"Built99 is an architectural platform and curated registry founded to reposition Indian and Global South practices within the global design conversation, operating across India with an international editorial outlook. Conceived as a permanence-led archive rather than a directory, Built99 documents architectural work through ideas, ethics, and built proof, responding to a long-standing lack of sustained global visibility for the region's practices."
"At its core, Built99 was created to address a structural absence: despite decades of spatial intelligence, ethical experimentation, and contextual design, architecture from India and the Global South has often circulated without long-term critical framing. Built99 positions itself as a cultural institution rather than a promotional platform, designed to place regional practices into active dialogue with international architectural discourse. By combining editorial scrutiny with archival intent, the platform reframes visibility as something earned through clarity and defensible ideas, rather than popularity or spectacle."
Built99 is a permanence-led architectural platform and curated registry that repositions Indian and Global South practices within the global design conversation. The initiative launches a major selection cycle in 2026 with editors from designboom and ArchDaily identifying 99 practitioners whose work shows long-term relevance, cultural depth, and intellectual rigor. The platform functions as a cultural institution prioritizing archival intent over promotion, documenting work through ideas, ethics, and built proof. Selection and presentation follow a rigorous documentation framework that evaluates spatial clarity, cultural context, and ethical position. Each studio is presented as a clearly articulated thesis demonstrating how ideas translate into built form over time.
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