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Etreluxe Unveils Exquisite Opulent Living Furniture Collection by MisuraEmme
Etreluxe is a luxury lifestyle company for interior spaces, making available a range of international design products on a PAN India basis
GROHE brings Unparalleled Luxury to Bathrooms
GROHE recently introduced their latest marvels, Grohe Allure and Grohe Airio
Natural Light: A Challenge And An Opportunity In Commercial Spaces
Aman Aggarwal, Principal Architect, Charged Voids, gives the correlation between natural light and architecture through five channels
Osanna's Bronzes
Milanese designer Osanna Visconti's poetic pieces of furniture are a love letter to both the lost-wax casting process and the burnished beauty of bronze.
AHMEDABAD IS A CITY WHERE THE SUN TENDS TO BE SAVAGE. YET KHOSLA ASSOCIATES
TEASE OUT THE DRAMA OF LIGHT AND SHADE IN THIS NEW FAMILY HOME, BUILT IN THEIR FAVOURED MATERIALS OF RIVER-FINISHED KOTA STONE, COOL TERRAZZO FLOORS, AND WELL-OILED RIBBED TIMBER.
The Second Act
New Delhi-based design studio Project 810's second furniture line \"810/Two\" is a study in materiality and craftsmanship.
The Curator
Tracing the history of museum making, Jaffer takes us back to 1862, when the Victoria and Albert Museum was set up in Byculla, Mumbai, to house decorative and applied arts of Indialater renamed the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in 1975.
A Night at the Lipstick House
The irreverent, fantastical world of Toiletpaper magazine can now be experienced as it opened the doors to its new rentable apartment in Milan.
The Magical Majorelle Blue
Baxter's latest collection, presented in a palette of rich hues, takes a dip in the nostalgia of the '70s.
Ajanta in Paris
Mumbai-based gallery Æquo bags the award for the best contemporary design at PAD Paris for their Ajanta daybed designed by Valériane Lazard.
Past Perfect
London-based Indian architect Madhav Kidao's installation at the Venice Biennale reflects on the transience of both life and architecture.
Museum of Art & Photography PORTFOLIO ONE
When Bengaluru's shiny new Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) opened this spring, it was the culmination of a five-year-long project that included among its challenges an unprecedented global pandemic. As much about place and purpose as it is about people, its understated design, by AD100 firm Mathew & Ghosh Architects, is shaped by sociology, culture, history, technology, and the essential nature of a city in flux.
A Subterranean Sanctuary
Like caves out of the earth, architect Avinash Ankalge's design for a cultural community space in Karnataka's Kaggalipura village, truly responds to its site.
PAVITRA & PAUL
THE TOWN OF COONOOR IS ΑΝ AD FAVOURITE FOR ITS ROLLING HILLS, ITS NEELAKURINJI FLOWERS, ITS SUNSETS, AND ITS COLONIAL BUNGALOWS. AND NOW FOR ANOTHER REASON: PAVITRA RAJARAM AND PAUL ABRAHAM'S RESTORED HOME THAT EMBODIES A VERY PARTICULAR KIND OF LOVE FOR COLLECTING AND CURATING.
WITH LOVE FROM THE ISLAND OF MALLORCA
NEAPOLITAN TILES, SWEDISH GUSTAVIAN FOOTSTOOLS, DOORS AND JALIS FROM INDIA, AND CHANDELIERS FROM ST. PETERSBURG-ANTIQUES DEALER JON URGOITI CRAFTS AN ECLECTIC HOME OUT OF AN OLD MALLORCAN POSSESSIÓ.
Poetics of Space
The sculptural façade of Anv new boutique property in Ne designed by Vishal K. Dar, is beginning of its many secret delights.
Top 30 at Loewe
As this year's Loewe Foundation Craft Prize ceremony takes place in New York's Noguchi Museum, Malika Verma writes about Maina Devi from Rajasthan, the only India entry that made the shortlist.
