Indian Architecture Designs: Buildings 2006 to 2015
Key contemporary built environment developments in South Asia. New properties news archive for 2006 – 2015.
post updated 1 November 2026
We select what we feel are the best examples of Indian Architecture Designs. e-architect cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across India. The focus is on contemporary Indian buildings but information on traditional buildings in India is also welcome.
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India Building Updates 2014 – 2015
31 Dec 2015
Chhatrapti Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2 Building
Architects: Skimore, Owings & Merrill LLP – SOM
photograph © Robert Polidori
Chhatrapti Shivaji Airport Building in Mumbai
10 Aug 2015
Chandigarh Unbuilt Competition
image courtesy of architects
Chandigarh Unbuilt Competition
15 Apr 2014
R. World Big Cinemas, Rajkot, Gujarat
Design: The Purple Ink Studio, architects
image from architect
R. World Big Cinemas in Gujarat
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Indian Architecture Designs 2013
Architecture Designs in India in 2013
11 Sep 2013
Hyatt Regency Pune, Maharashtra, western India
Hardscape design: Odyssey
photo : Ruchika Grover
Odyssey was responsible for the Hardscape at the Hyatt Regency Pune. The principal architects Bilkey Linas Design and Landscape architect Joel Burega envisioned a tropical feel for the external area of the hotel. Odyssey was involved in the stonework for various elements of the building including its landscape.
30 July 2013
Golden Tusk Resort, Uttarakhand
Design: M:OFA
photo : Dev Singh / Mridul Sharma
M:OFA designs a true Agro Resort. The design intent was to give a firsthand experience of countryside living to the urban travelers and sensitize them to the idea of living with nature, effectively utilizing resources and minimizing waste. Apart from being amidst nature in the cottages that resonate the local materials expressed in a contemporary design, the program also includes an animal farm with poultry, cattle, goats, fish and even an elephant for the rides around the forest.
28 June 2013
ITM School of Business, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, northern India building news
Design: M:ofa
photo from architect
India in its last ten years has seen a new business environment, where the younger generation is no longer threatened by the western big brothers. They embrace the traditional business idioms, while continuously flying across international waters, marrying the two together at every step; an image of a head soaring high up in the sky with its feet trudging a solid, leveled ground.
18 June 2013
Nagaur Fort Rehabilitation, Rajasthan, northwest India
Design: Minakshi Jain
photo : Minakshi Jain
Nagaur Fort Rehabilitation
The project for rehabilitation of this building, involving the training of many artisanal craftsmen, adhered to principles of minimum intervention. Materials and construction methods of an earlier era were rediscovered, paintings and architectural features conserved, and the historic pattern of access through seven successive gates re-created.
Awards for Indian Architecture Practice
Architect Sanjay Puri wins three AR Future Projects Awards
Sanjay Puri Architects, India, was the only firm globally to win three awards at MIPIM ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW Future Projects Awards 2013.
Information for e-architect by ArchitectureLive!
27 Mar 2013
RIBA Charles Correa Exhibition, London – celebrating the gift of Charles Correa’s archive to the RIBA Library
Charles Correa RIBA Exhibition
‘Charles Correa : India’s Greatest Architect’
20 Feb 2013
Kolkata Metro, eastern India
Design: Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects
Kolkata Metro Project
Construction is currently underway on an immense infrastructure project in India designed by Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects (LHPA), as part of an international consortium. The consortium led by AECOM-Maunsell (UK), includes EGIS (France), YEC (Japan), CES (India), and Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects with SGI.
20 Feb 2013
Skill City, Bangalore, southern India
Design: Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects
Skill City India
Inspired by a printed circuit board and Mandala symbolism, Skill City, a new satellite city is planned outside Bangalore, India. Lee Harris Pomeroy’s Master Plan and design for this 49 million sq. ft. Special Economic Zone (SEZ) encompasses a new technology campus, a 70-story office tower, golf course, residential community and a 5 million SF grass-roofed mall for shopping, exhibition and entertainment.
