Kunal Maniar & Associates

The only way to create verticality in landscapes is using trees!


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Keeping it simple…

Gravel, greens and a dash of color!

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Green is the most underrated colour in the spectrum of landscape… Agree?


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Every household has its own recipe for a traditional chutney sandwich.
This one’s a tad generous on the greens!

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Nestled within the greens…


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When four magicians get together, not only do they create magic, but weave memories that will stay forever!
Thank you, Pankaj & Gajendra!

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When four magicians get together, not only do they create magic, but weave memories that will stay forever!
Thank you, Neville & Ish*ta!

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At the heart of every design, lies fiery passion...



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A cage that confines only to liberate…



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Nostalgia is a beautiful liar, said the Birdy…Literally!
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The Meso Lamp

A discarded glass brick sample and a disused reinforcement bar coalesce in the form of the ‘Meso Lamp,’ beckoning us to reconsider what we so quickly deem as “waste” within our practice.

Special thanks to .malik and for inviting to design a collectible out of waste in 2022 - Glad to have been part of this initiative towards sustainability!

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ROCK BENCH:
Is a single piece of black granite boulder, super polished on the top surface.

Creating a stark contrast between nature and human intervention.
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Every form of art evokes a reaction!

Balance, Harmony and Peace…

SHANTI BENCH

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Friend: Sans colour?
Me: Isn’t green a colour?

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On a lazy weekend morning peeping thru the landscape ….
SHANTI BENCH

The SHANTI BENCH is a 21-foot monolith concrete bench, conceptualised and designed by KUNAL MANIAR

KUNAL MANIAR is the sole author and owner of the copyright in the design of the SHANTI BENCH

All copyrights towards the Intellectual property for the SHANTI BENCH rest with KUNAL MANIAR only.

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A special thanks to the clients for allowing the stars to be featured alongside the SHANTI BENCH

Summer cleaning …. Only spring in surprises !
A shot taken in 2019!

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GRATITUDE!
Is the only monosyllable to summarize this project as I close it with the last picture…

Shefali and Robert, thank you for giving landscape architecture it’s due credit …. bhojwani for having the faith in (we have done the entire planting without a planting plan!)
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for propelling architecture, interior and landscape in an equal light!

And of course the entire team at KMA …. A big thank you !

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Awaiting the monsoon…
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For the oblivious… grasses do flower!

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Peek-a-blue!

…And he promptly went into the bushes and tucked away the blue…

That’s for you!

And Ashish Sahi] obviously couldn't resist that for a moment!

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Simply creating a dialogue between the grass and the gravel…

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One of the reasons I look forward to spring!

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Allowing the morning sun to filter through the tiny leaves of a strategically planted tree…

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"A good house is one which has a clear organisation.
A great house is one where you can get lost." - Robert Verrijt

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UNTAMED
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Vanity aside, you’ll find not just “The Ray” but a sunshine full of collaboration…
Mutual respect, admiration towards each other’s work and an innate sense of confidence… Summing up this collaboration!

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and for making the collaboration visually available! And giving landscape architecture, the dignity it deserves!

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Reposted from New issue alert!

For our November-December issue, AD sets off for Alibag, where we discover a sweeping weekend home, made in collaboration by two accomplished AD100 firms—Architecture Brio () and Kunal Maniar & Associates ().

We caught our first glimpse of the home from afar while driving up a slope, and saw it resting on a mountainside. It gradually revealed its volume and scale, as the aged stonework rose high above like a chapel. It’s remarkable when the ideologies of the makers match and a vision is aligned. To not flatten vast expanses of land for construction but instead play so poetically with the contours of a site; to not give in to the temptation of putting glass and concrete boxes on hillsides; and to let it be a little wild, a bit of a jungle, with a trail going up and down and around. For our last issue of the year, we wanted to leave you with a solid, beautiful and respectful, architecturally strong project.

This cover story is classic AD: a considered point of view on architecture, nature, materiality, space, and a subtle, remote luxury.

Photographer : Ashish Sahi ()
Interior Stylist: Samir Wadekar ()
Styling Assistant: Shalini Kanojia ()
Art Director: Chandni Mehta ()
Visual's Editor: Harsh*ta Nayyar (*tanayyar_)
Head of Editorial Content: Komal Sharma ()

When the built and the unbuilt unite.



Photo credit: @ Mumbai, Maharashtra

Cutting it sharp!



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The great Indian summer!


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