Architecture
AD Architectural Digest India
ALL WORK AND MORE PLAY
Elegantly poised in the heart of Mumbai’s upscale Worli precinct, Birla Centurion sets new standards in commercial real estate by offering discerning working professionals a slew of best-in-class amenities designed to help them effortlessly marry their business needs with pleasure
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May - June 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
DESIGN THAT INSPIRES
Since 2001, Tamil Nadu-based Cubism Architects & Interiors has been conceptualizing beautiful spaces that echo its clients’ aesthetic sensibilities. As AD spotlights one of the firm’s more recent projects, Viskar Homestay in Coonoor, Cubism’s founder, Prasanna Parvatikar, engages in a candid discussion about the intricacies of design, touching upon the challenges of the job and how he stays inspired
3 min |
May - June 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
SIGNATURE STRIPE
THE ICONIC DOME OF CUIXMALA— THE HOTEL IN MEXICO THAT WAS DESIGNED AS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE FOR JAMES GOLDSMITH—INSPIRES A NEW COLLECTION OF BEACHWEAR
1 min |
January - February 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
MODERN RITUALS
IN A SPECIAL SHOWCASE OF HOW THE TRADITIONS OF THE SONG DYNASTY ARE STILL DEEPLY RELEVANT TO CONTEMPORARY LIFE, OUR COLLEAGUES AT AD CHINA SPOTLIGHT TWO SCHOLARS WHO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES OF THE TEA CEREMONY AND INCENSE BURNING
4 min |
January - February 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
FOREGROUNDING THE FEMININE
THE 13TH GWANGJU BIENNALE OPENS NEXT MONTH IN SOUTH KOREA, FEATURING ARPITA SINGH AND SAHEJ RAHAL
1 min |
January - February 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
VANA
VANA ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PIONEERING WELLNESS RETREATS LIES QUIETLY WITHIN THE SAL FORESTS AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE HIMALAYAS. HERE, THE ELEGANT ARCHITECTURE BY THE BALEARIC DESIGN STUDIO ESTEVA I ESTEVA ARQUITECTURA AND ENCHANTING GARDENS PLANTED BY FOUNDER VEER SINGH ARE AS IMPORTANT TO THE THERAPEUTIC EXPERIENCE AS MASSAGE, MEDICINE AND YOGA
5 min |
January - February 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
THE LAKE HOUSE
A MODERNIST PAVILION ON THE SHORES OF UDAIPUR’S MAJESTIC FATEH SAGAR, THE LAKE HOUSE IS A SERENE COLLABORATION OF ARCHITECTURE BY VERENDRA WAKHLOO AND INTERIORS BY ASHIESH SHAH. SPECTACULAR, SPECTACULAR!
6 min |
January - February 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
SITE SPECIFIC
A SERIES OF CONNECTED PAVILIONS BY ARCHITECTURE BRIO FORM AN ARTIST RETREAT IN ALIBAG
2 min |
January - February 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
THE HEALING ISSUE DESIGN THERAPY
In the midst of the pandemic, AD explores the holistic power of interiors and design: rooms conceived to calm the mind, gardens that promote well-being, materials with intrinsic health benefits, and a house built around the principles of vastu. Plus: in a special collaboration with a series of Indian designers, AD commissions a collection of objects that are a response to the new reality of ‘stay home’. Lie back on that chaise, close your eyes and relax with AD.
5 min |
January - February 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
JAIPUR ROCKS
JAIPUR ROCKS
4 min |
January - February 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE
A SUSTAINABLE HOME, FOOD AND LIFESTYLE BRAND ENCOURAGES CONSCIOUS CONSUMERISM
1 min |
January - February 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
CASE STUDY
INDIAN CRAFTSMANSHIP LANDS ON THE AFRICAN ISLAND OF ZANZIBAR IN A COLLECTION OF GUEST HOUSES BY MUMBAI–BASED CASE DESIGN.
