The Hybrid - Better interiors (June 2005)
The Green Revolution marches on with Fabian Ostner's attempt to build a high-calibre ecological home in Auroville.
Klara Brogli's home in tropical Tamil Nadu could well have come straight out of the sets of Matrix. An expression of western architecture and contemporary perceptions of space, it fits smoothly into the rich colourful culture of the Indian subcontinent. Self- confident and aware of its origins, the house exhibits its modern and (some might say) strange appearance in a frank and respectful manner, reaching out to invite and exchange. Read More...
Unusual Canvas - Better interiors (October 2005)
Painter Louis Molaes and danseuse Veronique Domingo's "temporary and open" house looks as if it has sprung up out of the earth on a rainy day in Auroville.
This Artist's home is madeof the material he is most comfortable with - canvas! Louis Molaes believes that for a house in India, all you need is a roof above your head - everything else can be organized to suit your lifestyle. Read More...
Roger Anger's House - Perfect Ten (Jan-Feb 2002)
An amazing combination between sculpture and architecture, the splendid expression of Auroville's chiefarchitect Roger Anger breaks the mould of the conventional code of 'four walls and a roof habitation'.
A graduate from the classical 'Beaux Arts' in Paris, Roger came to India in 1956. Read More...
Colonial Enthusiasm... Renovated - Perfect Ten March - April 2002
Hewn from Nature - Perfect Ten May - June 2001
Incredible Transformation - Inside Outside July 2001
One up - Peppino and Magic Lamp - Perfect Ten July - August 2001
Penchant - Woven Tales - Perfect Ten July - August 2001