Biannual Journal on Contemporary Architecture IN]SIDE is a series of bi-annual journals published by Matter in collaboration with H & R Johnson (India) on Contemporary Architecture and Interior Design in India. The books chronicle and document ideas and work of some of the most thought-provoking practices from India under three segments – Space, Surface and Object. […]
Works & Continuities https://studiomatter.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/BOOK-VIDEO_090218.mp4 One of the most prolific architects to have practiced in post-independence India, Brinda Somaya has designed and built more than 250 projects over the span of 40 years of her firm SnK Architects. This monograph is a chronicle and critical reflection on […]
National Competition Entry The Government of India floated a national competition to design a war memorial and museum on two adjacent sites on the Lutyens grid flanking the India Gate. The site for the war museum had old trees and linear warehousing structures in an orthogonal footprint. The strategy was to retain all trees on the […]
National Competition Entry On a historic site – one of the six ‘Petals’ flanking the India gate in Lutyens’s Delhi, The National War Memorial was a competition to design a fitting place to commemorate the martyrs of India. Designed as a subterranean structure, our approach was to imagine a monumental gesture but in a humble […]
Redesign for a New Edition A collection of Charles Correa’s essays, A Place in the Shade is a seminal book authored and edited by Correa as an assimilation of a lifetime of writing. The texts in the book touch upon critical issues that were central to Charles Correa’s ideas on architecture, urbanism and housing. The […]
Restoration and Refurbishment of a Goan House. After careful documentation of the deteriorating structure, a process of minimal intervention was undertaken. The client wanted the house to act as a workspace for an NGO all the while refraining from changing the basic layout of the old structure. […]
Six Conjoined Villas on a Site with a Complex Geometry A set of small yet self-sufficient houses with access to the ground, the difficult geometry of the site is taken advantage of in creating six unique units – each with special features. Designed as variations of a theme, the houses step back as they rise […]
Housing and Convention Facilities for Students Designed on an 11 x 56 meter footprint, the ‘Sangat’ building at Parivartan is an extension to the existing campus. A housing with four dormitories, common facilities, rooms for faculty and an assembly hall on the narrow site. By moving the structure away from the skin of the E-W […]
Two Small Buildings on a Tight Urban Site Designed on a small triangular island-plot in Vasco, Goa, the brief was to accommodate an Anganwadi and a Rural Medical Dispensary for a local resident community. The approach was to create linear structures along the two edges of the site. The simple plan allows both […]
Multicity Talks on the Future of Architecture FUTURE PRACTICE is instituted as a series of multi-city events in partnership with Asian Paints Limited and their flagship LEAP program. The core idea is the explore emergent and energetic architecture practices from across India who have invested time and effort in the search for a […]