AD Architectural Digest India
OBJECTS of DESIRE
Krupa Zubin spotlights cherished possessions in her home that define the elusive idea of luxury for her
3 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
1 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
1 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
2 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
6 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
2 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
2 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
3 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
2 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
BRASS RELIEF
Payal Khandwala's debut home collection reinvents small everyday objects with fine, handcrafted details
1 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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
3 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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?
1 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
2 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
2 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
2 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
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.
3 min |
March - April 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
ODE TO STILLNESS
Kunal Maniar's Shanti Bench, weighing 4500 kgs, combines five precious metals to create a behemoth, monolithic piece of furniture
1 min |
March - April 2025
Architect and Interiors India
FUSION FIESTA
Step inside this home by Maehr Homes where Wabi-Sabi meets modern luxury.
1 min |
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.
2 min |
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
3 min |
March 2025
Architect and Interiors India
ENGAGING EXPLORATION
A library that feels like you're walking into a fairy tale.
1 min |
March 2025
Architect and Interiors India
DESIGN IN SYNC
This jewellery office by Source Architecture elevates design to compliment the craft
2 min |
March 2025
Architect and Interiors India
MAKING THE CASE FOR 3D PRINTED STRUCTURES
3D Printed Structures are soon becoming the new way to construct, even as what was once thought to be a myth is today a firm reality.
4 min |
March 2025
Architect and Interiors India
CREATIVE ENERGY
Decoding the spiritual connection between architecture and wellbeing with Manish Banker of TAOStudiO at the nature-inspired Swastik in Pune.
7 min |
March 2025
Architect and Interiors India
A HEALING ENVIRONMENT
The Kinderspital Zürich by Herzog & de Meuron is designed like a tiny town with medical facilities that are like neighbourhoods with squares and connecting streets.
5 min |
March 2025
Architecture + Design
MONISH SIRIPURAPU: SHAPING A MOVEMENT
With the award-winning CoolAnt system and transformative projects like the Pangolin Pavilion, Monish Siripurapu has carved a niche where design, technology, and nature converge. Over cups of coffee and bursts of laughter, Monish takes us on a journey into his world—a world where design is both functional and poetic, a reflection of his commitment to innovation with heart
5 min |
February 2025
Architecture + Design
A BEACON OF EXCELLENCE
BITSOM, Kalyan, stands as a shining example of institutional architecture
3 min |
February 2025
Architecture + Design
Breaking Barriers: Democratising Design
In a profession where individuality often takes centre stage, Shimul Javeri Kadri stands out for her bold approach to collaboration. Alongside partners Vaishali Mangalvedhekar, Sarika Shetty and Roshni Kshirsagar, Kadri's eponymous firm has redefined the boundaries of architectural practice in India.
10+ min |
February 2025
Architecture + Design
100 YEARS OF FRENCH HERITAGE & ARISTOCRATIC DESIGN
From its iconic gilded cage elevator and government-protected artworks to a hidden chocolate and cheese-making atelier in the basement, Le Bristol Paris celebrates a century of hosting icons like the Chaplins and Rothschilds. Blending classic Rococo with contemporary elegance, the hotel continues to embody the timeless French art de vivre
3 min |
February 2025
Architecture + Design
PATHWAYS TO PERFECTION
Flagstone is a textured stone-like paver that makes for a beautiful chequered designs across a variety of outdoor locations, most suited for walkways in resorts, clubs, garden areas, and for sit-outs in natural landscapes.
1 min |