Ridge House
A 5 storied multi- apartment building that extracts the maximum build-able volume, while ensuring plenty of open space, light and ventilation.
Cuboid House
The house demonstrate the possibility of affirming some elementary yet precise rules. A series of spatial sequences are structured around minimal architectural events distributed throughout the house.
Central to our design ethos is the need to design buildings that perform better than the industry average and raise the bar for ethical construction standards.
We love building things
Urban Haven
Luxury meets contemporary design in this house while insulating it from its urban location by creating multiple internal courtyards for tranquility and light.
The quest for absolute quality implies that we follow a unique method of design development. We imbibe the skills & experience of the people who actually make the buildings & objects that we design. Their involvement acknowledges them as equal stakeholders in the process, & allows us to better predict construction outcomes & quality control.
Discussing Tri Tesselate on The Great Facades with Buildofy.
Tri Tessellate
Awarded a special mention at the Kohler Bold Design Awards 2018.
A 25,000 sq.ft. factory in Noida, with a tessellated pattern made with triangular pieces of coated glass.
Amit Khanna featured in The Economic Times.
Shape of your factory: Manufacturing in the post pandemic area.
Art Deco House
The house features two massive skylights letting in ample light on both floors. This creates a triple-height skylight on the ground floor which provided a long blank wall which has been turned into an accent wall.
Yellow Brick House
The house illustrates our evolving understanding about the durability of materials during harsh climate.
"Had a fabulous experience working with Amit and his team on a turnkey residential project.
He is not your run of the mill architect. He's trustworthy, flexible and most importantly a thorough professional."
Amitav Virmani
CEO, The Education Alliance
Automated Warehousing Facility
Designed with a double skinned facade to achieve an even, cool and bright quality of light, which in the climate of Delhi is nothing short of a miracle.
Awarded under Industrial Category FuturArc, Singapore
The focus is to deliver innovation that uplifts our environment instead of allowing our built environment to be a mish-mash of private agendas, the outcome of misinformed aspiration.
With a unified facade, two houses joined with a balcony, looking as one.
South City Residences
Fabindia
he project brief was to re-examine the identity and approach to the brand through a fresh approach in interior design. The site was an empty shell within the inner circle of Connaught Place in central Delhi.
House X
Using innovative design thinking to produce a low cost building that achieves remarkable energy efficiency.
Featured in the Hinge Magazine, Hong Kong.
Urban Hotel
This project attempts to marry the two divergent approaches by combining the globally accepted standard amenities of a hotel room, with the atmosphere of Northern India pervading the public spaces.
Every object we produce, be it a 60,000 sq ft office building or a 0.5 sq ft light fixture, undergoes the same scrutiny of process & exactitude, that is founded in suitable materiality and innovation, irrespective of appearance.
Urban Loop
Where box-like compositions form the skyline of this bustling industrial estate, Urban Loop, in it’s doubly curved milky white aluminum cladding, serves as visual relief.
Villa Ravine
Taking inspiration from the local colonial architecture of Shimla, Villa Ravine is a sustainable vacation home with grey slate walls and green roof.
An office space fostering the values of the organisation, interaction and engagement for better productivity and efficiency.
Infrex Methodex
De Stijl House
House that combines the post colonial modern architecture of Delhi while using the facade as a palette to reexamine the De Stilj Movement.
Fabindia
The project brief was to re-examine the identity and approach to the brand through a fresh approach in interior design. The site was an empty shell within the inner circle of Connaught Place in central Delhi.
Urban Noire
The building is designed to be inherently sustainable, not only is it planned for minimal heat gain, it is also designed to breathe and allow natural ventilation.
Current building technology and construction practices still limit our ability to achieve net-zero, i.e. a building that manages to generate as much energy as it consumes. However, thoughtful design can measurably reduce the amount of energy that a building needs & each tiny improvement adds up to a significant change in the overall environmental impact of our work.
AKDA is a part of Young Visionaries, a new book by Chris Van Uffelen about the next generation of architects that are shaping the contemporary built environment.
Infrex Methodex
Central Delhi Apartment
At the heart of the design intent is to recreate the sense of spatiality so familiar to those who frequent the corridors of power in the capital.
