Architecture
AD Architectural Digest India
Euro Trip
Edra, Hessentia, Meridiani, Porro, RIVA1920, Royal Botania and SieMatic-the best of European-made bespoke design is now here in Mumbai, in an uber-luxe space called Soulstory, designed by ZZ Architects.
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September - October 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
At Home with D.S. & Durga
Rymn Massand visits the Long Island country home of the celebrated perfumers, and finds a sanctuary layered with their individual stories.
2 min |
September - October 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Ain't It Fun
She's 20-something, a visual artist, and she's living the DIY, rentedapartment life of Mumbai, all on her own bold terms.
3 min |
September - October 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
CRAFTY BOYS
Who says girls have all the fun? Everyday menswear is flirting with craftsmanship, thanks to a new guard of homegrown designers who are working with familiar techniques in refreshing new ways. Plus, we love their personal style.
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September - October 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
The Curator AMIN JAFFER
For AD's annual style issue, Amin Jaffer reminds us of one of the most elegant historic royal couples: Yeshwant Rao Holkar II and Sanyogita Devi of Indore whose personal style was only one facet of their life among European art, design, cinema and more.
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September - October 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
CHRISSY & JOHN
IN AD'S FIRST GLOBAL COVER COLLABORATION, WE STEP INTO SUPERSTAR COUPLE JOHN LEGEND AND CHRISSY TEIGEN'S LUMINOUS, LOVING FAMILY HOME IN BEVERLY HILLS, DESIGNED WITH THE HELP OF JAKE ARNOLD.
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September - October 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
DIVYA THAKUR WELCOMES US INTO HER HOME THAT IS NOT ONLY A LOVE LETTER TO OLD COLABA BUT ALSO A PLAYGROUND FOR A DISCERNING DESIGNER HONING HER CRAFT.
You could say this home is a contemplation and actualization of fine living.
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September - October 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
NIMISH SHAH'S NEW DELHI HOME
FOUNDER OF SHIFT AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF BHAANE, SHAH'S HOME SUGGESTS A VERY DISTILLED EYE ONE THAT SEES BEAUTY IN THE QUOTIDIAN AND BRINGS IT FORTH WITH A PRECISION AND FLAIR THAT IS UNIQUELY NIMISH.
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September - October 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Вodice
BODICE IS A MOOD, A STATE OF MIND, A SLICE OF LIFE, A S WELL AS A THOUGHTFULLY CRAFTED FASHION LABEL. AND IT ALL COMES TOGETHER FROM THIS QUIET CORNER OF A SOUTH DELHI FARMHOUSE TURNED STUDIO AND STORE WHERE DESIGNER RUCHIKA SACHDEVA LIVES AND CREATES.
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September - October 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Osanna's Bronzes
Milanese designer Osanna Visconti's poetic pieces of furniture are a love letter to both the lost-wax casting process and the burnished beauty of bronze.
1 min |
July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Poetics of Space
The sculptural façade of Anv new boutique property in Ne designed by Vishal K. Dar, is beginning of its many secret delights.
3 min |
July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
The Curator
Tracing the history of museum making, Jaffer takes us back to 1862, when the Victoria and Albert Museum was set up in Byculla, Mumbai, to house decorative and applied arts of Indialater renamed the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum in 1975.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
WITH LOVE FROM THE ISLAND OF MALLORCA
NEAPOLITAN TILES, SWEDISH GUSTAVIAN FOOTSTOOLS, DOORS AND JALIS FROM INDIA, AND CHANDELIERS FROM ST. PETERSBURG-ANTIQUES DEALER JON URGOITI CRAFTS AN ECLECTIC HOME OUT OF AN OLD MALLORCAN POSSESSIÓ.
