The projects we take on and the portfolio of the firm are incr ..read more

A mobile pavilion made of bamboo and a board game dedicated to education around the urban planning process were among the projects highlighted from a design and architecture symposium held in Bogotá. Helmed by Copenhagen philanthropic organisation Re:Arc Institute, the symposium gathered several global design and architecture studios to present projects aligned with the "Andean concept of 'buen vivir'", which the team said relates to a "symbiotic" relationship between nature and humanity. Headed by a team including Space10 founder Carla C Hjort, designer Nicolay Boyadjiev, researcher Alice Gr ..read more

Mumbai-based architecture studio Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a swirling community centre with a sloping green roof in Rajasthan, India. Conceived as a memorial to the clients' father, the curvilinear complex was designed to serve the surrounding Nokha district villages and integrates a courtyard, amphitheatre, library and museum behind an undulating sandstone facade. Sanjay Puri Architects has completed a spiral community centre informed by sand dunes "The Nokha Village Community Centre is a vibrant hub for all age groups, providing a space for music, talks, and social interaction," S ..read more

Sketch Design Studio has completed a rural residence in north India that combines a highly ordered facade with a rustic stone interior. Located near the Aravalli mountains in Rajasthan, the two-storey Stone House is built from stone blocks sourced from local demolition sites. The stone walls are rendered in mud and lime plaster The walls are rendered externally in mud and lime plaster. This provides a smooth and even finish, emphasising the linearity of the various ground-floor window bays. The irregularity of the stone is only revealed inside the house, where it is left exposed on a series o ..read more

London's Victoria and Albert Museum has launched its Tropical Modernism exhibition, which highlights the architectural movement's evolution from colonial import to a "tool of nation building". According to the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), the exhibition aims to examine the complex context, power dynamics and post-colonial legacy of tropical modernism – an architectural style that developed in South Asia and West Africa in the late 1940s – while also centralising and celebrating its hidden figures. London's V&A museum has opened a major exhibition exploring tropical modernism "T ..read more

Terracotta-coloured render made from local soil covers the curving, concrete structure of Hampi Art Labs, an arts centre in Karnataka by architecture studio Sameep Padora & Associates. Hampi Art Labs is designed by Sameep Padora & Associates to appear as though it was "born from its surroundings" near the village of Hampi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in India known for its historic Hindu temples. To achieve this, the studio took cues from the area's topography and history, as well as its modern condition as a more industrialised area. Sameep Padora & Associates has created an art ..read more