Magic Carpet
AD visits designer Arati Rao's Brooklyn studio and discovers the transatlantic journey of her label Tantuvi's handwoven rugs-all made in India.
EACH SHIFTING BRICK PATIENTLY PLACED
WITH IMAGINATIVE PURPOSE. INLAY, MOSAIC, AND STAINED GLASS CLEVERLY USED TO WEAVE MEMORIES INTO THE ARCHITECTURE. AD100 ARCHITECT SHONAN PURIE TREHAN'S GIFT TO HER PARENTS MADHU AND NARESHTHIS HOME IN DELHI IS A LESSON IN ARTISTIC FREEDOM AND PRECISE CRAFT.
Vastrakala PORTFOLIO TWO
In the last 25 years, the Indo-French hand-embroidery company Lesage Intérieurs has produced a portfolio of fine embroidered furnishings for legends across the world, an esteemed and prolific legacy.
Pillars of Life
Ashiesh Shah's series of totemic sculptures spotlights Indian craftsmanship at Kala Bhoomi in Bhubaneswar
Volare!
The flair and finesse that is typical of Visionnaire's living, kitchen, bedrooms is now seen in this super fun gym line.
Gothic Revival
Mumbai's David Sassoon Library gets a life-changing restoration and the people, a fabulous reading room.
ΤΗΕ KIRAN NADAR MUSEUM OF ART
ON 18 MAY, AT THE PREVIEW OF LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, GHANAIAN BRITISH ARCHITECT SIR DAVID ADJAYE SAT DOWN WITH AD AT AN OUTDOOR CAFÉ AT THE ARSENALE IN VENICE-HIS TEMPORARY TIMBER INSTALLATION OF KWAEE TOWERING IN THE DISTANCE. GRACIOUS, ATTENTIVE, AND GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME, HE SPOKE FONDLY OF THE MODERNISTS OF INDIA, AND WITH ABSOLUTE REVERENCE FOR THE ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE OF THE SUBCONTINENT. INSIDE, IN ONE OF THE PAVILIONS, THE MODEL OF THE UPCOMING KIRAN NADAR MUSEUM OF ART (KNMA)-DESIGNED BY ADJAYE ASSOCIATES AND SLATED TO OPEN IN DELHI IN 2026-SAT UNDER A SPOTLIGHT, STATELY AND EXQUISITE, AS IF WAITING PATIENTLY TO BE BUILT ON GROUND. THIS IS KNMA'S GIFT BACK TO THE PEOPLE AND TO THE PRACTICE OF ART ITSELF.
Gold star
Step into a world of modern elegance and contemporary style as you enter this stunning apartment designed by Nikita & Abhijeet Banthia of Nightingale Creative Design Studio, where every detail exudes luxury and sophistication
Design Debate - Conversations in Chandigarh and Kolkata
In June, the indomitable Design Debate travelled across the country for its 13th and 14th editions, marking its relevance in the phenomenal architectural fraternity in Chandigarh and Kolkata!
Spatial Impact
Designed by Ujjwal Sagar and Sanjana Mathur of Studio Bipolar, this vibrant hub in Noida's Film City encapsulates youthful energy that radiates through its refreshing landscape
A CITY AND ITS GARDENS: AUROVILLE, TAMIL NADU
“Auroville will be the place of an unending education, of constant progress, and a youth that never ages”. — The Mother
UNRAVELLING the ENIGMA
A well researched book brings to light new knowledge about Mughal Emperor Humayun, his travels, imperial life, achievements in administration and governance and his significant role in diverse creative fields related to nature, space and culture and his larger vision. The work plays an important role in redefining the Emperor’s place in the history of Mughals. Rabindra J. Vasavada reviews the scholarly work
CORPORATE HOUSE: B SAFAL
The project is an attempt to redefine work space landscape design. It is conceptualized around the monolithic building of the ‘B Safal House’