Studio VERGE

Studio VERGE We are a Nature-centric architectural firm, striving to create beautiful space consuming minimal resources and causing least damage to the planet.

Innovation starts with you! Join UMAI as an intern to learn and grow with us. APPLY NOW! Location : Indiranagar, Banagal...
29/10/2025

Innovation starts with you! Join UMAI as an intern to learn and grow with us.
APPLY NOW!

Location : Indiranagar, Banagalore
Stipend : Rs. 5000/-
Email : [email protected]

Designed to grow with its family and breathe with the land 🌿 Our finished farmhouse project in Madagondapalli.Location -...
15/07/2025

Designed to grow with its family and breathe with the land 🌿
Our finished farmhouse project in Madagondapalli.

Location -
Madagondapalli, TN

Year of Completion -
2022

Project Size -
1200 Sqft on a 1 acre Plot

If your interested in working with us .. Please hang on till we hire next!
19/06/2021

If your interested in working with us .. Please hang on till we hire next!

10/06/2021

We look forward to start of construction work post Covid Lockdowns, as we complete design & detailing for projects onboard! Thankful to have so much going in spite of the slowdown!

We welcome applications!!
10/06/2021

We welcome applications!!

Our current All WOMEN team of architects! Very grateful we have begun fulltime work from office and many projects have r...
27/02/2021

Our current All WOMEN team of architects! Very grateful we have begun fulltime work from office and many projects have resumed post covid slowdown!

50 Enthusiastic children at site, immersed in understanding the lay of the land, using what is available to construct a ...
31/01/2021

50 Enthusiastic children at site, immersed in understanding the lay of the land, using what is available to construct a little shelter and then mixing and building hands on with cobb ... we hope to recreate this experience with another open site for children to come build rammed earth, to take home learning about the earth and be the change! do follow us for updates!

Earth for Cost SavingThere’s a whole range of cost possibilities with EARTH (Soil stabilized Blocks, Adobe, Rammed Earth...
22/01/2021

Earth for Cost Saving

There’s a whole range of cost possibilities with EARTH (Soil stabilized Blocks, Adobe, Rammed Earth, Cobb) as with other construction materials, with costs varying based on technology, labor, availability of material, quality desired, workmanship, details, durability etc.

High end designer eco home by established architects in the field, end to end services, integrating sustainable technologies for water and energy, proven results in terms of quality and craftsmanship, established details, durability etc. These homes often cost about 25-35% more than conventional homes. Self-Build homes, we have friends who have with their own hands built their homes. Using local unskilled labor and exploring what earth can look like without being ‘high technology’, grounded, hands-on, without the involvement of an ‘expert’ or architect. These often also have an authenticity and rawness, with personal explorations and artistic touches… the home in this case is an evolving model, with defects that emerge and get attended to with year round attention, experimentation that can at times lead to rework or rebuilding. These homes would cost less than conventional homes, cost reduction would depend on the extent of involvement of the occupants that impacts offsetting of material and labor costs. We place our work somewhere in between these two ends of the spectrum. Costing comparable to conventional homes and ranges between 1500-1800Rs/sft depending on the material chosen, labor intensity, finishes desired, details etc. as the project evolves.

If costs are the same as conventional homes then what is the need to go through such an effort? Yes there are the advantages in terms of climatic responsiveness, indoor air quality, carbon footprint, energy footprint etc all proven and yet a little intangible compared to the investment that goes in.

The lurking questions are where or to whom does our money go?

What is the impact of this building exercise on the environment and the community / livelihoods?

In conventional structures, cement and mining lobbies, steel and brick industries, UPVC factories and more such giants are benefitted. These industries provide employment but profits stays with the management and they also involve extraction of resources, energy consumption, carbon footprint creation etc. that’s concentrated and can have larger scale impact due to scale.

Having said that any building exercise consumes material and energy. It has a detrimental impact on the immediate surroundings that is more visible in Greenfield sites. Even natural building practices, for example in stone, raw material is derived from stone mines. We see so many such missing hillocks as we land into Bangalore, which were sources of local granite for construction. To call a practice ‘eco-friendly’, we would need to reduce impact on immediate surroundings and larger landscape as much as possible, in the least harmful way feasible. Given such a consideration, earth seems like the least harmful material one can use considering the multitude of impacts most other materials seem to have. Championing for earth construction is definitely a worthy cause, with or without cost savings.

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No. 4 Skyline Apartments, Langford Road, Langford Town
Bangalore
560025

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 6:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 6:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 6:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 6:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 6:30pm
Saturday 9:30am - 6:30pm

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