My Kind of Town: Manijeh Verghese
Isabel Allen2025-12-16T13:53:39+00:00Open City CEO Manijeh Verghese marvels at Mumbai's rapid transformation and asks how you can slow the pace of change to a rate that allows its people to shape its future.
Open City CEO Manijeh Verghese marvels at Mumbai's rapid transformation and asks how you can slow the pace of change to a rate that allows its people to shape its future.
Photographer Timothy Soar shares his photographs – and his impressions – of Third Space in Udaipur by Studio SAAR, a vibrant cultural and educational hub born from a belief that communities deserve places of aspiration, not as a luxury, but as a birthright.
Ananya Singhal of Studio Saar explains his game plan to rescue his hometown of Udaipur, India, from the ravages of uncontrolled development and empower its residents to envisage – and insist on – a regenerative future.
In Udaipur, Rajasthan, Studio SAAR has designed a new learning and cultural centre for Dharohar, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing extra-curricular activities for both adults and young people.
AT talks to Ananya Singhal and Jonny Buckland, co-founders of Studio SAAR, a young and growing practice with offices in Frome, Somerset and Udaipur in Rajasthan, that is taking on projects of all sizes across two continents.
A new compendium of contemporary Indian architecture by writer Rob Gregory and photographer Edmund Sumner draws together over 20 homes from some of the country's brightest architects.
Abin Design Studio has designed a clubhouse in Bansberia, West Bengal, using crowdfunding, local craftsmen and personal contacts to turn a modest government grant into a community gathering place that punches above its weight.