MARVELS IN MUD

Punctuated by furniture, lighting, mirrors and artefacts made in brass, wood and woven wicker, the Zariboota store in Amritsar by Renesa is a contemporary reinterpretation of age-old handicrafts set against a riveting backdrop of fired bricks

- DIYA SHAH, NIVEDITAA GUPTA

For rom the delicate threads of gilded gold that shimmer on a bride's saree to mud bricks created from the earth underfoot, tradition lives on in many ways at the Zariboota retail space in Amritsar. Situated on the bustling Ranjit Avenue, it is imagined by Renesa Architecture Design Interiors for an entrepreneurial family involved in the world of fabrics and textiles for many generations. The project, aptly titled Mud Matrix, is a contemporary realisation of their long-preserved legacy. Imagined by Sanjay Arora and Sanchit Arora of Re