One cannot always find an architect who has the insight and skills to conceive appropriate ideas for spatial interventions and can produce them to meticulous detail.

The landscape was magical…It was a vast sea of wild growth, water and infinite blue skies My main task was to create something but with least harm…Man’s intervention had to be minimal and masterly When ‘the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka’ needed a holiday bungalow

Only rarely will we see the enclosed space being celebrated while the building architecture is skilfully executed with professionalism and mastery, yet also with humility and humbleness.

Glenn Murcutt stands out as someone who designs innovative residences for the Australian climate. His approach arises from the landscape, often treated sacred.

Holiday homes allow an architect to explore new ideas and thoughts that can push architectural thinking to a level, which may not always be possible in a more domestic everyday situation.

Working in Calcutta for a few years now, I have had the great privilege of getting to know a client with whom I have more than architecture to share.

Icon is C Anjalendran’s latest built work in Pakistan and his second project outside Sri Lanka. Designed as a flagship department store for the Ghouri family, the building is located in the town of Sukkur in Pakistan’s Sindh Province, 500 km north-east of Karachi.

The task of transforming a 20th Century construction into an acoustically sound music lounge is a difficult one and is what Archt. Murad Ismail undertook with the Qbaa project.