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BLENDING AESTHETICS WITH FUNCTIONALITY

The single largest space devoted to luxury interiors in India, FCML provides a harmonious integration of unique interior home design ideas and versatile living inspiration

IF HYGGE WERE A SOFA

THE NEW QUILTON SOFA BY DOSHI LEVIEN FOR HAY IS DELIGHTFUL, VERSATILE AND AN AD FAVOURITE

NELLY SETHNA

Nelly Sethna (1932-1992) is a name we’ve all heard of but not enough has been written about the depth of her contribution and talent. So, we at AD jumped at the opportunity offered by Mumbai-based gallery Chatterjee & Lal, as they planned a retrospective of the artist’s three-decade-long career. Through these images of Sethna’s historical tapestries and a deeply insightful essay by Nancy Adajania, we hope to offer a glimpse of the scale and materiality that Sethna’s art embodied. Her philosophy was drawn partly from Scandinavian modernism, courtesy of her Nordic mentors at the Cranbrook Academy, and the Arts and Crafts lineage of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, and it all came together in Sethna’s warps and wefts in the context of India. A six-foot textile mobile sculpture made in wool, wire and glittering Lurex; a three-story wall-hanging in the stairwell of the Ford Foundation in Delhi, ceramic murals for the lobby of Joseph Allen Stein’s Express Towers in Bombay—Nelly Sethna’s excellence is present for us to view, touch and marvel at.

CIRCLE OF LIGHT

ARTIST-ARCHITECT VISHAL K. DAR’S RENOVATION OF THE KLOVE GALLERY RESULTS IN A SPACE THAT IS PART ART, PART CANVAS AND A WHOLLY POETIC ODE TO LIGHT

DESIGN, WITH A CONSCIENCE

Superior design, contemporary aesthetics, sustainable elements, and an eco-friendly approach to construction blend seamlessly in a lavish residential project designed by Mindspace Architects in Bengaluru. AD offers a glimpse into Svamitva Group’s latest project—Svamitva Terravana—homes for your mind, body and soul

EVA CHEN

THE SARTORIAL SENSATION AND INSTAGRAM FAVOURITE UPDATES A CONNECTICUT HOME FOR HER GROWING FAMILY—AND DISCOVERS SHE’S A COUNTRY GIRL AFTER ALL

MANSI PODDAR

BRASS DETAILS, MOSAIC FLOORS AND AN OBSIDIAN–BLACK LINE OUTLINING EACH ROOM, MANSI PODDAR’S MUMBAI APARTMENT IS AN EXTENSION OF HER OWN FASHIONABLE MINIMALISM

THE PURSUIT OF BEAUTY

BIJOY JAIN CRAFTS TWO PIECES OF FURNITURE IN HIS LATEST COLLABORATION WITH HERMÈS

MEETING OF MINDS

Our curation of the most notable pavilions at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale

Unboxed and unbounded

What does it take to be distinct in design? Farah Ahmed and Dhaval Shellugar of FADD Studio throw light on how they work their way around their ‘style-free style’

SPECTACLE

Transformative public interventions that alter perceptions and neighbourhoods

DESIGN IN CONTEXT

Products where design blurs the lines between art and functionality

CANTILEVER HOUSE GHAZIABAD

Regional Vernacular to Reimagine Contemporary Living, Zero Energy Design (ZED) Lab

NETFLIX UNVEILS ITS FIRST GLOBAL LIVE-ACTION POST-PRODUCTION FACILITY IN MUMBAI IN 2022

Mumbai is set to be the Global-first for Netflix- the world’s biggest subscription-based streaming service. The video streaming company will be unveiling its first fully-owned post-production facility in Mumbai in 2022 for live-action movies and TV series worldwide. According to the streamer, “the facility will have 40 offline editing rooms designed as a flexible, collaborative and inspiring environment for showrunners, directors, editors and sound designers to create their best work.”

IMPORTANCE OF CREATING SAFE SPACES IN TODAY'S HOMES

Greenply’s Session with Design & Health Experts in association with ABID FOCUS: KOLKATA

SETTING NEW TRENDS IN THE LAMINATE WORLD

Manilam Decorative Panel is one of India’s fastest-growing manufacturer of Decorative Laminates that offers an exotic range of diverse surface ideas to beautify your interiors and decorate your dream spaces. The brand has been constantly innovating and moving forward to create a niche for itself in the laminate industry, SURFACES REPORTER (SR) recently spoke with the Next Gen Leader, Namrata Agrawal, Director, Manilam Industries Ltd. Here are a few things that you must know about Manilam:

Remember India in all that you do!

