Architecture + Design
BEYOND THE BOX: A NEW-AGE BUSINESS PARK
K Raheja Corp's Commerzone Raidurg in Hyderabad is revolutionising the concept of the traditional business park. This cutting-edge IT and ITeS hub seamlessly integrates work, life, and play, setting a new benchmark for urban design and corporate spaces
3 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
A CAMPUS IN SYNC WITH NATURE
Embracing the natural beauty of the Himalayas, the Himachal Pradesh Technical University in Hamirpur is a shining example of responsive and site-sensitive architecture. Designed by Architect Sangeet Sharma of SSDA, the campus is a masterful blend of tradition, modernity, and sustainability
3 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
A MATERIAL STORY OF MODERN TEXTURE
Meridian reinterprets elemental materials into modern finishes that balance raw texture with refined design
2 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
RENASCENT'S FORMULA FOR HUMAN CENTRIC ARCHITECTURE
Bakul Chandra's design mentorship and contextual wisdom, Dushyant Kumar's executional edge, Parul Agarwal's healthcare and institutional design expertise, and Varun Agarwal's innovative waste-free construction solutions converge in a firm that's designed over 60 million sq ft of progress. This is Renascent Consultants. With a philosophy that dictates “architecture should do more than exist; it should elevate”, they've created the blueprint for a new kind of architectural practice: one where patient-centric healthcare, sustainability, and design excellence aren't aspirations but non-negotiables
10+ min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
SHELTERING POTENTIAL
Late Ar. Mahendra Parekh and Ar. Pranav Gajjar design a twelve-storey student housing on the Somaiya Ayurvihar Campus that challenges the assumption that transient occupancy justifies minimal design, proving instead that temporary homes deserve permanent thoughtfulness
3 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
A CHALK REVERIE
Celica Dream Home in Kolkata finds its calm in the softest pastels
2 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
THE CULINARY CANVAS
Chef Gurmehar Sethi and architects Sumit Dhawan and Aman Aggarwal on designing spaces and experiences that speak to all the senses
3 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
THE L-SHAPED LEAP
The Student Accommodation and Incubation Centre at Jaipuria Institute of Management Noida rethinks student living as a launchpad for both personal and professional growth. Principal Architects Vijay Dahiya and Shubhra Dahiya of team3 use brick as a medium for innovation, where learning transcends classrooms and design nurtures both intellect and imagination
3 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
REIMAGINING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING
Birla High School's transformation embodies the evolving landscape of educational architecture, where functionality meets inspiration. The bold redesign prioritises student well-being, sustainability and community engagement
3 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
WINDOW MAGIC: FRAMING A BETTER FUTURE
Window Magic, India's fenestration pioneers, is known for premium aluminium and uPVC systems that blend European innovation with local expertise
2 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
HOW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE DESIGN
New Era of Healthcare Architecture—healthcare facilities are evolving into intelligent ecosystems powered by artificial intelligence. These smart systems fundamentally transform how spaces respond to and support both patients and medical professionals. The integration represents a shift from static institutional buildings to dynamic environments that actively participate in the healing process.
2 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
DESIGNING SHOWROOMS THAT SELL DREAMS
Architect Tushar Mistry takes us behind the design philosophy of creating Customer Experience Centers that do more than impress—they convert. From understanding the buyer's emotional journey to measuring tangible ROI, he explores how architecture and experience design are reshaping the real estate sales landscape
2 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
A WALK IN THE SKY
Shortlisted at the World Architecture Festival 2024, Total Environment's Green-roof Walk Home in Hyderabad offers a radical departure from the city's generic housing: a joint-family residence that is experimental without fragmentation, luxurious without excess, and sustainable without tokenism
4 min |
November 2025
Architecture + Design
Homecoming In Kollam
A neoclassical home that reinterprets the city's colonial charm for contemporary life
2 min |
November 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
AD REVISITS DR BHAU DAJI LAD MUSEUM IN BYCULLA, MUMBAI, AS IT REOPENED EARLIER THIS YEAR AFTER A TWO-YEAR-LONG RESTORATION.
Unlike most of Mumbai's museums and galleries that are clustered within the heritage precincts of Kala Ghoda and Colaba, the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum lies in the quiet, leafy area of Byculla, within the grounds of the city's only botanical garden, Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Udyan & Zoo.
1 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
MORT CHATTERJEE OFFERS A BRIEF INSIGHT INTO WHAT MAKES KIRAN NADAR THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT INDIAN COLLECTOR OF ART IN OUR TIME.
The desire to accumulate things is a primal urge shared across species.
2 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
AD STEPS INTO MANCINI ENTERPRISES' NEW MATERIAL LIBRARY IN CHENNAI, A SPACE THAT DOCUMENTS AS WELL AS ADDRESSES A CRITICAL STEP IN THE DESIGN PROCESS.
