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Project Area: 2800 sft Project Contractor Team: Raghuram, Sri Aditya Constructions, Inder Woodworks, Saravanan Steel, Kwality Furnishings, Paarkhi Stone, Stencil, Studio Segments The true nature of all earthly things is that of transience, everything and everyone is constantly changing, constantly evolving. What is, is and what will be, will be. Embracing this changing nature of…
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Once in a while comes a project that one is extremely proud of, because of its ability to change you, architects dont just shape the world, in turn they are shaped by the world and this project did just that. For one, it made me an ardent fan of light at 2700K and once you…
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There is no one who has been to Santorini and not loved it, for the sheer spectacle that it creates. From Fira to Oia, from Kamari to Gialos, from Akrotiri to Koloumpos the variety that the island creates is spectacular. Oia is a top favorite with its cliffhanger buildings all equipped with thermal baths and…
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The name of the island refers to a “pile of rocks” or to a “rocky area”. However, later legends support that the island’s name is associated with the local hero Mykonos. Mykonos was the son of the King of Delos, Anios, who in turn was the son of Apollo and of the nymph Roious, descendant…
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If there was a dream come true, it was visiting the Acropolis in Athens. Sir Banister Fletcher’s History of Architecture puts forth some recommendations for architects to study, but even while studying, the Temple of Athena in the Acropolis of Athens stands out spectacularly. Just like the Eiffel tower that follows one everywhere in Paris,…
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For a country that has in its count 6000 islands, Greece is more of the sea than the land. As the Greeks Simply dive into water from any island, Land, taking a swim in the salty water of the agency, they fried themselves on their bronze look baking in the glory of the sun. While…
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While ancient Greece was divided into several colonies or city states. It also meant that the city states were parent fighting with each other. These city states traded with each other for Essentials but also help together when faced with a foreign opponent. Yet in spite of their number of fights, they would all pause.…
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Beautiful bodies are vessels for beautiful minds and are where strong moral compasses dwell. So believed the ancient greeks, as a corollary good minds only live in good bodies, hence a lot of effort was made to maintain strong, healthy and beautiful bodies chiselled to perfection. If a person was beautiful externally, with ripped abdomen…
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Meteora is a rock formation in Northwestern Greece, that holds atop it, Eastern Orthodox monasteries. Kalambaka is a city at the foothills of these monasteries that makes access to the monasteries easier for the tourists, it has a dessert by its name that is a pudding of sorts with walnut cake and condensed milk! Yet…
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The Greek Gods are mythical legends, with epics and stories that display their grand values, a lot like the Indian Gods, yet unlike the Indian Gods, worship to the Greek Gods have been long lost to the advent of the Romans, then the Christians and then the Turks, now becoming a tale in the chaos…
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‘Where are the renders?’ is a very often heard statement in the world of interior design and architecture. My Lighting vendor to pop the question at me, very vehemently, in fact, he wouldn’t just let me go. He wanted me to tell him what it exactly looks like! What are lights like? How’s the feel…
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Over the last month or so, I have had the good fortune of visiting a lot of temples starting with the temple at Yadagirigutta in Telangana to the new Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Telangana to yesterday going to our family gods family Temple in Adavanahalli, a Shiva Temple. While all the temples were very beautiful,…
Vedasri Siddamsetty 