24 Jan 2013
Indian Hut Workshop, Kanataka, west India
Design: Rintala Eggertsson, Oslo
Indian Hut Workshop
Establishing projects that are affecting the “bottom of the pyramid”, and try to make people think of a more sustainable way of living might be a way to rewrite the future of the few last quiet retreats on earth. This is where the Panchabhuta foundation and Eco-Tourism are routed.
20 Jan 2013
Kelly House, Chennai, east India
Design: ABIBOO Architecture
Kelly House
The Kelly House, located on a 4,720 sqft plot in the heart of Chennai city, has about 6,200 sqft arranged over 3 floors. The ground floor has service areas, a foyer and parking spaces.
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Indian Architecture Developments 2012
Indian property photos in 2012
20 Nov 2012
Calicut Restaurant, Kerala, south west India
Design: Collaborative Architecture
Calicut Restaurant
The project is a part of a business hotel (Not classified in Star category), in a tier 3 city in the country, which has been redesigned by the firm as repositioning exercise. The strategy was to create a new identity to the already popular restaurant through interior architecture, making it a new destination dining in the city to spur the business of the hotel.
6 Nov 2012
JDT Primary School, North Kerala, south west India
Design: Collaborative Architecture
JDT Primary School
The project is part of JDT Islam campus, the very first Muslim orphanage in India situated in a quaint village in north Kerala, India. Formed in early 50s, the orphanage carried its legacy of philanthropic goodwill to orphans from around the country over the years.
1 Nov 2012
Bhartiya City, North Bangalore, southern India
Design: Broadway Malyan
Bhartiya City
A new city spanning 125 acres in North Bangalore, India, has been launched by real estate and infrastructure development company Bhartiya Urban, part of the Bhartiya Group, with major input from global architecture, urbanism and design practice Broadway Malyan.
Indian Architecture Projects
New Architectural Portal for India
Indian Architecture Projects news
ArchitectureLive! is India’s unique architectural Portalthat allows Indian architects, interior designers and students to upload, share and manage their projects efficiently. The Portal allows each project to be tagged with huge data that makes it easily searchable on the Internet.
e-architect will occasionally carry a selection of key buildings from ArchitectureLive!
29 Oct 2012
Soaltee Crowne Plaza, Kathmandu, Nepal (not India of course but relevant to this page)
Design: Morphogenesis
Soaltee Crowne Plaza
The project brief calls for the refurbishment and interiors of a 40-year-old heritage hotel: the original planning of the building is contemporary in nature but is infused with traditional motifs. The architectural intent and the design approach behind the refurbishment of the hotel follows a similar thought process, embracing both tradition and modernity simultaneously.
22 Oct 2012
Badshahpur IT Park, Gurgaon
Design: 10 DESIGN
Badshahpur IT Park
Badshahpur is located in Gurgaon – one of the largest cities in the Indian state of Haryana, and a major satellite of Delhi. Gurgaon has experienced rapid development over the last 20 years; attracting both regional and global institutions to its infrastructure offering, proximity to the Capital, and for its growth as a hub of information technology, research and development, and engineering.
18 Sep 2012
Residential Building Chennai, south east India
Design: ABIBOO Architecture
Indian Residential Building
The ELA Residential Complex is located in the city of Chennai, in southeast India. The project consists of 1000 apartments and studios, the latter intended for students of a nearby university.
7 Sep 2012
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
Design: gmp – von Gerkan, Marg & Partners
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
23 Jun 2012
Villa Agra, north west India
Design: Archohm
Villa Agra
An extremely challenging design brief created an opportunity to work around the basic functionalities and requirements of a client in a location where time, energy, money and exposure were unlimited. Agra is an upcoming Tier 2 town, with restrained access to resources; one could dare to dram an idea and it stood a good chance of converting itself to reality.
13 Jun 2012
Museum of Bihar, Patna, north east India
Design: Maki & Associates (Tokyo) with OPOLIS
Museum of Bihar – designs by shortlisted architects
New Indian building to be located on the site of the capital of India’s ancient Magadhan Empire, Pataliputra. Architecture competition won by team of Japanese and Indian architects.
