AD Architectural Digest India
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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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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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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Coming Home to Morena House
Nestled in Mumbai's leafy Malabar Hill, this residential tower by JSW Realty is mindful of both history and climate. Designed by AD100 Serie Architects, it juxtaposes classic Art Deco elements with quiet luxury and evokes the charm of old-school bungalows in contemporary apartment living
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March - April 2025
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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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A 17TH-CENTURY VILLA IN FLORENCE, DRESSED IN A PALETTE OF CORAL, SAGE AND SALMON, IS ARCHITECT SHONAN PURIE TREHAN'S HOME AWAY FROM HOME.
It has been nearly two years since architect Shonan Purie Trehan shifted to Florence.
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March - April 2025
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LUNAR MISSION
Minotti's Supermoon seating system gets a curvy update from interior designer Giampiero Tagliaferri
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March - April 2025
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A VERTICAL GARDEN
Global firm SOM’s first residential tower in India comes up on the charming Carmichael Road in Mumbai; its warm cedar wood facade dotted with greenery
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March - April 2025
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STATE of the ART
Pablo Picasso in the lobby, Anish Kapoor at the park - luxury real estate developers are curating art in and around their high-end residences to stand out and appeal to discerning buyers
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March - April 2025
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HOT PROPERTY
London-based Becky Fatemi sold £400million of prime property last year. Her client base? A competitive international set who covet homes that aren't even for sale yet
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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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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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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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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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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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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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ROOSHAD SHROFF'S DESIGN PRACTICE HAS A NEW HOME: IN A HERITAGE BUILDING IN MUMBAI'S BALLARD ESTATE.
All roads led to Ballard Estate for Rooshad Shroff, whose new office space doubles as a gallery housing objects from his eponymous studio. Following years of being on the lookout, the architect and designer finally ended his search at Dubash House.
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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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ARTIST IBBY NJOYAS PSYCHEDELIC INSTALLATION, THEORY OF COLOUR, MADE IN COLLABORATION WITH JAGUAR, SHINES AT MIAMI ART WEEK.
Colour appears as a sentient entity in Ibby Njoya's work. For the Cameroonian British artist and spatial designer, who burst onto the fashion scene for his experimental and often provocative visualisations, every hue carries an innate energy and elicits emotion.
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March - April 2025
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BRASS RELIEF
Payal Khandwala's debut home collection reinvents small everyday objects with fine, handcrafted details
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March - April 2025
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FINDING & CREATING a HOME
Priti Mahajan reflects on her journey of moving from Mumbai to Dubai, where her home has become a sanctuary, filled with her family's travels, memories, and the life they've built together
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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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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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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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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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MIRA
COFFEE TABLE BOOKS FROM HER FATHER'S COLLECTION, TABLETOP PIECES PICKED UP OVER TRAVELS IN EUROPE, AN OBSESSION WITH SCULPTURAL LIGHTS, A GROWING APPETITE FOR ART, THE GIFT OF GOLDEN NATURAL LIGHT, FRESH FLOWERS AND FOOD ON THE TABLE, ALWAYS THE MUMBAI HOME OF MIRA KAPOOR AND SHAHID KAPOOR IS ALL ABOUT WHOLESOME FAMILY FUN, WITH DESIGN AT ITS HEART.
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March - April 2025
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ODE TO STILLNESS
Kunal Maniar's Shanti Bench, weighing 4500 kgs, combines five precious metals to create a behemoth, monolithic piece of furniture
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March - April 2025
Architect and Interiors India
FUSION FIESTA
Step inside this home by Maehr Homes where Wabi-Sabi meets modern luxury.
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March 2025
Architect and Interiors India
CONNECTING EDUCATION
The Langeveld Building is a beautiful example of an institutional design where sustainability, innovation and student well-being is kept at the forefront.
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March 2025
Architect and Interiors India
NEW YEAR - NEW JOURNEY
Design Debate shined its way into 2025 with its 40th edition in the Diamond City of Surat
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