Architecture
AD Architectural Digest India
ACNE STUDIOS' NEW HEADQUARTERS IN PARIS IS SET INSIDE A HISTORIC MANSION WITH AN ATTACHED LABORATORY.
Acne Studios, the Stockholm-based fashion brand known for its off-kilter minimalism and avant-garde denim, had long kept several satellite offices around Paris's Le Marais district.
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September - October 2025
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FOLKLORE INSPIRES SLOW-FASHION LABEL BOITO'S DESIGNS, HANDWOVEN BY COMMUNITIES ACROSS ODISHA.
A forest comes alive on the length and breadth of the Tara coat.
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September - October 2025
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MARGHERITA MACCAPANI MISSONI'S HOME IN THE ITALIAN PROVINCE OF VARESE IS A 1970S VILLA TURNED INTO A PERSONAL MUSEUM OF MEMORIES.
None At this house, the light that shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the garden is reflected on the beaded leash of Gaia, a sweet Labrador, and it falls on the surfaces of a cottage that seems to float in a sea of green.
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September - October 2025
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COUTURIER GAURAV GUPTA'S FIRST-EVER BRIDAL SHOW IN MUMBAI REFLECTED HIS SINGULAR YET TOTAL APPROACH TO DESIGN.
We're not only dressing for the bride of today, but for the bride of tomorrow,” says Delhi-based couturier Gaurav Gupta about Quantum Entanglement, his debut bridal collection named after the phenomenon in quantum physics which binds two particles together for eternity. Futuristic and avant-garde, the collection keeps up with his signature combination of Western wear-inspired gowns with South Asian influences of the sari and lehenga, usage of artisanal Indian woven textiles such as Banarasi brocades and the nuanced play between fluidly sculpting drapery and letting it flow.
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September - October 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
LOUIS VUITTON CELEBRATES LVERS' FIRST BIRTHDAY WITH A LIMITED-EDITION COPPER BOTTLE.
Have you wondered what sunlight would smell like? Or thought about owning a sliver of its reddish-brown glisten as it were setting in the sky? Louis Vuitton’s LVERS Copper Edition lets you experience all that and more.
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September - October 2025
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PAYAL KHANDWALA
SINCE HER DEBUT IN FASHION IN 2012, HER SHARPLY TAILORED, COLOUR-BLOCKED GARMENTS HAVE BECOME ICONIC FAVOURITES. AS WE VISIT HER APARTMENT IN A 120-YEAR-OLD BUILDING IN SOUTH MUMBAI, WE SEE HER MAVERICK SPIRIT SPILL INTO THE INTERIORS, WHERE EVERY DETAIL IS PRECISE AND EVERY DESIGN DECISION IS CONSIDERED.
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September - October 2025
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ITALIAN FURNITURE MAKER BAXTER REIMAGINES LA CASA SUL LAGO BY LAKE COMO.
Year after year, as seasons begin to click and when the light over Lake Como in Lombardy turns golden, Italian furniture house Baxter returns to the shores.
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September - October 2025
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CHANEL'S DEBUT ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE BINDS HERITAGE AND CONTEMPORARY ART INTO A 250-PAGE COLLECTIBLE.
A 250-page tome from Chanel full of artist profiles, cultural essays and visual portfolios—Helmed by Yana Peel, who heads arts, culture and heritage at the French maison, it chronicles five years of collaborations with artists and cultural institutions, while drawing fresh threads between its founder's storied past and today's global art scene.
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September - October 2025
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COS TO OPEN ITS FIRST STORE IN INDIA, AND THIS EDITOR RECALLS THE RITUAL OF VISITING THE NEAREST OUTLET ON EVERY TRIP ABROAD.
There is a not-so-secret community of Cos loyalists among architects and designers in India.
