AD Architectural Digest India
POOJA VIR OF PICTOR PUBLISHING SPEAKS WITH ATUL KUMAR, FOUNDER, ART DECO MUMBAI TRUST, DELVING INTO HIS LOVE AND DEDICATION FOR PRESERVING MUMBAI'S ART DECO HERITAGE.
Touch of Beige, Faded Salmon, Wild Prune. Palm Court residents have been poring over shade cards with the proposed colours for our currently forlorn building.
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May - June 2025
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SHIRIN BHARUCHA'S HOME IN SOUTH MUMBAI'S ART DECO PRECINCT OF OVAL MAIDAN IS AN ABSORBING STUDY IN THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND ITS TIMELESS FLAIR.
Octogenarian Shirin Bharucha feels it is a rare privilege to live in a neighbourhood that has remained more or less the same through all the eight decades that she has spent there.
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May - June 2025
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JAY MEHTA WELCOMES US INTO HIS ANCESTRAL HOME IN PORBANDAR, GUJARAT, BUILT IN THE 1920S
An elegant decorative right-facing swastika symbol adorns the soaring cupola of a stately art deco home in the coastal city of Porbandar.
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May - June 2025
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UMAID BHAWAN
IN THE 1920S, WHEN JODHPUR WAS FACED WITH A FAMINE, MAHARAJA UMAID SINGH COMMISSIONED ARCHITECT HENRY VAUGHAN LANCHESTER TO DESIGN A PALACE. BUILT OVER 13 YEARS, ENGAGING OVER 3,000 WORKERS IN ITS CONSTRUCTION, THE UMAID BHAWAN PALACE-HOME TO THE ROYAL FAMILY AS WELL AS A HERITAGE HOTEL-IS THE MOST BREATH-TAKING EXAMPLE OF INDO DECO. HERE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE SEE A GLIMPSE INTO THE PRIVATE ROOMS OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS.
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May - June 2025
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FOUNDED IN 1934, KAMDAR LTD WAS BEHIND A LOT OF MUMBAI'S ART DECO INTERIORS OF THE TIME.PROPOSALS TO CLIENTS WERE MADE WITH THESE ARTISTIC WATERCOLOUR RENDERINGS.
On April 18, 1940, a splashy seven-page spread in The Times of India announced the opening of a grand art deco office building opposite Churchgate station in Bombay.
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May - June 2025
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SET ON THE BANKS OF SRINAGAR'S NIGEEN LAKE, DAR-ES-SALAM IS A CHARMING ART DECO HOME TURNED BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
A cobblestone path lined with spring flowers leads one into the front lawn of Hotel Dar-Es-Salam, with a majestic chinar tree in the middle.
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May - June 2025
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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF ART DECO, SMITI KANODIA PLANS A CROSS-CULTURAL FESTIVAL THAT HIGHLIGHTS MUMBAI AND MIAMI'S SHARED LEGACY.
Mumbai and Miami are kindred spirits—tropical cities boasting a vast coast-line, a continuously evolving skyline and a shared architectural heritage in art deco.
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May - June 2025
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SANJAY GARG ON HOW ART DECO MOTIFS REFLECT IN RAW MANGO'S EVOLVING TEXTILE LEXICON.
For Raw Mango loyalists, the allure lies as much in the sublime brocades as in the cultivated eye of its founder, Sanjay Garg—an antiquarian attuned to the poetry of form.
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May - June 2025
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When Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar II of Indore and his wife, Maharani Sanyogita, invited Eckart Muthesius to collaborate with them, it was to construct more than just a palace.
Through the creation of Manik Bagh, or Garden of Rubies, the couple established a truly modern identity for themselves, confirming their legacy as discerning and committed patrons at the forefront of the international avant-garde.
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May - June 2025
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SOLEUS, SOUTH MUMBAI'S FAVOURITE FITNESS STUDIO, IS A HIDDEN GEM IN THE HISTORIC ART DECO BUILDING OF DHANRAJ MAHAL.
Of all the art deco buildings in Mumbai, Dhanraj Mahal in Colaba stands out for its size and scale.
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May - June 2025
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AT THE GREAT EASTERN HOME IN MUMBAI, RARE ART DECO FINDS FROM EUROPE, INDIA AND THE FAR EAST SIT ALONGSIDE PIECES FROM ITS NEW POST DECO RANGE.
In the leafy neighbourhood of Byculla, removed from the art deco stretches across South Mumbai, an unassuming bylane leads you into a pocket of the city suspended in time.
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May - June 2025
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KUBER SHAH'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE OF ART DECO SIGNAGES ACROSS MUMBAI SHOWS A DELIGHTFUL DIVERSITY OF TYPEFACES.
To quiz Kuber Shah about how he identifies art deco typography in Mumbai is akin to asking the old resident of a neighbourhood if they use a map to navigate it.
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May - June 2025
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JAIPUR DECO, A COLLECTION OF ARCHIVAL PRINTS BY PRARTHNA SINGH AND THE PALACE ATELIER, TAPS INTO THE PROMISE OF ART DECO.
When Jaipur's Golcha Cinema opened its doors to the public in 1954, it was every bit emblematic of that period in Indian design history.
