CATEGORIES

How Does It Matter

Project: How Does it Matter, Ahmedabad Architects: Ujjval Fadia Architects and Interior Designers, Gujarat

Collaborative Workspace

Project: Oriflame, India Head Office, New Delhi Architects: ENAR Consultants, New Delhi

Architecture setting spatial priorities

Project: Vidya Devi Jindal Paramedical College, Agroha, Haryana Architects: SpaceMatters, New Delhi

An interplay of light, shadow and porosity

Project: Singapore International School, Prep, Gurugram Architects: Urbanscape Architects, New Delhi

A Play of Exposed Material...

Project: IIM-B New Class Room Complex, Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru Architects: Mindspace Architects, Bengaluru

A Paean To Plants

Barely 30 minutes away from the hubbub of central London lies a flora fan’s paradise—Kew’s Royal Botanic Gardens, the largest UNESCO world heritage site in the English capital.

A building designed to teach...

Project: School of Architecture, Universidad de los Andes, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia Architects: Bermúdez Arquitectos, Bogotá, Colombia

An Interactive Early Learning Habitat

Project: Supaksha, Nursery School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi Architects: ENAR Consultants, New Delhi

SCRIPT–A GODREJ VENTURE

This brand from Godrej addresses a unique audience with its creations—people who unfollow tradition, believe in adapting to changing times and are never lost in a crowd

‘SPLASH' BY ALEX DAVIS

At the AD Design Show, the renowned artist and designer’s installation stopped onlookers in their tracks. And for good reason

SIMONE

With travel and nature as the inspiration behind the creations and curations, the brand presents a mesmerizing collection of unique home decor and luxury furniture

SEETU KOHLI HOME

The eponymous brand represents the world’s leading labels for furniture and accessories

RAVISH VOHRA HOME

This bespoke luxury brand that offers one-of-a-kind furniture discusses its design inspiration and what they exhibited at the AD Design Show

POLTRONA FRAU

Keeping the heritage of leather craftsmanship alive, the brand explores living solutions that satiate the expectations and dreams of those in search of luxury and exclusivity

PLÜSCH

German for ‘plush, luxurious and refined,’ Plüsch, a luxury kitchen and furniture company, exemplifies a modern and engaging experience

LAA LAA LAND

The late Charles Jencks’ s lifelong interest in cosmology, the science of the planets, is realized here in his design for this New Delhi house and garden, which seeks to symbolically bring down to earth, the sun and the moon and the stars

BORDERLINE STUDIO

This functional furniture and home decor brand crafts objects that are original, playful and geared for the future

BOMBAY DECO

With views of the Oval Maidan, the Bombay High Court and Rajabai Clock Tower in the distance, Sunshine, an original 1920s’ art deco building, sits on the cusp of time and architectural style. Its fifth-floor interiors designed by Annkur Khosla Design Studio are a treat for art deco as well as classic Bombay lovers

THE COVER STORY

In January 2017, Domus India set out on a new experiment — the cover of the magazine would be specially designed by a designer, artist, architect or photographer in discussion with the editorial and design team of the magazine. Here, we present the covers from the last two years.

The Wonder Journal

Vadodara-based artist Utkarsh Makwana’s works navigate through the tropes of philosophy as well as comedy and touch upon the wonder one derives from the mundane. Alluding to historical and mythological references, his visual interpretations are arresting, owing to his choice of colours and well-thoughtout compositions. A constant feature in his works are varied geometrical patterns which stem out like a maze, knitting his imageries together. There are references obtained from patterns like the Sacred Geometry, the Fibonacci sequence and many other shapes. With this body of work, Makwana invites the viewer to write their own narratives in his personal wonder journal.

Kaleidoscopic Play and Quiet Wisdom

If photography is, literally, the act of ‘writing with light’, photographer Sheetal Mallar shows us how it can also be the act of writing with shadow and darkness, penumbra and eclipse. Mallar’s protagonists — her human subjects as much as the environments she so memorably records — occupy a precarious threshold between the powers of vitality and the forces of extinction. Beneath these outward and visible subjects — ephemeral spaces and evanescent trades, aftermaths and afterlives — Mallar’s constant theme is transience. Encountering her protagonists, we recognise them, as well as ourselves, to be transients: creatures of passage afforded a brief leasehold by the cycle of time.

“Only smart people make a city smart”

Future city governance Densification and greenification Diversity for the society The challenge of self-sufficiency An interview with Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam

Imagine

On speculation: landscape, city-making and imagination

LIVING LARGE

FROM THE REVIVAL OF 80’S AESTHETICS TO A GROWING APPRECIATION FOR LOCALLY SOURCED FURNITURE AND CRAFTS, LIVING ROOMS TODAY ARE INFLUENCED BY MORE THAN ONE DESIGN LANGUAGE

LEAGUE of EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN

WID 2020+ FOSTERED AN OPEN DIALOGUE ON CURRENT AND FUTURE DESIGN PRACTICES BETWEEN WOMEN DESIGNERS OF GLOBAL REPUTE

WHAT'S COOKING?

CONTEMPORARY KITCHENS ARE A BESPOKE RESPONSE TO PECULIAR MARKET NEEDS AND DEMANDS

BENEATH THE SURFACE

RAHUL CHOPRA, CEO, BOARDS & PANELS, EVEREST INDUSTRIES, HIGHLIGHTS THE LATEST TRENDS IN BUILDING PRODUCTS

PRODUCING A GEM

STUDIO LOTUS CREATES AN INTEGRATED FACTORY THAT FOLLOWS THE HIGHEST TENETS OF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS

THINK TURF'S CHANDIGARH EDITION WITNESSED A DEEP DISCUSSION ON SUSTAINABLE AND EFFICIENT DESIGN

Breaking Boundaries

A central circulation space, a fresh green perimeter and overlapping functions anchor this office by SAV Architecture + Design