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September - October 2025
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JORDAN ROTH
WELCOME TO THE SUMPTUOUSLY TRANSFORMED 19TH-CENTURY NEW YORK CITY MANSE OF THEATER IMPRESARIO AND COUTURE CONNOISSEUR JORDAN ROTH AND HIS HUSBAND
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September - October 2025
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SAINT LAURENT INVITES THE JUDD FOUNDATION
TO REIMAGINE ITS PARISIAN FLAGSHIP STORE.
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September - October 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
CECCOTTI COLLEZIONI'S ORIENTAL TEAHOUSEINSPIRED COLLECTION, IN COLLABORATION WITH POLTRONA FRAU, POSES OBJECTS AS DAILY RITUALS.
The way we spend our days becomes the way we spend our lives. This year, at the Milan Design Week, a collection called Rituals Stories of Gestures was presented by Poltrona Frau. Prominently featured was Ceccotti Collezioni's 2025 line of furnishings conceived for a tea-house. For inspiration, French designer Christophe Pillet turns to the mundane yet profound beauty of the rhythmic everyday and, specifically, the ritualistic symbolism and intentional slowing down of the Oriental tea ceremony.
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September - October 2025
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DESIGNED BY JEAN-MARIE MASSAUD, POLIFORM'S OWEN SOFA IS MADE WITH COUTURE-LIKE FINESSE.
Some objects don't just sit in a room, they set the tone for the way you feel inside it.
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September - October 2025
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VITTORIA FERRAGAMO RECALLS CHILDHOOD TRIPS TO IL BORRO, AND THE EVENTUAL PROCESS OF RESTORATION AND RECOVERY OF THIS TUSCAN ESTATE.
The sunset over II Borro is a rare gold, spilling its soft colour all over the surrounding Chianti mountains.
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September - October 2025
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LOVEBIRDS OPENS ITS BIGGEST STORE IN HYDERABAD STAYING TRUE TO ITS BOLD, MINIMAL SIGNATURE.
STAYING TRUE TO ITS BOLD, MINIMAL SIGNATURE.
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September - October 2025
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PORUS & PRAYAG PLAY WITH FOOD AND FURNITURE TO CRAFT MINIATURE STILL LIFES FOR NAMA HOME.
Photographer Porus Vimadalal enjoys his eggs with a side of furniture.
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September - October 2025
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FROM A HUMBLE WORKSHOP SOUTH OF LAKE COMO TO AN ICONIC ITALIAN FURNITURE MAKER, TURRI COMPLETES 100 YEARS AND WE TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT ITS JOURNEY.
For over a hundred years, Turri has pursued a vision of excellence grounded in craftsmanship, quality and innovation. But rewind to 1925, when Pietro Turri opened his workshop in Carugo, just south of Lake Como, and wood was the soul of his furniture. “One of the stories passed down in our family is how, in those early days, the furniture from our first workshop would be transported to Milan on a horse-drawn cart for wealthy clients,” recalls Andrea Turri, now the fourth generation at the helm of the company. “The pieces would travel from Carugo down unpaved roads, guided by the craftsman himself.”
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September - October 2025
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RAHUL MISHRA WAS SEEKING UTOPIA, AND HE EVENTUALLY FOUND IT IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF UTTARAKHAND. CRAFTED WITH THE SAME RIGOUR WITH WHICH THE FASHION DESIGNER BUILDS HIS COLLECTIONS, THIS SECOND HOME IS WHERE THE FAMILY RETREATS TO FOR A MOMENT OF SUNSHINE AND SILENCE, COMMUNITY AND NATURE, AND A SLOW, CONSIDERED LIFE.
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September - October 2025
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NIMISH SHAH TURNS HIS FAMILY HOME AND TEXTILE FACTORY INTO AN ART RESIDENCY, UNPACKING CRAFT TRADITIONS AND MASS PRODUCTION.
Even the most mass-produced objects are touched by hands,\" says designer Nimish Shah.
