Dr. Mehli Nazir Blogs

  The New Year brought about a lot of changes in design and décor. For your benefit, we decided to compile a list of new trends that will makes waves and demand attention in 2018. Architecture is constantly influenced by trends in art as well as socio-cultural nuances and great designers often bridge the gap between the two. Having worked with the likes of Phillipe Starck, Jon Hitchcox, and Kelly Hoppen, we know that exciting is as exciting does! While we don’t expect you to knock down your walls and start from scratch but adopting a few design changes will help you give your home a new-age feel and be cognizant with the trends of the year. Let’s look at some of the trends have gained prominence this year. 1. Open Space Living: Long gone are the days of formal living rooms and enclosed kitchens. Open-plan living is an embodiment of togetherness excluding the separatist elements that most conventional architecture follow. While open plans in your home’s layout tend to require a hom...

  We have all heard the idiom, ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’ and for those of you who are well-versed with the trends of Instagram; you know that a good picture is the only words that really matter. So how are you showcasing your interiors to your social media followers? Taking attractive photos of your homes can be challenging, but it’s a skill that can be developed. Interior design is best conveyed through a strong visual language like photography so it makes sense for Instagram to be your go-to app. If you’re enthusiastic about photography, especially the art of home photography, then we have your back! What does it mean really to take pictures of interiors? Especially of your home? Here are a few things you need to know to make every shot an Insta-worthy shot! 1.   Include People Surely, there are some interiors that look best, left untouched but seeing how people are interacting within these environments can also provide an air of creativity to your photographs. ...

RERA sets the groundwork to clean the real estate practices in India As we usher in a new day and age for India, the last decade provided the seeds of growth for India on a path to becoming a superpower. Our brightest minds are pioneering and treading new ways across industries. Be it steering multi-million dollar organisations as the CEO or CFO to building bright new start-ups, there’s much to be proud about, for the unique amalgamation of communities, that is India. Like the strides in several industries, the real estate space has woken up to a new age of compliance and accountability with the establishment of RERA (The Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016) which came into effect on 1st May, 2017, to help standardise several practices in the real estate world and thereby also provide you, the buyer with some credible backing to stand against any errant realtors. Not so long ago were the days when builders and realtors made false promises and lent a deaf year to the c...

  The largest democratic nations with so many diverse communities comes with its own set of challenges towards development. Although in the past few years we are seeing a needle movement in the direction of growth. Several policies and reforms have shaken the foundation and left people clinging to find a way out but as the rubble settles, we seem to be emerging stronger. The true extent of all these political and economic changes can only be revealed over time but there are some that we would like to talk about. ‘Make in India’ was a movement more than a reform initiated towards helping India position itself as a prime options for large conglomerates. It was a way of us telling the world that we want to help you make your business successful and what better way to do things than to bring your offices to our shores. For this reason PM Narendra Modi went to great lengths to establish relationships with foreign nations and large organizations. The approach of bringing new work, new j...

  While technology is changing our lifestyles, it’s also impacting the way we look at the design. You can see that shift when you compare a 2005 personal computer to the 2018 counterparts which look like they have been pulled out from a science fiction novel. The age of minimalistic functional designs has taken the world by storm over the past decade and we are noticing the same shift in architecture as well. Homes are no longer designed as blocks of rooms put together but rather single units designed with the slightest of partitions to keep them from bleeding into each other. Back in the day, a dining room and living room rarely ever met each other except for in the corridors that may have connected the two. Today, they practically enjoy the company of each other in unrestricted open space. These kinds of changes can be attributed to the way in which the technology has connected the world eliminating walls which probably stood for centuries dividing one province from another. Is ...