Architect and Interiors India
India's construction industry to make strong recovery following 14.9% contraction in 2020, says GlobalData
The industry is expected to post a sharp rebound and grow by 11.6% in 2021, owing to lower base and pent-up demand
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October 2020
Architect and Interiors India
LUXE ABODES
LUXURY HOMES HAVE CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE OF HOUSING IN THE COUNTRY WITH BIG TICKET PROJECTS THAT HAVE ENSURED REALTY STAYS AFLOAT
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October 2020
Architect and Interiors India
TRANSCENDING SPACE
FROM FOLLOWING IN HIS ARCHITECT FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS TO SETTING UP HIS INDEPENDENT PRACTICE THAT IS RECOGNISED FOR ITS TRANSFORMATION OF SPACES, SUMIT DHAWAN, FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT AT CITYSPACE’82 ARCHITECTS, HAS INDEED TRAVELLED A FAIR DISTANCE
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October 2020
Architect and Interiors India
LET THERE BE LIGHT
A DÉCOR ELEMENT THAT CAN INSTANTLY MAKE A ROOM GO FROM DRAB TO FAB, LIGHTING COMBINES SCIENCE AND ART TO MAKE A HOUSE A HOME
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October 2020
Architect and Interiors India
HomeLane unveils new brand identity, plans operational scale-up across 25 top markets over the next 12 months
Technology-based home interior service provider HomeLane.com has unveiled its new brand identity as part of the company’s overall strategy to steer its business into the next phase of growth.
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October 2020
Architect and Interiors India
HANDS OFF
WILL HOSPITALITY DESIGN THRIVE IN THE LOW-TOUCH ECONOMY?
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October 2020
Architect and Interiors India
AL FAYA DESERT RETREAT & SPA, SHARJAH
Jonathan Ashmore, founder and principal architect at ANARCHITECT, talks us through the firm’s approach to spa and wellness design.
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October 2020
Architect and Interiors India
Heart Of The Big Apple
Illustrious interior designers Jean-Louis Deniot and Pierre-Yves Rochon on their parts in revitalising an icon of New York
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October 2020
GoodHomes
Blossoming Like The Lotus Flower
Designed by Vipul Patel Architects, this Ahmedabad home creates a stunning symphony with its surroundings
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September 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
THE GHATS
Among the most recognizable locations of ‘A Suitable Boy’ are the romantic boat scenes shot by the ghats of Ahilya Fort, Prince Richard Holkar’s chic private residence and homestay in Maheshwar
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September 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
THE MASKED BALL
FIVE MASKS FROM CONDE NAST INDIA’S ‘BEHIND THE MASK’ PROJECT ARE INVITED TO PARTNER WITH FIVE ANTIQUE HEADS IN OUR WITTY MASQUERADE BALL PAIRINGS
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September 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
ON LOCATION WITH MIRA NAIR
Poet and writer Vikram Seth’s 1993 novel ‘A Suitable Boy’ needs no introduction. It is that everlasting story that lives between tradition and modernity, politics and religion, love and conflict. As its screen adaptation by the inimitable film-maker Mira Nair brings it to life, AD takes a look at the cinematic as well as the design details that construct this charming world of 1950s India. And in classic AD style, it comes with an opening essay and handwritten annotations by the director Mira Nair. Ladies and gentlemen, we’re on location with ‘A Suitable Boy’.
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September 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
SANCTUARY
Studio Peregalli conjures a romantic hideaway deep in the Bavarian forest
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September 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
ZEITGEIST
It’s usual ly one of the busiest months in the design calendar. But what September lacks in sociability, it makes up for in innovation. AD takes take a look at the swift shift of the Indian art market to onl ine auct ions, we shoot Condé Nast India’s ‘Behind the Mask’ project in our own inimitable style , we visit inter ior decorator Marie-Anne Oudejans’s latest project and more. The message is clear : stay home, stay safe , but innovate!
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September 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
OTHER WORLDLY OASIS
WITH AN ASSIST FROM AXEL VERVOORDT AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL DESIGN LUMINARIES, KIM KARDASHIAN WEST AND KANYE WEST TRANSFORM A SUB-URBAN CALIFORNIA ESTATE INTO AN OTHERWORLDLY OASIS OF PURITY AND LIGHT
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September 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
NUR KAOUKJI
NUR KAOUKJI IS A GLOBAL NOMAD, A LEBANESE INTERIOR DESIGNER WHO IS MOST AT HOME IN HER EXOTIC JAIPUR MANSION FLAT
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September 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
MAKING AN ENTRANCE
PRIYA ASWANI IS ONE OF THE BEST–KEPT SECRETS OF THE INDIAN DESIGN WORLD. THE TASTEMAKER BEHIND A MUST-HAVE HOMEWARE COLLECTION ROOTED IN CRAFTSMANSHIP, SHE IS ALSO THE HOST OF MUMBAI’S MOST STYLISH DINNER PARTIES. HER SOUTH BOMBAY APARTMENT IS A SOPHISTICATED MIX OF CHIC DÉCOR, CRISP INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND ANTIQUITIES
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September 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
The Salone That Didn't Happen
The designs that would have made the headlines in Milan this year. An exclusive portfolio created by Stills & Strokes
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September 2020
Elle Decor India
Calm And Composed Green Escape
Shefali Balwani and Robert Verrijt of Architecture Brio craft a tranquil duplex residence in Juhu that lures with its earthy ambience
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August - September 2020
Surfaces Reporter
Kiran Bedi Messages from Lt. Governor, Puducherry
Excerpts from Vertica DVIVEDI -Leadership in the Times of Crisis
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July - August 2020
Surfaces Reporter
MANOJ PATEL -DESIGN STUDIO GUJARAT
Established by Manoj Patel in 2015, ‘MANOJ PATEL DESIGN STUDIO (MPDS) is a design firm that majorly focuses on sustainable building designs and restyling of the space with contemporary elucidation for design through exploration of waste and recyclable materials. Manoj Patel has been honoured and awarded for various acknowledgments by PAN INDIA, including “young Practice of the year” by Institute of Indian Interior Designers – IIID, LEXUS DESiGN AWARD INDIA. His several projects have also been recognized and published by international publications.