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May - June 2025
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ATUL KUMAR DELVES INTO THE HISTORY OF MASTER, SATHE & BHUTA, THE EARLY 20TH-CENTURY ARCHITECTURAL FIRM BEHIND SOME OF MUMBAI'S OLDEST ART DECO BUILDINGS.
In 1932, three architects came together in erstwhile Bombay to form a practice that would leave an incredible imprint on modern built form around India, from monumental office buildings and company headquarters to some of the most distinctive residences.
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May - June 2025
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WE CATCH UP WITH TYPE DESIGNER TANYA GEORGE AS SHE LOOKS AT MUMBAI THROUGH ITS SIGNS AND FONTS, AND HER SPECIAL AFFECTION FOR THE FLOURISHES OF ART DECO.
From Mumbai's colourful Colaba to bustling Bandra streets, you are likely to cross paths with type designer Tanya George.
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May - June 2025
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ATUL KUMAR OF ART DECO MUMBAI TRUST CURATES A DEFINITIVE READING GUIDE.
The ultimate work on Mumbai’s art deco for visual learners, this book by Navin Ramani presents a colourful and diverse collection of the style spread across the city, breaking down typologies, lettering, and architectural elements and features.
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May - June 2025
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SCULPTED IN TIME: SIX ART DECO-INSPIRED COLLECTIBLES THAT CELEBRATE MACHINE AGE MODERNISM, MATERIAL INNOVATION AND GLAMOROUS RESTRAINT.
CELEBRATE MACHINE AGE MODERNISM, MATERIAL INNOVATION AND GLAMOROUS RESTRAINT.
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May - June 2025
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HANUT SINGH WRITES ABOUT HIS LOVE AFFAIR WITH ART DECO AS THE ETERNAL INSPIRATION FOR HIS JEWELLERY LINE.
The Art Deco movement slays me.
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May - June 2025
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The Historian
For the last page of this art deco special issue, we travel to Visalam, a palatial mansion in Chettinad, and witness how art deco’s geometry merged with traditional Chettiar architecture.
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May - June 2025
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HOTEL SUNDERBAN KOREGAON PARK, PUNE
In Pune’s historic neighbourhood of Koregaon Park, amidst the sprawling estate that once belonged to the royal Gaekwad family of Baroda, sits a stately bungalow built between 1924 and 1926. Now run as a boutique hotel by owner and custodian Suresh Talera, this quietly beautiful art deco case study is an experience, not a spectacle.
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May - June 2025
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DIWIKS, THE CULT RADIOS, ARE CRAFTED IN A HISTORIC PINK SANDSTONE STUDIO IN BIKANER, ROOTED IN THE REGION'S ART DECO LEGACY.
Over the last few centuries, it witnessed several maharajas and colonisers.
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May - June 2025
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IN 1935, SHIAVAX CAMBATA COMMISSIONED A PICTURE PALACE TO BE A JEWEL OF THE EAST. LAST YEAR, MUMBAI'S EROS CINEMA REOPENED AFTER A PRECIOUS RESTORATION.
When Eros Cinema was inaugurated in 1938— almost a decade after the Roaring '20s ended— it must have seemed like something from another world.
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May - June 2025
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SHARADA DWIVEDI AND RAHUL MEHROTRA'S DEFINITIVE TOME, BOMBAY DECO, IS BACK ON BOOKSHELVES, EXPANDED AND UPDATED.
Mumbai's tryst with the art deco style is well known.
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May - June 2025
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THE ICONIC MORVI PALACE IN GUJARAT
Four hours west of Ahmedabad, along a spectacularly straight road dotted with occasional settlements, sits one of India's most surprising architectural masterpieces: a maharaja's palace designed to conform to the purest precepts of art deco style.
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May - June 2025
Architecture + Design
TERRABLEND BY DISHA: WHERE TEXTURE MEETS TIMELESS ELEGANCE
On the world of outdoor design, where functionality must dance with beauty, Terrablend by Disha Ecoloc Pavers is a true standout.
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April 2025
Architecture + Design
GAURAV AGGARWAL, CHAIRMAN - STONEX GROUP ROCK STAR OF ART
Beyond the boardroom, the Chairman of StoneX Group reveals a deep, personal love for marble—a passion that's elevating Indian craftsmanship onto the global stage
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April 2025
Architecture + Design
AN EVENING OF DESIGN, INNOVATION, AND COLLABORATION
Essentia Home makes a grand launch in Delhi with an exclusive design event, unveiling its latest flagship store and India's largest Rimadesio showcase
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April 2025
Architecture + Design
Not Your Average Grand Dame THE LANESBOROUGH, LONDON
With rococo-inspired interiors and a curatorial eye for classical painting, The Lanesborough bridges aristocratic grandeur with contemporary cultural cachet
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April 2025
Architecture + Design
PERFECTING THE LANGUAGE OF SPACES
Architect Amey Dahanukar, Principal Architect, ARA Designs shares his perspective on the nuances of designing hospitality projects
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April 2025
Architecture + Design
HOMESTAYS WITH HEART
Long before “slow travel” became a buzzword, before private villas replaced hotel suites, and well before authenticity became a luxury tagline—Tejas Parulekar was quietly building SaffronStays, a platform rooted in turning meaningful homes into unforgettable stays
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