Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Category:            Residential Towers
Year:                2026
Architects:          Sanjay Puri Architects 
Lead Architect:      Sanjay Puri 
Design Team:         Ruchika Gupta, Nikita Dusing, Leela Krishna, Neha Wadodkar, Diganta Gujran, and Chanchari Malviya 
General Contractor: Prestige Builders 
Client: Prestige Group
Photographers: Vinay Panjwani      

Cielo is a 12-level residential building in Nagpur, India, featuring one apartment per floor. On a compact 900 sq. m. plot, it maximizes a 270 sq. m. plinth to reach a 3600 sq. m. built-up area.

Responding to Nagpur’s extreme heat (exceeding 40°C), rooms open onto balconies with perforated screens that reduce heat and promote airflow. These screens curve to create two-story-high shaded decks. With bedrooms at corners and central living areas, the design uses passive cooling and traditional principles to create a sustainable, vertical community on a restricted urban site.