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ART AND POLITICS

From Stone to Paper

A recently published book reveals how Mughal architects, artists and patrons built on the cultural legacy of their imperial predecessors to create the very concept of a historical style identifiable as ‘Mughal’.

Debating tactile engagements

Revathi Kamath, Kamath Design Studio

Archive. Library. Laboratory…

With this issue, we enter our tenth annual cycle of DOMUS India.

Aldo Rossi: From scale to scale

Domus presented the Teatro del Mondo or Venetian Theatre – a floating structure designed by Aldo Rossi in 1979 for the 1980 Venice Biennale – in issue 602 (January 1980).

Drawing And Architectural Ethnography

Momoyo Kaijima, Yoshiharu Tsukamoto – Atelier Bow-Wow

So The Object Building Will Transform Society?

Revathi Kamath, Kamath Design Studio

STYLE BOOK

FROM THE HOTTEST PRODUCTS TO THE COOLEST LAUNCHES, HERE’S THE LOW - DOWN ON THE LATEST IN THEM MARKET

READY-TO-WALLPAPER

THE LATEST COLLECTION FROM GUCCI DÉCOR REINVENTS PRINTS FROM THE FASHION HOUSE’S ARCHIVES INTO VINTAGELIKE HOMEWARE

HAUTE CUSHIONS

FASHION DESIGNER PETER COPPING FUSES TASSELS, BROCADES AND EMBROIDERY INTO A NEW COLLECTION OF LUXE, SUPER-SOFT FURNISHINGS

EVOCATIVE

BIDRI METALWORK GOES GLOBAL AT EVOKE LONDON, A NEW STORE THAT CELEBRATES CRAFTSMANSHIP FROM INDIA AND AFRICA

ASHISH GUPTA

ON A QUIET WEST LONDON STREET, FASHION DESIGNER ASHISH GUPTA’S VIVID HOME CATERS TO HIS ESCAPIST FANTASIES

LADY BHARTI

DIOR COLLABORATES WITH BHARTI KHER ON A HANDBAG EMBLAZONED WITH THE ARTIST’S SIGNATURE BINDIS

DIANA KELLOGG

DIANA KELLOGG THE NEW YORK BASED ARCHITECT BRIDGES THE GAPS OF GEOGRAPHY, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE TO BUILD A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IN THE MYSTIC DESERTS OF JAISALMER. WELCOME TO THERAJKUMARI RATNAVATIGIRLS SCHOOL

ANDREFU

The superstar designer’s Hong Kong apartment makes a compelling case for the slow life in a fast city

Sustainable energy through Art

Project: Power Wing, Thailand.Architects: Openbox Architects and Openbox Group, Thailand

Rethinking Conservation of India's Unprotected Urban Heritage—Learnings from Practice

The diverse unprotected urban heritage in the historic cities and towns of India are decaying fast. Heritage buildings now stand abandoned, neglected and abused.

An Organic Structure

Project: Waldorf School Casa de las Estrellas, Playa Garza, Nosara, Costa Rica.Architects: Salagnac Arquitectos, Costa Rica

Retaining Industrial Aesthetics

Project: Corporate Office of Motherland Joint Ventures, Gurgaon.Architects: Architecture Discipline, New Delhi

The Outside-Inside Link

Project: Enrich Salon, Bengaluru.Architects: Group DCA, New Delhi

Re-imagining the relationship between the State and its People

Project: Krushi Bhawan, Bhubaneshwar.Architects: Studio Lotus, New Delhi

Play of Sciography

Project: Design Studio, Nashik, Maharashtra.Architects: Synectics Architects, Nashik, Maharashtra

A True Reflection of the Landscape

Project: ‘MAUSAM’- The House of Seasons, KeralaArchitects: Zero Studio, Kerala

A Demonstration of Circular Sustainability

Project: Green Solution House, DenmarkArchitects: 3XN Team, Denmark

A Sustainable Future For Healthcare Design

The COVID-19 crisis has brought to the forefront the shortcomings of India’s current healthcare system.

DESIGN WITH CULTURAL CONFLUENCE

Dubai-based interior designer Pallavi Dean has covered the entire gamut — residential, commercial, institutional and hospitality spaces, all in a career spanning two decades. We join her on a retrospective ride

CARBON GOES VERSA-TILE

In an effort to upcycle air pollution, Carbon Craft Design has found a way to not only capture carbon emissions but also use them to create scalable, radical building solutions

SPECTACLE

Transformative public interventions that alter perceptions and neighbourhoods

By the Green Book

Interiors architect Jannat Vasi unravels the much-contested definition of organic design, and suggests ways to adopt it

DESIGN IN CONTEXT

Products where design blurs the lines between art and functionality