This July, AD100 firm Mancini Enterprises opened the doors to a new extension of its office—a ground-floor space below the two floors that the firm has been working out of.
1 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
Stillness. Contemplation. Memory. Ritual. Movement.
These were among the many words that BV Doshi scribbled on a paper, along with a sketch of a place that was part building, part landscape and part journey, and gave it to Khushnu Panthaki Hoof, his granddaughter and principal architect at Ahmedabad-based Studio Sangath.
5 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
HUNDREDHANDS BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO A 150-YEAR-OLD ERSTWHILE SCHOOL WITH SABHA, A NEW ART AND CULTURE SPACE IN THE HEART OF BENGALURU.
Buildings that have reverberated with the voices of multiple generations carry a quiet magic—a magic that lingers long after those voices have faded.
2 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
THE MF HUSAIN MUSEUM OPENS IN DOHA - DESIGNED BY AD100 MARTAND KHOSLA, WHO RESPONDS TO AN ARTWORK MADE BY THE LATE ARTIST YEARS AGO.
Unfolding across over 32,000 square feet, Qatar Foundation's Lawh Wa Qalam: MF Husain Museum in Doha is the world's first and largest institution celebrating the artistic legacy of polymath Maqbool Fida Husain.
2 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
AS THE NEW FONDATION CARTIER OPENS IN PARIS, WE LOOK AT JEAN NOUVEL'S TRANSFORMATION OF A FORMER DEPARTMENT STORE INTO A SHOWCASE FOR ART.
Like its predecessor, the new Fondation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain in Paris, which opened to the public in October, has been designed by Jean Nouvel, the architect of modern landmarks like the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and the National Museum of Qatar in Doha.
2 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
AD EXPLORES ARTIST SEHER SHAH'S PRACTICE ACROSS TWO DECADES THROUGH HER LATEST SHOW AT JHAVERI CONTEMPORARY AND MONOGRAPH TITLED OF ABSENCE AND WEIGHT.
Amidst the strident voices and a spectacular thrust of contemporary art, Seher Shah's practice—rooted in drawing, architecture and printmaking—is a meditation on memory.
2 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
PHEROZA GODREJ, CO-CURATOR OF THE FRAMJI DADABHOY ALPAIWALLA MUSEUM, GIVES AD A SPECIAL TOUR OF THE PARSI MUSEUM IN MUMBAI.
Recently restored with great discernment, the Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum, better known as the Parsi Museum, in Mumbai offers a glimpse into the heritage of the Parsis of India and Zoroastrians of Iran.
1 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
NIKHIL CHOPRA STEPS INTO THE SIXTH EDITION OF KOCHI-MUZIRIS BIENNALE WITH A FLORID HEART, SUBVERSIVE TUNE AND AN EGALITARIAN VISION.
Nikhil Chopra's big idea about the sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is as simple as it is poetic.
3 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
RANVIR SHAH SPOTLIGHTS THE CHARM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DAKSHINACHITRA, A 30-YEAR OLD MUSEUM OF SOUTH INDIAN HOMES AND MATERIAL CULTURE
You enter the Chettiar house from the portico, and are transported through the thinnai (verandah) and the deeply carved door to the threshold of a house in Chettinad.
2 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
GUJRAL HOUSE
Conceived originally in 1969-70 by artist Satish Gujral and architect Raj Rewal, and continually reimagined and expanded in subsequent decades, Gujral House in South Delhi has lived many lives.
3 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
CONTEMPORARY ART, EVOLVING EXHIBITION FORMATS AND NEW NARRATIVES— HERE IS A GLIMPSE INTO THE STEADY TRANSFORMATION THAT IS UNDERWAY AT JAIPUR'S CITY PALACE COMPLEX.
Nearly 300 years old, Jaipur's City Palace has always been a must-visit attraction for first-timers to the city, and in recent years, it has gradually also become a contemporary cultural centre.
2 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
AT GALERIE PATRICK SEGUIN, ANTHONY VACCARELLO OF SAINT LAURENT REVISITS CHARLOTTE PERRIAND'S RAREST DESIGNS.
In October, Galerie Patrick Seguin in Paris was the site of a rare dialogue between the past and the present, with an exhibition of French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand's furniture pieces.
1 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
MUSEUM MAKER ABHISHEK PODDAR TALKS TO AD ABOUT MAP—ONE OF THE COOLEST CONTEMPORARY MUSEUMS IN INDIA.
Firstly, I think we need to develop an active museum-going culture.
3 min |
November - December 2025
AD Architectural Digest India
MONISHA AHMED SHARES HER EXPERIENCE OF SHAPING THE LADAKH ARTS AND MEDIA ORGANISATION IN LEH.
Travel, diversity, cultural practices and textiles have always fascinated me, especially fabrics that embody a layered history.
2 min |