12 Feb 2012
Raas Jodhpur, Rajasthan, north west India
The Lotus Praxis Initiative
Indian Hotel Building
Set in the heart of the walled city of Jodhpur, Rajasthan, RAAS is a 1.5-acre property uniquely located at the base of the Mehrangarh Fort. The brief was to create a luxury boutique hotel with 39 rooms in the context of the Old city quarter of Jodhpur.
1 Feb 2012
Indian Institute of Architects Awards
Indian Institute of Architects Awards
Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) salutes the political and cultural city of Delhi, on completing 100 years of its re-emergence as modern India’s capital. Commemorating the centenary of the Capital, this year the coveted annual ‘IIA Awards 2011’ were held at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi, northern India.
13 Jan 2012
Maison Multi-brand Boutique, Bengaluru
Design: Sybarite
Indian Boutique
Inspiration for the design of this multi-brand boutique came from the way Indo-Islamic art and architecture use repetition of geometric forms to achieve intricate decorative patterns. Echoing the famous dome of the Taj Mahal and other landmarks of the Mughal period, a stylised hourglass form is repeated, building a texture and rhythm reminiscent of traditional patterns but made modern in its application, simplicity and materiality.
6 Jan 2012
CIPLA Pharmaceuticals, Mumbai
Design: MALIK ARCHITECTURE
CIPLA Pharmaceuticals Mumbai
CIPLA is a large and prestigious Pharmaceuticals company, and their existing facilities in the North of Mumbai needed to be augmented. Vikhroli is an extremely congested and chaotic suburb of Mumbai. The plot itself however, is filled with lush large trees and the location of existing trees and the site profile has dictated the evolution of the design concept.
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23 June 2011
India Glycols Corporate Office, Noida
Design: Morphogenesis
India Glycols Corporate Office
The office design for the corporate office for India Glycols embodies the issues concerning the workplace today, and explores the paradigm of the office space as a social activity. Sited in a non-contextual suburban area of Delhi, the setting, led to the development of an introverted scheme that would address environmental and socio-economic issues from first principles.
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Indian Architectural Designs
Key Contemporary Architecture Designs in India, alphabetical:
Apollo Tyres Office, Gurgaon
Design: Morphogenesis
Apollo Tyres Gurgaon
Bangalore Hotel + Spa
Mohsin Cooper
Bangalore Hotel + Spa
Bangalore International Airport Building
HOK Architects
Bangalore Airport Building
Bombay Arts Society, Mumbai
Design: Sanjay Puri Architects
Sanjay Puri
Chandigarh Housing, north east India
Morphogenesis
Chandigarh Housing
Chettinad Auditorium, Chennai, S.E. India
Morphogenesis
Indian Architecture : Chettinad Health City
City Centre Mall, Siliguri, north east India
Morphogenesis
Indian Commercial Building
Cricket-Based Communities
Design: Broadway Malyan
Cricket-Based Communities India
Delhi Airport Building
HOK Architects
Delhi Airport Building
Deya Building, Kolkata, eastern India
Arc Studio Architects + Web Structures
Deya Building Kolkata
Druk White Lotus School
Arup Associates
Druk White Lotus School Building
Future Towers, Pune, western India
MVRDV Architects
Future Towers
The Gairola House, Gurgaon, Haryana
Anagram Architects
New Indian House
GMS Grande Palladium, Mumbai
Architect: MALIK ARCHITECTURE
GMS Grande Palladium Mumbai
Haj House Complex, Lucknow
Design: AGi Architects
Haj House Complex
House with Balls
Design: Matharoo Associates
IMI campus, Bhubaneswar, Orissa
Architects: Abin Design Studio
IMI Campus
India Glycols Corporate Office, Noida
Morphogenesis
India Glycols Corporate Office
Infospace IT park Kolkata, west Bengal
Design: RMJM
Infospace IT Park Kolkata Building (Calcutta)
Jamia Art Gallery, New Delhi
Design: Romi Khosla Design Studios
Jamia Art Gallery
Kharadi Neighbourhood Masterplan, Pune
Design: Zwarts & Jansma
Kharadi Buildings
Kolkata Airport Building
RMJM
Kolkata Book Fair Pavilion
