News
May 2025
Aelius Atelier shortlisted for the IIID Design Excellence Award 2025
Announcement
April 2025
Meridian House featured in Architectural Digest India’s annual review
Press
March 2025
Aelius Atelier begins work on the Nilgiri Cultural Centre, Ooty
Project
February 2025
Founding principal speaks at the FOAID 2025 Delhi edition
Event
January 2025
Sandstone Villas wins Best Residential Project at Cityscape India
Award
Open source
We use open principles to share our insights with the industry. Through publications, concepts, tools, and guides, we provide resources that help the built environment profession improve how projects are designed and delivered.
We invite you to explore our featured resources, designed to be used, shared, and expanded upon. By making knowledge accessible, we aim to empower professionals across disciplines to collaborate and raise standards.
Material Honesty Guide
2024
A framework for selecting and specifying materials in South Asian construction contexts with ecological responsibility at the forefront.
↓ Download — Guide (PDF)
Integrated Practice Toolkit
2023
Tools and templates for architecture-led projects that span design, interiors and construction under a single contract.
↓ Download — Toolkit
↓ Download — Presentation
Heritage Restoration Handbook
2022
A practical handbook developed from our Jaipur and Hyderabad heritage projects for practitioners working with pre-independence structures.
↓ Download — Handbook (PDF)
Publications
Space, Form & Legacy — 45 Years of Aelius Atelier
A retrospective monograph published in 2024 documenting the studio’s work across architecture, interiors, and construction since 1979.
Material Territories — Architecture in South Asia
A 2022 anthology co-authored with researchers at the School of Planning and Architecture examining the tension between vernacular material traditions and contemporary construction practice.
The Integrated Practice — Design and Build as One
A 2019 practice-led publication exploring the benefits and challenges of architecture firms that integrate construction management and drawing on 40 years of Aelius Atelier’s model.
Podcasts
Aelius Talks
The Patience of Stone — building to last in a fast world
Aelius Talks
Interiors that endure — on designing against trend
Aelius Talks
Heritage and the future of Indian cities
Video
Meridian House — Project Film
Inside the Atelier — Studio Documentary
The Onyx Residence — Walkthrough
Press
| Title | Author | Media | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aelius Atelier’s Sandstone Villas redefine luxury living in Hyderabad | Priya Menon | Architectural Digest India | May 2025 |
| 45 years of form and function — a studio that endures | Rohan Kapila | The Hindu | April 2025 |
| Meridian House wins praise for its restraint and craftsmanship | Sanjana Rao | Dezeen | February 2025 |
| India’s architecture firms bridging the gap between design and construction | Anusha Patel | Business Standard | November 2024 |