Architecture
AD Architectural Digest India
AMBIKA HINDUJA MACKER'S QUEST FOR BEAUTY AND BALANCE REFLECTS IN HER DUBAI HOME, A SANCTUARY IN THE SKY.
When designer, artist and curator Ambika Hinduja Macker stepped foot into what would become her first Dubai home, she was greeted by a magical vista.
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March - April 2025
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OBJECTS of DESIRE
Krupa Zubin spotlights cherished possessions in her home that define the elusive idea of luxury for her
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March - April 2025
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WATER VILLAS MADE WITH RECLAIMED WOOD, DRIFTWOOD SCULPTURES, CONVERSATION PITS AND SUN DECKS OVERLOOKING AN ENDLESS SEA-SONEVA SECRET IS A RARE GIFT IN THE MALDIVES.
As you step off the boat and land on the beach at Soneva Secret, its white, soft sand sticking to your bare feet—no more shoes from here on, as the Soneva ritual goes—the first sight is the Living Room, a large stepped reception and restaurant that greets you and also frames the most spectacular views of the ocean, the sky and the sunset.
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March - April 2025
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THE BALASAHEB THACKERAY RASHTRIYA SMARAK IN MUMBAI IS A BOLD ARCHITECTURAL TRIBUTE TO THE ARTISTIC LEGACY OF THE POLITICAL FIGURE.
Like the man himself, Balasaheb Thackeray Rashtriya Smarak defies convention. It does not rise skyward in grandeur like the towering statues of political icons. Instead, it carves into the land—a 60,000-square- foot built space designed to be experienced rather than merely observed. Led by women architects and engineers, the project has transformed the 2.9-acre Mayor’s estate in Dadar into a democratic public space, creating an architectural dialogue between history and the present.
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March - April 2025
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AMRAI'S INAUGURAL COLLECTION CELEBRATES THE VISUAL LANDSCAPE AND ARTISANAL HERITAGE OF KUTCH.
When Samir Wadekar, an interior stylist, met Gunjan Gupta for the first time, she was just another client who had commissioned him to decorate her home in Gandhidham.
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March - April 2025
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ICONIC, IRONIC AND ACCESSIBLE-SELETTI PRESENTS SUPERFURNITURE AT MAISON&OBJET IN PARIS.
For over 20 years now, the iconic Italian brand Seletti has been a forerunner in embracing the unconventional.
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March - April 2025
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ARCHED COLONNADES AND HAND-CHISELLED STONE SLABS: MATHEW & GHOSH RESTORE A HERITAGE SCHOOL IN BENGALURU.
For more than 20 years now, Bengaluru-based architects Soumitro Ghosh and Nisha Mathew have been working on restoring the heritage structures owned by the RBANM’s Trust. Their first project for the Trust was the restoration of a 1890s orphanage building in the city’s Ulsoor area, converting it into the quietly charming lifestyle store, Cinnamon. The duo’s work led to a lasting association between them and the Trust. In 2022, as part of their ongoing long-term plan to help restore the heritage structures in the area, they started work on four classrooms on the RBANM’s High School campus. “They had severe leakage problems and were in urgent need of conservation and restoration,” Ghosh points out.
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March - April 2025
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THE CARPENTERS
WE ROLLED UP OUR SLEEVES AND HEADED PAST THE PRISTINE SHOWROOMS TO WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS. IN BUZZING FACTORIES ACROSS DELHI, GURUGRAM, PUNE AND GOA, WE SPEAK TO FIVE INDOMITABLE WOMEN FOUNDERS AND DESIGNERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY SHAPING THE FURNITURE INDUSTRY IN INDIA.
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March - April 2025
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IN THE HEART OF MILAN, MOLTENI&C TRANSFORMS A HISTORIC PALAZZO INTO A SHOWCASE FOR ITALIAN CRAFT.
Since taking the helm as creative director of Molteni&C in 2016, Vincent Van Duysen has conceived everything from furniture collections and kitchen systems to stores in Shanghai, London, New York and beyond.
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March - April 2025
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SANTIAGO GIRALDA'S ART COMBINES THE NATURAL WORLD WITH THE ARTIFICE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES.
Amidst all the Corinthian columns and Gothic arches at Mumbai's Galerie Isa, Santiago Giralda's intricate landscapes come to life.