5 min |
January - February 2021
AD Architectural Digest India
STYLE BOOK
FROM THE HOTTEST PRODUCTS TO THE COOLEST LAUNCHES, HERE’S THE LOW - DOWN ON THE LATEST IN THEM MARKET
3 min |
December 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
READY-TO-WALLPAPER
THE LATEST COLLECTION FROM GUCCI DÉCOR REINVENTS PRINTS FROM THE FASHION HOUSE’S ARCHIVES INTO VINTAGELIKE HOMEWARE
2 min |
December 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
HAUTE CUSHIONS
FASHION DESIGNER PETER COPPING FUSES TASSELS, BROCADES AND EMBROIDERY INTO A NEW COLLECTION OF LUXE, SUPER-SOFT FURNISHINGS
3 min |
December 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
EVOCATIVE
BIDRI METALWORK GOES GLOBAL AT EVOKE LONDON, A NEW STORE THAT CELEBRATES CRAFTSMANSHIP FROM INDIA AND AFRICA
2 min |
December 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
ASHISH GUPTA
ON A QUIET WEST LONDON STREET, FASHION DESIGNER ASHISH GUPTA’S VIVID HOME CATERS TO HIS ESCAPIST FANTASIES
5 min |
December 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
LADY BHARTI
DIOR COLLABORATES WITH BHARTI KHER ON A HANDBAG EMBLAZONED WITH THE ARTIST’S SIGNATURE BINDIS
2 min |
December 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
DIANA KELLOGG
DIANA KELLOGG THE NEW YORK BASED ARCHITECT BRIDGES THE GAPS OF GEOGRAPHY, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE TO BUILD A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN THE MYSTIC DESERTS OF JAISALMER. WELCOME TO THERAJKUMARI RATNAVATIGIRLS SCHOOL
5 min |
December 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
ANDREFU
The superstar designer’s Hong Kong apartment makes a compelling case for the slow life in a fast city
4 min |
December 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
Indian Luxury Takes Centrestage
With a design aesthetic that is deeply rooted in India’s oldest traditions yet suited to modern sensibilities, Svasa Homes, Basavanagudi, a residential project in Bengaluru, is redefining conventional notions of luxury living
5 min |
October - November 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
ROLL CALL
INTRODUCING OUR NEW CONTRIBUTING EDITORS. THE CLEVER TASTEMAKERS WE RELY ON FOR INSIDER INSIGHT. FROM NEW YORK TO VENICE AND MUMBAI TO DELHI, WE DRESSED THEM ALL IN GUCCI FOR THEIR FIRST DAY AT WORK
5 min |
October - November 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
TALIB CHOUDHRY
THE ADVENTURES OF MINI AND MOUSE IN DUBAI. TALIB CHOUDHRY, THE EDITOR OF AD MIDDLE EAST, EXPLORES CORNERS OF HIS HOME THROUGH A SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF HIS ADORABLE CATS
3 min |
October - November 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
THE NEW GLAMP
STUDIO LOTUS AND PRINTMAKER DHVANI BEHL BRING THE WILDERNESS RIGHT INTO THE TENTS AT RAAS CHHATRASAGAR
2 min |
October - November 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
MIN HOGG
MIN HOGG LEGENDARY THE WORLD OF INTERIORS, FOUNDING EDITOR OF WAS KNOWN FOR SEEING STYLISH INTERIORS EVERYWHERE, “FROM A PALACE TO A PIGSTY”. THE INVENTOR OF THE VERY NOTION OF SHABBY CHIC INTERIORS, SHE WAS A GLAMOROUS TRAILBLAZER OF MAGAZINES TO COME, CREATING WHAT IS STILL THE ULTIMATE INDUSTRY REFERENCE. HERE, WE PUBLISH HER PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF MAKING HER HOLIDAY HOME IN THE CANARY ISLAND WHICH WAS FIRST PRINTED IN THE WORLD OF INTERIORS, OCTOBER 1998 ISSUE. 1938-2019
4 min |
October - November 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
SHADES OF CHANGE
THE FENDI CASA 2020 COLLECTION, WHICH WOULD HAVE DEBUTED AT SALONE DEL MOBILE, SEES ITS MOST ICONIC DESIGNS REIMAGINED IN BOLD MONOTONES
1 min |
October - November 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
ENRIC PASTOR
ENRIC PASTOR IS OUR AMIGO IN MADRID. HIS NEWLY REFURBISHED APARTMENT IS CHIC AND SUNNY, WHICH IS EXACTLY HOW EVERYONE DESCRIBES THE PAGES OF AD ESPAÑA. MI CASA ES SU CASA, HE WRITES
2 min |
October - November 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
LUCA DINI
AD Italy editor-in-chief Luca Dini has refurbished his second home in the Marche region, a place with foundations that go deep into his family’s history.
3 min |
October - November 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
BERYL HSU
BERYL HSU INDULGES A NEW PASSION FOR BOTANICAL SCULPTURES AND FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS AS SHE SPENDS LOCKDOWN IN SHANGHAI.
3 min |
October - November 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
BERLIN DIARIES
TAKING A BREAK IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, JAGDIP JAGPAL VISITS GERMANY’S ART CAPITAL IN SEARCH OF OLD FRIENDS AND NEW WORKS BY OLAFUR ELIASSON AND SAJAN MANI, AMONG OTHERS
4 min |