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July - August 2020
Surfaces Reporter
SHABNAM GUPTA - FOUNDER OF PEACOCK LIFE THE ORANGE LANE MAHARASHTRA
Shabnam Gupta is the creative genius behind many iconic celebrity homes, remarkable commercial projects and unconventional interiors across India. The ace and multi-award winning interior designer, Shabnam Gupta has racked up an impressive portfolio of celeb homes such as that of Kangana Ranaut, Raveena Tandon, Parineeti Chopra, Rani Mukherji, Tanuja Chandra, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Bijon Das Gupta and Irrfan Khan. She is also the principal designer of architectural and interior design firm, ‘The Orange Lane’ and the founder of ‘Peacock life’- a retail venture providing a range of designer furniture, lifestyle and décor products.
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July - August 2020
Surfaces Reporter
NERI OXMAN: MATERIAL ECOLOGY
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) housed “Neri Oxman: Material Ecology”, an exhibition featuring the work of architect, designer, and inventor Neri Oxman. Surfaces Reporter (SR) takes you to an exclusive tour of the exhibition. Write your comments to us at press@surfacesreporter.com. All Images Courtesy: The Museum of Modern Arts and MoMA
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July - August 2020
Surfaces Reporter
HIGH-END RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
NEW MARKET & NEEDS AFTER COVID
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July - August 2020
Surfaces Reporter
TO THE PASSION, PERSISTANCE & PROWESS OF AR. REVATHI KAMATH
Most people recognize her as a pioneer of ‘Mud Architecture’ in India, someone who gave it a new dimension. However, as an architect as well as a person, she was much more. A person who wouldn’t hesitate calling a spade a spade, with an unmatched sensitivity towards nature and her craft is something we always will remember about her. WADE ASIA and Surfaces Reporter (SR) have been associated with architect Revathi Kamath through her works. She was the receipent of the WADE ASIA Sustainability Champion Award in 2018. She has also been the recipient of the prestigious Aga Khan Award. This article is a heartfelt tribute to the great architect with some not so known facts about the architect which she revealed during her presentation at WADE ASIA. If you have knew her well or have a message to share about Ar. Revathi Kamath and her work, please write to us at press@surfacesreporter.com
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July - August 2020
Surfaces Reporter
FOR THE LATEST NEWS IN-ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN & BUILDING MATERIALS
BROWSE WWW.SURFACES REPORTER.COM Since 10 years, SurfaceS reporter (Sr) has been publishing information about architecture, design, technology, products, materials, business and industry news. Here are the 10 latest happenings.For elaborate news & reports, visit www.surfacesreporter.com / sign-in for Sr newsletter or Download android app of Surfaces reporter from Google ply
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July - August 2020
Surfaces Reporter
‘A Man without Mask' - A TRIBUTE TO AR PRADEEP SACHDEVA
For an architect, it is always a great achievement if his creations are imprinted in the minds of the people. This kind of feat was achieved by Ar Pradeep Sachdeva when he designed iconic public spaces like The Garden of Five Senses and Delhi Haat. An alumni of IIT-Roorkee, he was an expert in designing public spaces and giving an urban outlook the heritage precincts while retaining their soul, Ar Sachdeva left for heavenly abode during the early hours of May 31st, 2020 due to heart attack. Surfaces Reporter (SR) feels it is a great loss to the Indian Architecture Fraternity, a void which cannot be filled.
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July - August 2020
Surfaces Reporter
The Architect Behind Ram Temple Ayodhya
The most anticipated temple architecture of the decade, Ram Mandir of Ayodhya is set to start its construction under a legendary architect Chandrakant B Sompura of Sompura Temple Architecture, Ahmedabad. Surfaces Reporter found some interesting details about the architect.
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July - August 2020
Home & Design Trends
The Pandemic City
As our cities find their feet again, architect Alan Abraham gives us a peek into the outside world, and how it can and should change to make our post-pandemic lives better
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Volume 8 Issue 3
Home & Design Trends
THE FEELING of Design
BRINGING YOU ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE AND ASK OF OURSELVES AND OUR FRIENDS IN THE DESIGN INDUSTRY, IN INDIA AND AROUND THE WORLD.
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