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March - April 2025
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ANAGRAM ARCHITECTS DESIGN RANBIR KAPOOR'S LIFESTYLE STORE IN MUMBAI.
With the launch of his new lifestyle brand ARKS in February, actor Ranbir Kapoor is donning the hat of an entrepreneur. From sneakers in classic black and white hues to apparels in neutral shades, ARKS is a reflection of the star's personal style statement off-screen.
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March - April 2025
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ATELIER ASHIESH SHAH'S SHOWCASE FOR THE INVISIBLE COLLECTION AT PARIS DESIGN WEEK HIGHLIGHTED INDIA'S INCREDIBLE CRAFT HERITAGE.
This January, during the Paris Design Week, the storied halls of Féau Boiseries came alive with the soulful elegance of Indian craftsmanship, courtesy of Atelier Ashiesh Shah's otherworldly exhibit for The Invisible Collection, a London-based online gallery for furniture and collectibles.
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March - April 2025
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CHÂTEAU DE BEAUCASTEL
STUDIO MUMBAI AND STUDIO MÉDITERRANÉE
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March - April 2025
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ICONIC FASHION DESIGNER RITU BERI'S NEW EXPERIENTIAL STORE IN GOA IS A NOD TO LOCAL ARCHITECTURAL ETHOS.
When you cross the threshold with the lion finials and enter the 2,465-square-metre property that's home to Escape, designer Ritu Beri's new retail space in Goa, you unexpectedly end up on top of a staircase. At the end of this sloping laterite stairway lined with trees, fountains and statuettes, you are greeted by an imposing 35-foot Portuguese-style façade in vibrant red and white. If your first response is awe and wonder, Beri believes her mission has been accomplished. “The reception, which looks down at the expanse of the property, was designed to be an experience, where guests feel an immediate sense of wonder, to enter without fully knowing what they were stepping into.”
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March - April 2025
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WITH HIS NEW COLLECTION, EESHAAN KASHYAP CONTINUES TO PUSH MATERIAL, CRAFT AND DESIGN INTO NEW SCULPTURAL EXPRESSIONS OF CREATIVITY.
Eeshaan Kashyap has always been drawn to transformation—not just in form but in experience.
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March - April 2025
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NILAYA ANTHOLOGY, A CULMINATION OF ASIAN PAINTS' LONG-TERM VISION, BRINGS TOGETHER THE BEST OF INDIAN AND GLOBAL LUXURY AND COLLECTIBLE DESIGN.
The word nilaya is Sanskrit for “dwelling”, and an anthology is a selection of creative works or stories. Simple enough.
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March - April 2025
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RAW MANGO MAKES A NEW HOME IN AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN GURUGRAM, IN ITS CLASSIC STYLE OF ART, ANTIQUES AND EVEN A MEZZANINE LIBRARY.
It feels like a labyrinth,” my guide jokes as we move through a late-’90s industrial building in Gurugram. In the basement, a photoshoot is underway. Upstairs, brass artefacts line meeting rooms, embroiderers hunch over their frames, and pattern testers rattle away at their machines.
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March - April 2025
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A CARTIER EXHIBITION AT THE V&A IN LONDON UNPACKS A CENTURY OF THE MAISON'S JEWELLERY, POWER AND CULTURAL INFLUENCE.
What do Rihanna, the Maharaja of Patiala, King Charles, and Snow White have in common?
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March - April 2025
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FOR FINER DINING, HERMÈS EN CONTREPOINT IS THE MAISON'S LATEST PORCELAIN SERVICE, WITH ART BY NIGEL PEAKE.
What does music have to do with a pretty 33-piece kaolin white porcelain table service? Everything, as per Charlotte Macaux Perelman and Alexis Fabry, artistic directors of Hermès Maison. Under their direction, Irish artist Nigel Peake created the art for the new collection of plates, trays, tart platters, soup spoons, soy bowls and so much more.
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March - April 2025
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OFF THE TABLE AND ON TO THE WALL INSPIRED BY THE UBIQUITOUS STEEL THALI, SOFT-GEOMETRY'S ARTWORK FINDS A SPOT IN SFMOMA.