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September - October 2025
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ARCHITECTURE FIRM RENESA TRANSFORMS A 70-YEAR-OLD CRAFTS EMPORIUM IN DELHI'S MEHRAULI INTO MASABA GUPTA'S NEWEST FLAGSHIP.
Acascading wall wrapped around a column, sculptural shelves adorned with rich Indian handicrafts and a deep red dome in the middle of it all—designer Masaba Gupta's newest store is a sanctuary of high design with its soft curves and gentle slopes in moody tones.
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September - October 2025
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STEAMER TRUNKS OF YORE ARE REINVENTED AS BAR CABINETS, LIBRARIES AND VANITY TABLES AT TRUNKS COMPANY JAIPUR.
For more than 14 years, on a nondescript lane in Jaipur's industrial Kartarpura area, Trunks Company Jaipur has been handcrafting exquisite leather creations that recall the steamer trunks of yore.
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September - October 2025
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TAREK SHAMMA'S EXQUISITE HOME IN CAIRO
AUSTERE ARCHITECTURE, LONG ROWS OF WINDOWS SOFTENED SHAMMA'S WITH BOUNTIFUL, LAYERED INTERIORS—THE EGYPTIAN- EXQUISITE BORN ARCHITECT’S COUNTRYSIDE HOME Is CRAFTED WITH PRECISION AS WELL AS SOFTNESS AND INTIMACY.
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July - August 2025
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WITH FURNITURE BRAND TRIBOLT, AJUNG YADEN AND ATEM LONGKUMER FIND THEIR CALLING TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR NAGA HERITAGE.
In Nagaland’s Dimapur, a soft golden light from sunsets and lamps illuminates unvarnished, raw designs in a minimalist studio.
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July - August 2025
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HOUSE OF KANDADU
“Almost 25 years ago, along the Coromandel Coast, a local chief showed me—nestled along a quiet path lined with hundred-year- old trees—an incredible house.”
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July - August 2025
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IN A QUIET MAYFAIR SALON, SANTI JEWELS BY KRISHNA CHOUDHARY CONJURES CONTEMPORARY HEIRLOOMS FROM CENTURIES-OLD STONES.
CONJURES CONTEMPORARY HEIRLOOMS FROM CENTURIES-OLD STONES.
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July - August 2025
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ISHRAT SAHGAL, OF RUGMAKER MISHCAT CO, WELCOMES US INTO HER LONDON HOME, A DELIGHTFUL PLAY OF TEXTURE, MEMORY AND OBJECTS OF AFFECTION.
The first thing you notice in Ishrat Sahgal’s London home isn’t a chandelier or a statement-making art piece, but harmony and continuity.
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July - August 2025
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ASHDEEN OPENS HIS REPOSITORY OF ANTIQUE PARSI TEXTILES, BOOKS AND DRAWINGS FOR AD.
Ashdeen Z Lilaowala is known for his research, revival and contemporisation of the Parsi gara but few know that he is also an author and an avid collector of antique heirloom Parsi crafts.
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July - August 2025
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PHANTOM HANDS IS A RARE, ONE-OF-AKIND DESIGN STUDIO BASED IN BENGALURU.
AS FOUNDERS APARNA RAO AND DEEPAK SRINATH OPEN THEIR PERSONAL HOME TO US, WE DISCOVER THAT THEIR DESIGN PHILOSOPHY IS ALSO THEIR WAY OF LIFE—CONSIDERED, MEDITATIVE AND DISTILLED.
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July - August 2025
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LA PELOTA, MILAN
To visit once is delightful. But to visit every year and witness the journey of a creative house is much more intimate.
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July - August 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
CLOTHING BRAND ROUKA'S NEW STORE IN KOCHI WEAVES FOUNDER-DESIGNER SREEJITH JEEVAN'S MEMORIES WITH A KERALA MODERN AESTHETIC.
As the first showers of monsoon wash over Kochi, fashion label Rouka's new flagship store feels like a cool, dimly lit sanctuary.
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