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July - August 2023
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AHMEDABAD IS A CITY WHERE THE SUN TENDS TO BE SAVAGE. YET KHOSLA ASSOCIATES
TEASE OUT THE DRAMA OF LIGHT AND SHADE IN THIS NEW FAMILY HOME, BUILT IN THEIR FAVOURED MATERIALS OF RIVER-FINISHED KOTA STONE, COOL TERRAZZO FLOORS, AND WELL-OILED RIBBED TIMBER.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
PAVITRA & PAUL
THE TOWN OF COONOOR IS ΑΝ AD FAVOURITE FOR ITS ROLLING HILLS, ITS NEELAKURINJI FLOWERS, ITS SUNSETS, AND ITS COLONIAL BUNGALOWS. AND NOW FOR ANOTHER REASON: PAVITRA RAJARAM AND PAUL ABRAHAM'S RESTORED HOME THAT EMBODIES A VERY PARTICULAR KIND OF LOVE FOR COLLECTING AND CURATING.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
EACH SHIFTING BRICK PATIENTLY PLACED
WITH IMAGINATIVE PURPOSE. INLAY, MOSAIC, AND STAINED GLASS CLEVERLY USED TO WEAVE MEMORIES INTO THE ARCHITECTURE. AD100 ARCHITECT SHONAN PURIE TREHAN'S GIFT TO HER PARENTS MADHU AND NARESHTHIS HOME IN DELHI IS A LESSON IN ARTISTIC FREEDOM AND PRECISE CRAFT.
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July - August 2023
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Vastrakala PORTFOLIO TWO
In the last 25 years, the Indo-French hand-embroidery company Lesage Intérieurs has produced a portfolio of fine embroidered furnishings for legends across the world, an esteemed and prolific legacy.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Museum of Art & Photography PORTFOLIO ONE
When Bengaluru's shiny new Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) opened this spring, it was the culmination of a five-year-long project that included among its challenges an unprecedented global pandemic. As much about place and purpose as it is about people, its understated design, by AD100 firm Mathew & Ghosh Architects, is shaped by sociology, culture, history, technology, and the essential nature of a city in flux.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
ΤΗΕ KIRAN NADAR MUSEUM OF ART
ON 18 MAY, AT THE PREVIEW OF LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, GHANAIAN BRITISH ARCHITECT SIR DAVID ADJAYE SAT DOWN WITH AD AT AN OUTDOOR CAFÉ AT THE ARSENALE IN VENICE-HIS TEMPORARY TIMBER INSTALLATION OF KWAEE TOWERING IN THE DISTANCE. GRACIOUS, ATTENTIVE, AND GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME, HE SPOKE FONDLY OF THE MODERNISTS OF INDIA, AND WITH ABSOLUTE REVERENCE FOR THE ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE OF THE SUBCONTINENT. INSIDE, IN ONE OF THE PAVILIONS, THE MODEL OF THE UPCOMING KIRAN NADAR MUSEUM OF ART (KNMA)-DESIGNED BY ADJAYE ASSOCIATES AND SLATED TO OPEN IN DELHI IN 2026-SAT UNDER A SPOTLIGHT, STATELY AND EXQUISITE, AS IF WAITING PATIENTLY TO BE BUILT ON GROUND. THIS IS KNMA'S GIFT BACK TO THE PEOPLE AND TO THE PRACTICE OF ART ITSELF.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Gothic Revival
Mumbai's David Sassoon Library gets a life-changing restoration and the people, a fabulous reading room.
3 min |
July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
A Night at the Lipstick House
The irreverent, fantastical world of Toiletpaper magazine can now be experienced as it opened the doors to its new rentable apartment in Milan.
3 min |
July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
A Subterranean Sanctuary
Like caves out of the earth, architect Avinash Ankalge's design for a cultural community space in Karnataka's Kaggalipura village, truly responds to its site.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Top 30 at Loewe
As this year's Loewe Foundation Craft Prize ceremony takes place in New York's Noguchi Museum, Malika Verma writes about Maina Devi from Rajasthan, the only India entry that made the shortlist.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Magic Carpet
AD visits designer Arati Rao's Brooklyn studio and discovers the transatlantic journey of her label Tantuvi's handwoven rugs-all made in India.
3 min |
July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
The Second Act
New Delhi-based design studio Project 810's second furniture line \"810/Two\" is a study in materiality and craftsmanship.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Volare!
The flair and finesse that is typical of Visionnaire's living, kitchen, bedrooms is now seen in this super fun gym line.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Pillars of Life
Ashiesh Shah's series of totemic sculptures spotlights Indian craftsmanship at Kala Bhoomi in Bhubaneswar
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
The Magical Majorelle Blue
Baxter's latest collection, presented in a palette of rich hues, takes a dip in the nostalgia of the '70s.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Ajanta in Paris
Mumbai-based gallery Æquo bags the award for the best contemporary design at PAD Paris for their Ajanta daybed designed by Valériane Lazard.
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July - August 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Past Perfect
London-based Indian architect Madhav Kidao's installation at the Venice Biennale reflects on the transience of both life and architecture.
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