Architecture
AD Architectural Digest India
Carma Chameleon
When art collector Lekha Poddar and her daughter-in-law Malvika wanted to reimagine the interiors of their New Delhi fashion boutique, they kept it in the family. AD previews the first interiors project of Anupam Poddar.
3 min |
November 2016
AD Architectural Digest India
Kochi 3.0
What is the biennale? What is art? Who is it for? What does it do? These, and many such questions, were grappled with in the setting up of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Its co-founder Riyas Komu tells how the Biennale has evolved in its third edition.
3 min |
November 2016
AD Architectural Digest India
Building the Biennale
AD explores the 2016 Kochi-Muziris Biennale through the eyes of the artists bringing new perspectives to the fair with their work, and the man helping them realize their artistic vision.
7 min |
November 2016
AD Architectural Digest India
Chelsea Showstopper
Rajasthani craftsmanship meets Himalayan blooms in the first Indian garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, the result of a flourishing collaboration between the Piramal Group and landscape architect Sarah Eberle
3 min |
May - June 2018
AD Architectural Digest India
Mountain Queen
The Manali mansion of Kangana Ranaut designed by Shabnam Gupta is where the actress is her real self–and which, inadvertently, is the ultimate party house
5 min |
May - June 2018
AD Architectural Digest India
Sail Away
Wally yachts have been making waves in the Mediterranean for over two decades now. As the Monaco based boat maker launches their latest yacht, Tango, finds out what steers them—on, and offshore
4 min |
May - June 2018
AD Architectural Digest India
A Legend Reborn
An iconic hotel that changed a city’s cultural landscape undergoes a transformation of its own—but holds on to its heart
4 min |
May - June 2018
AD Architectural Digest India
Horse Country
Polo champion Nacho Figueras builds a dream house—for his prizewinning ponies.
3 min |
May - June 2018
AD Architectural Digest India
It’s Not Just Cricket
Studio Hinge, a young Mumbai-based architecture and interior design firm, makes a mark with newly refurbished rooms at the historic Cricket Club of India
4 min |
May - June 2018
AD Architectural Digest India
Champagne Supernova
A wine connoisseur and luxury consultant, Gaurav Bhatia lives with his wife Pratima and some phenomenal pieces of art, which compete in age with his tipple of choice
5 min |
September 2016
AD Architectural Digest India
A Song For Geoffrey
Art, music and the architect’s signature style come together in the De Saram house. takes an exclusive first look at the residence, newly restored by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust
6 min |
July - August 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
Picking Up The Threads
In the hands of Geoffrey Bawa and his contemporaries—Ena de Silva, Barbara Sansoni and Riten Mazumdar—textiles were an intimate collage of culture
5 min |
July - August 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
Sense & Serendipity
It took a genius to redesign this Sri Lankan stable into the architectural landmark it is today—it also took friendship to turn it into a home. Luckily for Sunethra Bandaranaike, Geoffrey Bawa was both
8 min |
July - August 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
The Wendt Gaze
As we turn our eye towards Sri Lanka and its artistic geniuses, we look at the photographic oeuvre of Lionel Wendt, capped with an excerpt from a revelatory essay
5 min |
July - August 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
Bawa's Ark
..this building will finally be complete when bears live in its rooms and leopards walk its corridors.”
1 min |
July - August 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
Lina Bo Bardi Lives
Pictured here in a Bijoy Jain-designed house in Alibag, Obataimu’s new collection channels the constructed marvellousness of Brazilian modernism.
3 min |
March - April 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
The Beach
A long driveway meandering through seven acres of coconut groves, with the Arabian sea lapping on one side, makes for an exotic arrival at Kavita Singh’s elegant Alibag estate.
4 min |
March - April 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
He's Got Rhythm
Three years since Mumbai’s iconic music store Rhythm House shut shop, its first floor reopens as fashion designer Kunal Rawal’s new flagship store.
2 min |
March - April 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
Conscientious Colour
Asian Paints’ Nilaya Naturals is a new range of wall colours that is as easy on the eye as it is on the environment
2 min |
May - June 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
The Varanasi Technique
The latest collection of hand-knotted carpets from The Carpet Cellar is inspired by the Safavid era—the pinnacle of Persian art and craftmanship
2 min |
May - June 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
The Carpenter
Pondicherry-based French furniture maker Vincent Roy is one of India’s most in-demand carpenters
2 min |
May - June 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
Goode Job!
Traditional methods and materials carry forward a legacy of fine craftsmanship in the Thomas Goode workshop in Stoke-on-Trent
2 min |
May - June 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
The Star Of David
For the 15th edition of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, a British starchitect collaborated with a young, Swiss urbanist and teacher to shine new light on urban planning
2 min |
July - August 2018
AD Architectural Digest India
Snow White
Three years after launching at Rossana Orlandi, Kolkata-based Scarlet Splendour has graduated to the main fair.
1 min |
July - August 2018
AD Architectural Digest India
The House Of Fendi
Celebrating 30 years of Fendi Casa, the Italian maison unveiled a collection that is both cutting-edge and traditional
2 min |
July - August 2018
AD Architectural Digest India
Print House
A tiny new store in Mumbai’s Kala Ghoda district has a big dream: to make art accessible to all.
1 min |
May/June 2017
AD Architectural Digest India
Blurred Lines
Continuing his exploration into craftsmanship, architect Rooshad Shroff’s latest pieces feature embroidered wood and impossibly carved marble in striking forms that reference his early career. After making their debut at New Delhi’s Bikaner House, the exhibition is moving to Mumbai-based auction house Pundole’s.
2 min |
May/June 2017
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Fashion / Anti-Fashion
In a monographic show, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the radical design philosophy of Rei Kawakubo and her label, Comme des Garçons.
2 min |
May/June 2017
AD Architectural Digest India
Best In Show
One of the last 1914 Wolseley 30/40 HPs in the world won top honours at the fifth edition of the Cartier Concours d’Elegance. DEEPTI UNNI finds out more.
2 min |
May/June 2017
AD Architectural Digest India
Hey Jo
Ad’s Sanhita Sinha Chowdhury travelled to London to find out about British fragrance brand Jo Malone, which opens its first store in India in July
4 min |