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JOURNEY THROUGH
S P A C E S
FLAUNTING SPACES REFRESHINGLY Mar/Apr 2005
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One of the newer additions to innovative architecture in
Kathmandu has been the Nanglo Bakery Café at
Sundhara. Designed by Sarosh Pradhan, the project
was envisaged as ‘an effort to be kinetic in nature,
sculptural in form and poetic in treatment of spaces,
materials and details’. With an abundance of space to
play around with, the designer has succeeded in creating
a haven in the middle of a concrete inner city jungle.
Daring use of metallic structures combined with aesthetic
traditional touches impart an interesting aura.
GOD IS IN THE DETAILS May/June 2005
The Country Villa in Nagarkot is, ironically,
conspicuous. Ironic, because the architect,
Siddarth Gopalan, envisaged much of his design
concept towards blending the hotel with the local
environment. Acutally, to be fair, it is conspicuous
because of this- Country Villa Resort’s design
has incorporated local architectural touches
admirably and, in the process, has become all
the more eye-catching.
THE FOUNTAINHEAD Mar/Apr 2005
Bibhuti Man Singh has earned quite a
reputation as one of the most innovative of
architects. His award winning design of the
Himalayan Pavilion at Expo 2000 in
Hanover created quite a stir. Park Village in
Budhanilkantha and Club Himalayan in
Nagarkot are two great examples of his
innovativeness.
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