Studio Saar

Studio Saar was founded by Buckland and Singhal in 2019 – the duo's first project together was extending a home in Hampshire. Third Space, a cultural centre in India, was their first major cultural project together. Studio Saar is connected to the electronics manufacturer Secure Metres – its parent company, as well as the not-for-profit called Dharohar, both of which are run by the Singhal family.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-14 |title=Dispatches from Somerset and Rajasthan: Studio SAAR - Architecture Today |url=https://architecturetoday.co.uk/dispatches-from-somerset-and-rajasthan-studio-saar-ananya-singhal-and-jonny-buckland/# |access-date=2025-02-13 |language=en-GB}}

In 2022 the firm completed Secure Factory in Sanand, for Secure Metres. The site acts as a campus for staff and includes different zones for manufacturing, utilities, leisure and a canteen.{{Cite web |title=Studio Saar brings well-being to an industrial setting with their Secure Sanand facility |url=https://www.stirworld.com/see-features-studio-saar-brings-well-being-to-an-industrial-setting-with-their-secure-sanand-facility |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=www.stirworld.com |language=English}}

Secure Factory Sanand was designed and built during the COVID-19 pandemic and so features a selection passive and active ventilation to improve the site's safety.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-22 |title=Fanned and sawtooth roofs top Sanand Factory in India by Studio Saar |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/03/22/studio-saar-sanand-factory-india-architecture/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Stathaki |first=Ellie |date=2022-02-16 |title=Studio Saar's modern industrial facility in India reimagines factory architecture |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/secure-factory-studio-saar-sanand-india |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=wallpaper.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-09-05 |title=Dezeen reveals the world's 57 best buildings shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2022 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2022/09/05/dezeen-awards-2022-architecture-shortlist/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Dezeen |language=en}} In 2022 it was highly commended in the Production, Energy and Recycling category at the World Architecture Festival awards.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-01 |title=World Architecture Festival Announced Day 1 Winners |url=https://www.archdaily.com/993085/world-architecture-festival-announced-day-1-winners?ad_medium=gallery |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=ArchDaily |language=en-US}}

In 2023 the practice completed its redevelopment of a community park in Udaipur, Rajasthan for Dharorar.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-10 |title=Inspire winds of change under the soft canopy of Udaipur's lakeside park - Architect and Interiors India |url=https://www.architectandinteriorsindia.com/projects/inspire-winds-of-change-under-the-soft-canopy-of-udaipurs-lakeside-park |access-date=2025-02-13 |language=en-US}} Udaan Park was part of a larger local scheme of ‘green transformation’, to replace green spaces lost to increasing urbanisation. Locally sourced materials were repurposed for the park, which was planted with locally sourced plants.{{Cite web |last=Suryanarayana |first=Kiran |date=2023-07-07 |title=Udaan play park by Studio Saar - Architecture Today |url=https://architecturetoday.co.uk/udaan-play-park-by-studio-saar/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Steven |date=2025-01-23 |title=Frome residents win five-year battle for community-led housing project |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/23/frome-residents-win-five-year-battle-for-community-led-housing-project |access-date=2025-02-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Studio Saar worked with engineers Webb Yates and timber specialists Xylotek to create the Craft Not Carbon pavilion in London's Crystal Palace Park as part of the 2023 London Festival of Architecture. The pavilion was designed using lower carbon, durable materials.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-23 |title=Studio Saar and Webb Yates top timber pavilion with bamboo canopy |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2023/06/23/craft-not-carbon-pavilion-studio-saar-webb-yates-engineers-london-festival-of-architecture/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}

Third Space, a major learning and cultural centre in Udaipur, India for Dharorar was completed in 2023,{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Fran |date=2024-06-10 |title=Anglo-Indian practice Studio Saar completes Udaipur 'discovery centre' |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/anglo-indian-practice-studio-saar-completes-udaipur-discovery-centre |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=The Architects’ Journal |language=en}} and named by Dezeen as the most significant building of that year.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-29 |title=Studio Saar's Third Space was the most significant building of 2023 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2025/01/29/third-space-studio-saar-21st-century-architecture/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}

