About

Studio MADe is an idea-driven architectural practice stared in 2007 based out of Hyderabad (India) and Pamplona (Spain).The studio’s explorations span various geographies that reflect the diversity of its collaborators. These collaborations comprise a team of architects, graphic artists, landscape architects, and researchers based in different parts of the world. The work is a product of cultural exchange made possible through virtual collaborations. Studio MADe primarily focuses on architectural competitions in the public realm, aiming to address rising societal concerns.

This approach to engaging with the public domain in diverse contexts has enabled the studio to understand the emerging challenges of the architectural profession within contemporary society. The aim is to create places that resonate with people’s collective memory and concurrently strive to produce architecture that transcends functional and cultural specificity in an attempt to propose timeless solutions to spatial challenges. The team has also consciously engaged in critical self-reflection through exhibitions, thereby exploring the idea of architecture beyond that of the built work.

Selected Awards and Recognition

Regeneration of Temple Complex – Winner of a National Open Competition, 2005, India
Prehistory Museum – Finalist at the WAN Civic Awards 2011, UK
The Sidewalk – Finalist at the Azure Awards 2012, Canada
House in Transition – Finalist at the TATA RAISE 2 – India Homes 2020 competition, 2013, India
The Sidewalk – Highly Commended the Architectural Review Future Project Awards, 2014, UK
Between Walls – The European Centre for Architecture and the Chicago Athenaeum International   Architecture Awards, 2014, USA
Central Mosque – Winner at the WAN Civic Awards 2014, UK
A Walled Oasis – Winner at the U8 International Competition “The Unknown Porto” 2014, Portugal
Between Walls – Acknowledgement Prize, Holcim Awards Asia Pacific, 2014, Switzerland
Self-Referential Frame – Winner at the Architectural Review Future Project Awards, 2015, UK
Three Meditative Cubes – Finalist at the International Competition to Design a Cultural Centre in Bamiyan, 2015, Afghanistan
Central Mosque – Selected at the IAA (International Architecture Awards) 2015, Australia
Extension of the WHO Headquarters – 4th Prize (Two-stage International Competition), 2015, Switzerland
Suncheon Art Platform – 1st Prize (International Competition), 2016, Republic of South Korea
AySA offices – Honourable Mention (National Competition), 2016, Argentina
Olympic Swimming Pool & Education Complex  – Honourable Mention, 2017, Rosario, Argentina
Vivi Port Corallo Waterfront – Fourth Prize (International Competition), 2018, Italy.                        Parkside Learning – Kehlhof Adligenswil New School, Finalist (International Competition), 2022, Switzerland
Suncheon Art Platform – Winner, 2022 Korean Spatial Culture Award, 2022, Republic of South Korea                                                                                                                                                     National Museum of Carthage: Shortlisted (International Competition), 2023, Tunisia         Experimental Puppetry Art Centre: Finalist (International Competition), 2023, Bulgaria

Publications

Latitude Housing – Published in Green Living by the Waters, HDB Publications, Singapore, March 2011
Urban Paradox – Published in Roof & Facade Asia, Singapore, June 2012
The Sidewalk – Featured in Azure Magazine Annual Award Issue, Canada, July 2012
Tuljapur Temple Precinct Restructuring – Featured in Indian Architect & Builder, December 2012
The Sidewalk – Architectural Review Future Project Awards-catalogue of winning projects, March 2014
A Walled Oasis- Published in Revista Uniade Magazine #8, Portugal, November 2014
Self-referential Frame – Architectural Review Future Project Awards-catalogue of winning projects, March 2015
Between Walls – Projects & Visions, Fourth Cycle of Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction, July 2015
WHO Geneva Headquarters Building Extension – publication of the jury report, August 2015
Suncheon Art Platform – Publication of the jury report, June 2016
The Hidden Cloister – Published in Archi World Magazine, Republic of South Korea, September 2016