The steel thali is a cultural marker and an expression of Indian identity. Interestingly, it has journeyed across geographies and, now, stands as a symbolic treasure inside the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), where it's been acquired for the Architecture + Design Permanent Collection.
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March - April 2025
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KOTTAN CHECKERBOARD PATTERNS IN THE HAPPIEST OF COLOURS-WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE ABOUT KASERA, ON DISPLAY AT KAASH IN BENGALURU.
It was over a cup of coffee that architect-designer David Joe Thomas and Bengaluru-based arts residency Kaash’s Manju Sara Rajan settled on kottan, the Chettinad tape basket weave, as the basis of a furniture collection.
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March - April 2025
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KARA IN FORT KOCHI STRIKES A DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN HISTORY, TOURISM AND ITS AUTHENTIC MALAYALEE ROOTS.
Down the road from where the explorer Vasco da Gama reportedly lived in Fort Kochi, two alluring white structures linked by a Bauhausian grey iron bridge house Kara, a quaint boutique hotel that is among the newest additions to the local art scene.
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March - April 2025
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SUCHI REDDY JOINS HANDS WITH PALAK SHAH OF EKAYA BANARAS TO CREATE NINE.5: SCULPTURAL FURNITURE PIECES THAT PAY HOMAGE TO THE SARI.
A traditional sari has nine and a half yards of fabric,\" says New York-based architect Suchi Reddy. In homage to that figure, she and Palak Shah—a fourth-generation textile manufacturer and cofounder of the fashion label Ekaya Banaras—have unveiled nine and a half pieces of furniture, with a sculptural side table as the fractional.
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March - April 2025
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AS NEW DELHI'S GALLERY ESPACE MARKS ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY, AD LOOKS AT GALLERIST RENU MODI'S JOURNEY IN ART.
The New Delhi-based Gallery Espace, founded by Renu Modi in 1989, recently marked its 35th anniversary with two special exhibitions.
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January - February 2025
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ROCHELLE PINTO, EDITOR OF VOGUE INDIA, WRITES ABOUT FORCES OF FASHION, WHICH PUT 39 UNIQUE WORKS UNDER ONE ROOF, PIECING TOGETHER A SHORT HISTORY OF FASHION IN INDIA.
If you want to step into the mind of Cristóbal Balenciaga, the game-changing Spanish couturier who died over 50 years ago, all you have to do is beg, bribe or charm your way into 10 Avenue George V in Paris.
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January - February 2025
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AS INVISIBLE COLLECTION COMES TO INDIA, FOUNDERS ISABELLE DUBERNMALLEVAYS AND LILY FROEHLICHER SHARE THEIR SERENDIPITOUS JOURNEY TO THE COUNTRY.
Isabelle Dubern-Mallevays and Lily Froehlicher first found India at their doorstep when Sonam Kapoor Ahuja borrowed a few pieces from their collection for an AD India cover story in 2021.
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January - February 2025
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ANONYMOUS ARTIST PRINCESS PEA SHOWCASES A COLLECTION OF NINE NEW PRINTS AT THE SOHO HOUSE LOUNGE AT ART MUMBAI.
In Princess Pea's new collection of works, poetry, craft and the divine femininity coalesce with grace.
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January - February 2025
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ARTISTS RITU AND SURYA SINGH'S WONDERLAND OF A HOMESTUDIO IN THE PINK CITY URGES YOU TO LOOK AT THE BEAUTY AND NARRATIVE OF WASTE.
Husband-wife artist duo Ritu and Surya Singh, better known as Wolf, live at \"The Farm\", a unique 20-acre madhouse of wonders in the heart of Jaipur.
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January - February 2025
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KENGO KUMA TALKS TO AD ABOUT HIS DESIGN ADDITIONS AS THE CENTRO DE ARTE MODERNA GULBENKIAN IN LISBON OPENS ITS DOORS AGAIN.
Everyone who has lived in Lisbon likely has a fond memory of the Gulbenkian complex.
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January - February 2025
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FROM HIS REVERENCE FOR GANDHI TO HIS LOVE OF DANCE, A BOOK BY DAG OFFERS NEW WAYS TO KNOW MF HUSAIN.
If there was ever an Indian artist who earned immense fame and yet remained unknowable, it is MF Husain.
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