Architecture
AD Architectural Digest India
By Royal Appointment
Raghavendra Rathore, a couturier of royal lineage, and Obeetee, the world-renowned carpetmakers with deep history, come together in a memorable collaboration for the brand’s Proud to be Indian collection
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November 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
Ruby City
David Adjaye’s latest work is a shining interpretation of late artist and collector Linda Pace’s dream for an arts centre in San Antonio, Texas
4 min |
October 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
Oh Diana!
Those iconic red lips and nails. An entirely red ‘Garden in Hell’ living room. And an extraordinary life that inspired the fashion of our times. No celebration of red is complete without an ode to the legendary Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland. For, her grandson, Alexander Vreeland recalls her passion for red
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October 2019
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Tropical Modern
A brilliant architect meets a fabulous fashion designer. Sameep Padora and Tarun Tahiliani come together for the first time to design the AIS Glass Villa overlooking backwaters in Goa
5 min |
October 2019
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Desert Rose
In the city of Jaipur, Bijoy Jain’s remapping of a semi-traditional Rajasthani home into a craftsmanship centre is an act of cultural preservation. Established by the Lady Bamford Foundation, it goes by the name, Nila House
5 min |
October 2019
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Chez Roksanda
Fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic has designed an apartment in London’s King’s Cross that is awash with colour and homages to female creators
3 min |
October 2019
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Brick By Brick
In the 1960s in Kerala, near the southern tip of India, ‘the people’s architect’ Laurie Baker, started something like a revolution with low-cost ecological construction that didn’t use concrete
5 min |
October 2019
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What A Feeling
In Mumbai, Rahul Akerkar’S New Kitchen, Qualia, Unfolds Surprise After Tasty Surprise Within Its Modern Yet Comforting Interiors
4 min |
September 2019
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Skyline Stars
Making Its Debut At The Eero Saarinen-Designed Twa Flight Center At Jfk Airport, Louis Vuitton’S Cruise 2020 Collection Is A Futuristic Tribute To New York And Its Art Deco Buildings
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September 2019
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Performing Art
The Met, Its Vast Collection, And Its Visitors Will Serve As Both Muse And Canvas To Goa-Based Artist Nikhil Chopra, In New York This Month
2 min |
September 2019
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Paige Turner
Paige Powell’S Towering Collection Of Photographs, In The Limited-Edition Three-Book Set Recently Released By Gucci, Is A Captivating Montage Of The 1980S Generation Of New York Celebrities
2 min |
September 2019
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Message In A Bottle
Known For An Ethos Deeply Rooted In Nature, Architect Kengo Kuma Once Again Turns To The Environment—This Time To Create The Packaging Of A Bespoke Skincare Line For Aman Resorts
2 min |
September 2019
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Light Touch
Dyson Launches Its First Task Light In India—The ‘Lightcycle’
1 min |
September 2019
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Chair Man Ryan
Interior Designer Ryan Korban Makes A Bold Move Into Furniture Design
2 min |
September 2019
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American Dream
Chef Alex Sanchez Is Back In Mumbai With His New Restaurant, Americano, The Debut Project Of Site Practice Architects
2 min |
September 2019
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Age Of Enlightenment
Sculptural Lamps Are The Signature Of New Mumbai-Based Lighting Design Studio 500BC
2 min |
September 2019
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A Song For Geoffrey
Art, music and the architect’s signature style come together in the De Saram house. takes an exclusive first look at the residence, newly restored by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust
6 min |
July - August 2019
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Picking Up The Threads
In the hands of Geoffrey Bawa and his contemporaries—Ena de Silva, Barbara Sansoni and Riten Mazumdar—textiles were an intimate collage of culture
5 min |
July - August 2019
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Sense & Serendipity
It took a genius to redesign this Sri Lankan stable into the architectural landmark it is today—it also took friendship to turn it into a home. Luckily for Sunethra Bandaranaike, Geoffrey Bawa was both
8 min |
July - August 2019
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The Wendt Gaze
As we turn our eye towards Sri Lanka and its artistic geniuses, we look at the photographic oeuvre of Lionel Wendt, capped with an excerpt from a revelatory essay
5 min |
July - August 2019
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Bawa's Ark
..this building will finally be complete when bears live in its rooms and leopards walk its corridors.”
1 min |
July - August 2019
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Chelsea Showstopper
Rajasthani craftsmanship meets Himalayan blooms in the first Indian garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, the result of a flourishing collaboration between the Piramal Group and landscape architect Sarah Eberle
3 min |
May - June 2018
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Mountain Queen
The Manali mansion of Kangana Ranaut designed by Shabnam Gupta is where the actress is her real self–and which, inadvertently, is the ultimate party house
5 min |
May - June 2018
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Sail Away
Wally yachts have been making waves in the Mediterranean for over two decades now. As the Monaco based boat maker launches their latest yacht, Tango, finds out what steers them—on, and offshore
4 min |
May - June 2018
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A Legend Reborn
An iconic hotel that changed a city’s cultural landscape undergoes a transformation of its own—but holds on to its heart
4 min |
May - June 2018
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Horse Country
Polo champion Nacho Figueras builds a dream house—for his prizewinning ponies.
3 min |
May - June 2018
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It’s Not Just Cricket
Studio Hinge, a young Mumbai-based architecture and interior design firm, makes a mark with newly refurbished rooms at the historic Cricket Club of India
4 min |
May - June 2018
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Champagne Supernova
A wine connoisseur and luxury consultant, Gaurav Bhatia lives with his wife Pratima and some phenomenal pieces of art, which compete in age with his tipple of choice
5 min |
September 2016
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Carma Chameleon
When art collector Lekha Poddar and her daughter-in-law Malvika wanted to reimagine the interiors of their New Delhi fashion boutique, they kept it in the family. AD previews the first interiors project of Anupam Poddar.
3 min |
November 2016
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Kochi 3.0
What is the biennale? What is art? Who is it for? What does it do? These, and many such questions, were grappled with in the setting up of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Its co-founder Riyas Komu tells how the Biennale has evolved in its third edition.
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