Graeme Massie Architects
Kolkata Book Fair Building
Kolkata International Convention Centre
RMJM
Kolkata International Convention Centre
The Kumar Residence, New Delhi
Morphogenesis
New Delhi House
McKinsey & Co., Gurgaon, Delhi
Currimbhoy Design & Architecture
Gurgaon Building, Haryana state
Mumbai Development
BDP
Mumbai Development
Nariman Point, Mumbai
Chapman Taylor
Nariman Point Building
New Delhi Restaurant
Morphogenesis
New Town Proposal, New Delhi
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ShoP Architects
NGO Magic Bus staff dorm, Karjat Dam
Architecture BRIO
NGO Magic Bus Building
NIFT Campus, Bhubaneswar
Abin Design Studio
NIFT Campus
Pearl Academy of Fashion Jaipur
Morphogenesis
The Qube building, Gurgaon
Morphogenesis
The Qube Gurgaon
Raas Jodhpur, Rajasthan, north west India
The Lotus Praxis Initiative
Indian Hotel Building
Residence for Ashok Patel, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, west India
2007
Matharoo Associates
Sangath buildings, Ahmedabad
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BV Doshi
South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre, New Delhi
2007
Anagram Architects
Subterranean house, Kashid, Maharashtra, southwest India
2008
Studio Mumbai Architects
Taj Mahal Palace – Building Renewal, Mumbai
2010
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Taj Mahal Palace Mumbai
Tata Housing, Gurgaon, North India
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Tata Housing Gurgaon
Triose building, Lonavala, western India
Sanjay Puri Architects
Triose Building, near Mumbai
University, Bombay
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Gilbert Scott
Vedanta University – Campus Master Plan, Orissa
2007
Ayers/Saint/Gross
Viceroy’s House, (Rastrapati Bhavan), New Delhi
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Edwin Lutyens Architect
Victory Valley, Gurgaon, North India
WOW Architects
Victory Valley Development
VidyalankarTechnology Institute, Mumbai
Architect: Planet 3 Studios Architecture
Mumbai techonology building, Wadala
Vivanta by Taj – Whitefield, Bangalore
Warner Wong Design
Vivanta by Taj
More modern Indian Architecture designs online soon.
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Indian Buildings – No Links
Indian Buildings, alphabetical:
Arts Centre, Jaipur, Jawahar Kala Kendra
Charles Correa Architect
photos from RIBA
Belapur low-income housing, New Bombay
1983-85
Charles Correa Architect
photos from RIBA
British Council Delhi
Charles Correa Architect
photo from RIBA
Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
Charles Correa Architect
photo from RIBA
Chandigarh – various buildings : Modernist Indian architecture in a grid
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Le Corbusier Architect
Elphinstone Mills Tower, south Mumbai
2007-
Adrian Smith and Gordon Gills Architecture
Indian skyscraper : 60 storeys
Ernst & Young Building, Gurgaon
2007
Morphogenesis Architecture Studio
Gandhi Ashram, Ahmedabad
1958-63
Charles Correa Architect
photo from RIBA
House at Koramangala
Charles Correa Architect
photo from RIBA
Kanchanjunga Housing
Charles Correa Architect
photo from RIBA
India Tower, South Mumbai
2007-10
FXFOWLE Architects
Major Indian skyscraper – 60 storeys
Indira Gandhi Airport Terminal, Delhi
2007-10
HOK Architects
Institute of Public Administration, Ahmedabad
1963
Louis Kahn Architect
Khalsa Heritage Memorial Complex : National Museum of the Sikh people, Punjab
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Moshe Safdie Architects
More Indian Building Designs online soon.
Location: India, South Asia.
Indian Institute of Architects Awards
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Buildings in countries near India
National Assembly, Dacca, Bangladesh
Dates built: 1962-74
Louis Kahn
aka Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban, Dhaka
Primary School, Kathmandu, Nepal
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EMBT
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South Asia Architectural Projects
Buildings / photos for the Indian Building Designs page welcome.