DOT DOT DOT

Can polka dots be professional? Sonia Gehlot of Architecture & Beyond brings a burst of creativity to this lawyers' chambers in Mumbai's art district

- NAMRATA DEWANJEE

No, I cannot picture Harvey Specter in polka dots. Although, after taking a look at this lawyer's chambers in colonial Mumbai, designed and styled by Architecture & Beyond, I cannot get the image out of my head. "Anything but typical," was the brief given to principal architect Sonia Gehlot. Call her approach cheeky or call it subversive, she brings a visual language into the 1,000 sq ft workspace that you would not associate with the sombre cabins of law offices. She turns to Yayoi Kusama for inspiration. "YK's art and its nonconformist energy are what I wanted to tap into for the conference room." Glance outside and you might be left in disbelief. The dome of Chhatrapati