As one of India’s leading lifestyle designers of India, Raseel Gujral Ansal is ceaselessly valued for her outstanding ability in leading architecture and interior design over the past 30 years. She is a Doctor of Philosophy in architecture and has a well-celebrated work portfolio in product design, architecture, and interior decoration. She founded her flagship company, Raseel Gujral Ansal Design in 1990 and followed it up with two more fabulous companies, Casa Paradox and Casa Pop, in 1995 and 2014, respectively. Raseel Gujral Ansal carries a mammoth legacy of creative excellence combined with a fearless compulsion to evolve. This mantle has been handed to her by her father, the legendary maestro of all arts, Satish Gujral. A true exemplification of the Renaissance ethos, & the guru-shishya tradition, Raseel was schooled in her creative career within the crucible of the architectural firm led by her father & her brother Mohit Gujral and as in the renaissance has disregarded all compartmentalization between creative fields. Hence, she calls herself the accidental artist/ architect.

SEGU RESIDENCE, BANGALORE

The Segu Residence is a home in Bangalore that belongs to an expatriate family transitioning to the process of acclimatizing to a renewed style of dwelling in urban condominium abodes. Nestled in the heart of South Bangalore, this home is an honest collaboration between the design studio and the homeowners — the client brought hands-on expertise to the forefront with his honed experience in the sphere of project management and execution. The focused brief emphasized the curation of a minimalistic home that is modern and elegant in its demeanor — a coherent brief that enabled the home to become a literal extrapolation of the conceptual sketches that manifested themselves as devices of design.

BUILDING STRUCTURES - CRACKS & SEEPAGES IN CONCRETE

ALSO LAUNCH OF - NUVOCO CONCRETO CWT PLUS

AR CHRISTOPHER BENNINGER CREATES RS 700 CR SASSOON HOSPITAL PLAN | PUNE

Veteran architect Christopher Benninger has created an ambitious Rs 700 Cr plan for the redevelopment of Sassoon Hospital, Pune out of which Rs 100 Cr has already been sanctioned by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for the initial phase. According to the hospital authorities, the Master Plan is created to develop the hospital for the next hundred years. The plan was submitted to the state and the phase-wise development will commence with the construction of hostels for postgraduate doctors and nurses.

A SOLID SURFACES & ALUMINIUM FAÇADE

JK House Delhi by Conarch Architects

Hospitals Under Fire - How Ready Are We?

Recently, we have seen many incidents of fire, particularly happening in the hospitals that are already overburdened with a pandemic raging at hand. A fire has no face and no regret while destroying everything that comes in its way. It becomes even more heart-wrenching when patients who cannot save themselves come under its wrath. SURFACES REPORTER spoke to the experts and tried to ascertain, why the fire incidents rose and what should be done so that in case of the third wave the mistakes are not repeated. An indepth report by SURFACES REPORTER (SR).

SCHOOL FROM SCRAP

ALEX JOSEPH, PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT, MYSPACE ARCHITECTS, ALONG WITH DEEPTI FOUNDATION, HAS CONVERTED A JUNKYARD INTO A SCHOOL.

NEW ON THE MARKET

VETROTECH SAINT-GOBAIN – TOUCH-FREE FIRE SAFETY

A SMART CHOICE

AS HOMES GET A TECH SAVVY MAKEOVER, IT IS ALL ABOUT INTERCONNECTING DEVICES AND FUNCTIONS TO MAKE THE MOST OF THE SPACE.

THE LUXURY OF SIMPLICITY

DESIGNED BY FR-EE FERNANDO ROMERO ENTERPRISE, THE OFFICE OF KERING, THE GLOBAL LUXURY GROUP THAT MANAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF FASHION HOUSES LIKE GUCCI, SAINT LAURENT, BOTTEGA VENETA, BALENCIAGA, ALEXANDER MCQUEEN AND MANY MORE SPELLS LUXURY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN ONE BREATH.

SECOND HOMES – AN ABODE FOR REPOSE

THE PREMISE OF A SECOND HOME OR A HOLIDAY HOME IS TO ALLOW A FAMILY TO ESCAPE AND SLOWDOWN FROM ONE’S BUSY LIFE. HERE ARE SOME SECOND HOMES THAT REFLECT THE VERY SAME ESSENCE.

SURFACE SOLUTIONS

ANTIMICROBIAL SURFACES ARE NOT JUST THE NEED OF THE HOUR BUT ALSO THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIORS INDUSTRY.

CO-WORKING IT OUT

THE CO-WORKING SPACE, VENUS COMMUNITI , IN BENGALURU, DESIGNED BY TANGRAM IS AN ECLECTIC BLEND OF BEAUTY AND PRACTICALITY.

A CONFLUENCE OF CULTURES

RAHUL MISTRY OF OPEN ATELIER MUMBAI CREATES A HOME WITH A HYBRID DESIGN