Architecture
AD Architectural Digest India
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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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
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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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Lina Bo Bardi Lives
Pictured here in a Bijoy Jain-designed house in Alibag, Obataimu’s new collection channels the constructed marvellousness of Brazilian modernism.
3 min |
March - April 2019
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The Beach
A long driveway meandering through seven acres of coconut groves, with the Arabian sea lapping on one side, makes for an exotic arrival at Kavita Singh’s elegant Alibag estate.
4 min |
March - April 2019
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He's Got Rhythm
Three years since Mumbai’s iconic music store Rhythm House shut shop, its first floor reopens as fashion designer Kunal Rawal’s new flagship store.
2 min |
March - April 2019
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Conscientious Colour
Asian Paints’ Nilaya Naturals is a new range of wall colours that is as easy on the eye as it is on the environment
2 min |
May - June 2019
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The Varanasi Technique
The latest collection of hand-knotted carpets from The Carpet Cellar is inspired by the Safavid era—the pinnacle of Persian art and craftmanship
2 min |
May - June 2019
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The Carpenter
Pondicherry-based French furniture maker Vincent Roy is one of India’s most in-demand carpenters
2 min |
May - June 2019
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Goode Job!
Traditional methods and materials carry forward a legacy of fine craftsmanship in the Thomas Goode workshop in Stoke-on-Trent
2 min |
May - June 2019
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The Star Of David
For the 15th edition of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, a British starchitect collaborated with a young, Swiss urbanist and teacher to shine new light on urban planning
2 min |
July - August 2018
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Snow White
Three years after launching at Rossana Orlandi, Kolkata-based Scarlet Splendour has graduated to the main fair.
1 min |
July - August 2018
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The House Of Fendi
Celebrating 30 years of Fendi Casa, the Italian maison unveiled a collection that is both cutting-edge and traditional
2 min |
July - August 2018
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Print House
A tiny new store in Mumbai’s Kala Ghoda district has a big dream: to make art accessible to all.
1 min |
May/June 2017
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Blurred Lines
Continuing his exploration into craftsmanship, architect Rooshad Shroff’s latest pieces feature embroidered wood and impossibly carved marble in striking forms that reference his early career. After making their debut at New Delhi’s Bikaner House, the exhibition is moving to Mumbai-based auction house Pundole’s.
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May/June 2017
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Fashion / Anti-Fashion
In a monographic show, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the radical design philosophy of Rei Kawakubo and her label, Comme des Garçons.
2 min |
May/June 2017
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Best In Show
One of the last 1914 Wolseley 30/40 HPs in the world won top honours at the fifth edition of the Cartier Concours d’Elegance. DEEPTI UNNI finds out more.
2 min |
May/June 2017
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Hey Jo
Ad’s Sanhita Sinha Chowdhury travelled to London to find out about British fragrance brand Jo Malone, which opens its first store in India in July
4 min |
July/August 2017
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The Son Rises
Designer Ashley Hicks puts his own provocative stamp on the high-style London apartment that was his famous father’s pride and joy
4 min |
July/August 2017
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Museum Quality
A dazzling apartment designed by Ashiesh Shah for art patron Shreyasi Goenka is filled with site-specific works, rare vintage furniture and important contemporary design for a gallery-like feel high above the Mumbai skyline
4 min |
December 2018
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Case-Study Sculptures
Art meets architecture in three new buildings designed by three blue-chip artists
2 min |
December 2018
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Inside Studio Peregalli
In this excerpted interview from Grand Tour: The Worldly Projects of Studio Peregalli, a book that showcases the work of Laura Sartori Rimini and Roberto Peregalli, American artist couple Rachel Feinstein and John Currin and English fashion guru Hamish Bowles dissect their common experience of having a home designed by the influential Milan studio
9 min |
December 2018
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On The Lake
In business scion and art patron Pooja Singhal’s family home in Udaipur, Mumbai-based interior designer Rajiv Saini delicately introduced contemporaneous elements to balance the old and the new while preserving the artisanal elements and the history of the grand structure
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