Architecture
AD Architectural Digest India
ROLAND BEAUFRE
Roland Beaufre, a confirmed townie and night owl, surprised his friends by moving to an old farm in northern France. Lest the countryside prove too big a shock to the system, he gave it a reassuringly metropolitan and Moorish flavour—as these pictures by him show
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March - April 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
MANOLO YLLERA
Contributor to AD worldwide, Manolo Yllera and writer Cristina López Barrio are inspired to create beauty when they are surrounded by it. Barrio writes about the duo’s Madrid loft, a magical, story-inspiring space that is itself like a character in a story
3 min |
March - April 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
ESCAPE TO SERENITY
With a Portuguese-inspired facade, intimate interiors accentuated with antique decor, state-of-the-art amenities and tranquil, verdant surroundings, Isprava’s latest luxury address, Fairview Estate, in northern Goa’s Assagao neighbourhood, is at once exclusive and idyllic
4 min |
March - April 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
IWAN BAAN
In his Berkshires hideaway, the man they call the Julius Shulman of his time sends his favourite drone into the sky to get his signature shot of home
2 min |
March - April 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN
AFTER JETTING AROUND THE GLOBE TO DOCUMENT THE LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS, DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN TAKES REFUGE ON AN OTHERWORLDLY SITE IN MARFA, TEXAS
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March - April 2020
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SCRIPT–A GODREJ VENTURE
This brand from Godrej addresses a unique audience with its creations—people who unfollow tradition, believe in adapting to changing times and are never lost in a crowd
4 min |
January - February 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
‘SPLASH' BY ALEX DAVIS
At the AD Design Show, the renowned artist and designer’s installation stopped onlookers in their tracks. And for good reason
2 min |
January - February 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
SIMONE
With travel and nature as the inspiration behind the creations and curations, the brand presents a mesmerizing collection of unique home decor and luxury furniture
3 min |
January - February 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
SEETU KOHLI HOME
The eponymous brand represents the world’s leading labels for furniture and accessories
3 min |
January - February 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
RAVISH VOHRA HOME
This bespoke luxury brand that offers one-of-a-kind furniture discusses its design inspiration and what they exhibited at the AD Design Show
3 min |
January - February 2020
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POLTRONA FRAU
Keeping the heritage of leather craftsmanship alive, the brand explores living solutions that satiate the expectations and dreams of those in search of luxury and exclusivity
4 min |
January - February 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
PLÜSCH
German for ‘plush, luxurious and refined,’ Plüsch, a luxury kitchen and furniture company, exemplifies a modern and engaging experience
4 min |
January - February 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
LAA LAA LAND
The late Charles Jencks’ s lifelong interest in cosmology, the science of the planets, is realized here in his design for this New Delhi house and garden, which seeks to symbolically bring down to earth, the sun and the moon and the stars
5 min |
January - February 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
BORDERLINE STUDIO
This functional furniture and home decor brand crafts objects that are original, playful and geared for the future
2 min |
January - February 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
BOMBAY DECO
With views of the Oval Maidan, the Bombay High Court and Rajabai Clock Tower in the distance, Sunshine, an original 1920s’ art deco building, sits on the cusp of time and architectural style. Its fifth-floor interiors designed by Annkur Khosla Design Studio are a treat for art deco as well as classic Bombay lovers
4 min |
January - February 2020
AD Architectural Digest India
SEEING RED
Hermès painted the capital red with a travelling exhibition in New Delhi, which showcased historical highlights from the French maison’s oeuvre
2 min |
December 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
WUNDERKAMMER
Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s new flagship jewellery store in Mumbai is poised to be a jewel in the couturier’s crown
4 min |
December 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
PAPER ROUTE
Fashion designer Payal Singhal extends her quirky, ornamental visual language to wallpapers for Marshalls
2 min |
December 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
IN CONVERSATION
Architecture met antiques in this creative collaboration. Jean-François Lesage and Niels Schoenfelder discuss the concept and scenography behind the space.
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December 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
GREEN WITH ENVY
The objects of our desire this holiday season. Please take notes.
4 min |
December 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
'TIS THE SEASON
AD commissions floral designer Nazneen Jehangir and master embroiderer Maximiliano Modesti to create a wreath that rings in the Christmas spirit with a touch of spice
2 min |
December 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
TOO GOOD
In collaboration with Milan-based cc-tapis, Faye Toogood launches a series of six rugs inspired by her textile collages, crafted by Tibetan artisans in Nepal
2 min |
December 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
CRAFT & CONCRETE
Chanel’s mini empire of artisan workshops will soon find a new home in Paris’s 19th arrondissment, in a striking building that has been christened Le 19M
2 min |
December 2019
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KING CARLOS
Style editor Carlos Mota’s latest book, Beige Is Not A Color, is a celebration of his life-long obsession with rainbow hues
2 min |
December 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
ANNABELLEIS COMING
The Women in Design 2020+ conference brings together an incredible roster of women architects, designers and creative entrepreneurs to Mumbai this January
4 min |
December 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
Serendipity Arts Festival
The fourth edition of Serendipity Arts Festival in Panjim, Goa aims to be expansive yet rooted
2 min |
November 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
The Frame Project
How should art be framed? This is the question that AD asked nine designers from various fields, as part of a project that rethinks the traditional picture frame. Taking inspiration from Banksy’s self-destructing artwork, with a paper shredder hidden in the frame, AD thinks beyond gold baroque
1 min |
November 2019
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Window Dressing
For the maison’s first artist window in India, Sumakshi Singh conjured up a fantastical display for Hermès
2 min |
November 2019
AD Architectural Digest India
Organized Chaos
A gift from her husband, the Tadao Ando-designed home and studio of Belgian artist Saskia Pintelon in Sri Lanka is strikingly evocative of her stark, spirited, and deeply intimate art
5 min |
November 2019
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House of Treasures
Eileen and IM Pei’s wide-ranging art collection, which provides a telling reflection of their life, goes to auction at Christie’s
2 min |