We take client’s goals and need for strategic design and seamless delivery seriously, connecting our entire team to leverage its creativity, knowledge and experience.
Pixelet
This building is a refreshing change - whether in the high quality of surface finish, or in the attention to construction detail.
Electronic City
Breaking away from dedicated work desks and crisp white interiors, Electronic City focuses on core values of reusability.
Triveni Kala Sangha
A cultural and architectural landmark in the city of Delhi, upgraded by AKDA in 2013, to preserve the building’s façade, including the signature screen, or jaali.
Sushant Lok Residence
The house was designed with a priority to ensure unobstructed visual connectivity between these outdoor spaces and the indoor spaces as well as planning the different spaces in a way that profits from the north-south orientation.
Each floor was designed to suit individual requirements, designing a combined façade was a considerable challenge. Local granites in two shades of grey were chosen for their permanence and installed using stainless steel clamps, ensuring a thermal break between the 30mm stone and the exterior wall.
One by One
World Architecture
Congress 2019, Mumbai
Design Principal, Amit Khanna speaks at World Architecture Congress 2019, Mumbai on diminishing raw materials
Cube Dwellings
The house contrasts a cubic granite facade with a recessed plane of fenestration allowing for unimpeded views.
Artefact House
Undertaken as a research project to introspect contemporary architectural design for a residence, the building was conceived around first principles of climate, simplicity of materials and construction, with an innovative take on what a modern spatial configuration for a home should be.
We partner with our clients to deliver integrated sustainable solutions for a diverse range of building types and environmentally challenging situations.
House 3
A large multi-apartment residence was being used sparingly by a family that had reduced in number over time. Living rooms had been converted into gymnasiums and the 6 spare bedrooms along with a huge, dark basement were used as storage space.
House 8
The existing house had been designed to maximise cross ventilation and embodied some of our trademark restraint in the materials and exterior form. Rather than try and upstage the existing character of the house, the attempt was to seamlessly blend the large addition required by the growing family.
Contemporary Penthouse
The top floor apartment of a decade old building was proving to be inadequate for a growing family. A fortuitous change in building laws permitted the addition of another floor with the possibility of an internal connection.
E1B1
A commercial building where the strategy was to make a facility that was not only flexible, but also had a civic presence, that enlivens the street.
"Working with Amit was a great experience. He has awesome ideas and delivers on time.
We’ve done two projects with him and we will do many more together."
Rajneesh Gandhi
CEO, Century Overseas
House 2
The façade had been reminiscent of colonial architecture, complete with ornately carved stone railings and creamy dholpur cladding. The colour combination was maintained, but the composition was made crisper and more contemporary.
The result is a modern family home that is quintessentially Indian, but has a contemporary outlook.
Transformation
The challenge of the project lay in transforming the dated house created by the previous owner into a modern residence for a growing family, while they continued to inhabit the space.
C1/17
India Design 2019, New Delhi
The growth of population in urban cities increases by the day. Amit Khanna discusses plans to accommodate this growing population it would be needed to manage resource consumption, design robust urban services, build efficient public transit, create spacial equity and safety and improve environmental quality.
Thoughtful design can measurably reduce the amount of energy that a building needs & each tiny improvement adds up to a significant change in the overall environmental impact of our work.
The existing house had been designed to maximize cross ventilation and embodied some of our trademark restraint in the materials and exterior form.
House 1
Safdarjung Residence
Design Principal, Amit Khanna spoke at GREHA 2019 in New Delhi.
Greha 2019, New Delhi
Cottage Estate II
With a client brief of a modern aesthetic, the spatial planning had to strictly adhere to vaastu principles of planning. The plot had been purchased with the same thought, which unfortunately meant a large blank wall on the south side.
House 7
With a client brief of a modern aesthetic, the spatial planning had to strictly adhere to vaastu principles of planning. The plot had been purchased with the same thought, which unfortunately meant a large blank wall on the south side.
Current projects include commercial & industrial buildings, corporate offices, hospitality, boutique retail, multifamily housing, private houses & furniture. AKDA endeavours to employ technologies that sustain rather than pollute, that are durable rather than replaceable, and that add value over time rather than falling prey to short term economies.
This project was conceived as a private estate of luxury villas on a 2½ acre site near the picturesque village of Baldeyan, Shimla.