In 2024 Studio Saar was part of the winning team for the annual Davidson Prize alongside Landstory, Stories, BAS, and Megaphone Creative.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Inside the Davidson Prize 2024 |url=https://www.elledecoration.co.uk/design/events/a61303326/davidson-prize-2024/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=ELLE Decoration |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-20 |title=Studio Saar wins Davidson Prize for department-store housing concept |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2024/06/20/studio-saar-davidson-prize-2024/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Dezeen |language=en}} The scheme, the Apartment Store in Taunton, was praised by Rowan Moore.{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Rowan |date=2024-09-01 |title=Going up: Can Britain's empty department stores be brought back to life? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/sep/01/debenhams-departments-stores-john-lewis-development-town-centres-high-street |access-date=2025-02-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

Srivan, a lily-shaped reusable pavilion created by Studio Saar was unveiled at the inaugural Design Mumbai event in 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-11 |title=Studio Saar creates forest-like pavilion at Design Mumbai |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/11/studio-saar-reusable-pavilion-design-mumbai/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}

In 2024 Dezeen named Studio Saar emerging practice of the year: judges described them as an ‘ambitious young practice [that] puts social and environmental sustainability at its core…the studio has delivered an impressive and diverse array of projects in the UK and India that belies its age.’ {{Cite web |title=Studio Saar {{!}} Winners {{!}} Dezeen Awards 2024 |url=https://www.dezeen.com/awards/2024/winners/studio-saar/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}

In 2025 Somerset council agreed to sell land in Frome for the Mayday Saxonvale scheme designed by a team that includes Studio Saar and described as the ‘UK’s largest community participative urban design and regeneration project’.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-14 |title=Dispatches from Somerset and Rajasthan: Studio SAAR - Architecture Today |url=https://architecturetoday.co.uk/dispatches-from-somerset-and-rajasthan-studio-saar-ananya-singhal-and-jonny-buckland/# |access-date=2025-02-13 |language=en-GB}}

Completed

• Secure Factory in Sanand – 2022 {{Cite web |date=2022-02-16 |title=Studio Saar's modern industrial facility in India reimagines factory architecture |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/secure-factory-studio-saar-sanand-india |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=wallpaper.com |language=en}}
• Udaan Play Park – 2023 {{Cite web |last=Suryanarayana |first=Kiran |date=2023-07-07 |title=Udaan play park by Studio Saar - Architecture Today |url=https://architecturetoday.co.uk/udaan-play-park-by-studio-saar/# |access-date=2025-02-13 |language=en-GB}}
• Third Space – 2024 {{Cite web |date=2024-07-10 |title=Studio Saar wraps cultural centre in India with perforated marble screens |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2024/07/10/third-space-cultural-centre-india-studio-saar/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}

Design

• Apartment Store {{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Rowan |date=2024-09-01 |title=Going up: Can Britain's empty department stores be brought back to life? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/sep/01/debenhams-departments-stores-john-lewis-development-town-centres-high-street |access-date=2025-02-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
• Mayday Saxonvale {{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Steven |date=2025-01-23 |title=Frome residents win five-year battle for community-led housing project |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/23/frome-residents-win-five-year-battle-for-community-led-housing-project |access-date=2025-02-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

• Emerging architect of the year 2024 Dezeen {{Cite web |title=Dezeen Awards 2024 honours practices mitigating climate and social crises |url=https://www.stirworld.com/see-news-dezeen-awards-2024-honours-practices-mitigating-climate-and-social-crises |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=www.stirworld.com |language=English}}
• The Davidson Prize 2024 {{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Rowan |date=2024-09-01 |title=Going up: Can Britain's empty department stores be brought back to life? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/sep/01/debenhams-departments-stores-john-lewis-development-town-centres-high-street |access-date=2025-02-13 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

• Craft Not Carbon pavilion, London Festival of Architecture 2023, with Webb Yates Engineers and Xylotek
• Srivan – Design Mumbai, 2024 {{Cite web |date=2024-12-11 |title=Studio Saar creates forest-like pavilion at Design Mumbai |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2024/12/11/studio-saar-reusable-pavilion-design-mumbai/ |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Dezeen |language=en}}
• Craft Community Connection, Crafts Council gallery 2024 {{Cite web |title=Craft's Council Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/craftscouncil/p/C76QxfNN2a_/?img_index=1 |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=www.instagram.com}}

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