AD Architectural Digest India - July - August 2023

In this issue

UNVEIL THE PINNACLE OF SPECTACULAR ART AND ALLURING DESIGNS
In its July-August issue, AD India throws the spotlight on Indian museums-highlighting KNMA's forthcoming new museum designed by an illustrious international architect, Bengaluru's Museum of Art & Photography, and an intriguing exhibition at Kala Bhoomi, the crafts museum in Bhubaneswar.

This edition also gives insight into the splendid homes of India-from New Delhi to Coonoor and Ahmedabad. It traverses through Vastrakala's new atelier in Chennai, and brings forward the latest news from the world of alluring designs-including product launches from Salone del Mobile, and a restored library that opened recently in Mumbai.

Past Perfect

London-based Indian architect Madhav Kidao's installation at the Venice Biennale reflects on the transience of both life and architecture.

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Ajanta in Paris

Mumbai-based gallery Æquo bags the award for the best contemporary design at PAD Paris for their Ajanta daybed designed by Valériane Lazard.

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Osanna's Bronzes

Milanese designer Osanna Visconti's poetic pieces of furniture are a love letter to both the lost-wax casting process and the burnished beauty of bronze.

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The Magical Majorelle Blue

Baxter's latest collection, presented in a palette of rich hues, takes a dip in the nostalgia of the '70s.

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Pillars of Life

Ashiesh Shah's series of totemic sculptures spotlights Indian craftsmanship at Kala Bhoomi in Bhubaneswar

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Volare!

The flair and finesse that is typical of Visionnaire's living, kitchen, bedrooms is now seen in this super fun gym line.

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The Second Act

New Delhi-based design studio Project 810's second furniture line \"810/Two\" is a study in materiality and craftsmanship.

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Magic Carpet

AD visits designer Arati Rao's Brooklyn studio and discovers the transatlantic journey of her label Tantuvi's handwoven rugs-all made in India.

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Top 30 at Loewe

As this year's Loewe Foundation Craft Prize ceremony takes place in New York's Noguchi Museum, Malika Verma writes about Maina Devi from Rajasthan, the only India entry that made the shortlist.

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A Subterranean Sanctuary

Like caves out of the earth, architect Avinash Ankalge's design for a cultural community space in Karnataka's Kaggalipura village, truly responds to its site.

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A Night at the Lipstick House

The irreverent, fantastical world of Toiletpaper magazine can now be experienced as it opened the doors to its new rentable apartment in Milan.

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Poetics of Space

The sculptural façade of Anv new boutique property in Ne designed by Vishal K. Dar, is beginning of its many secret delights.

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Gothic Revival

Mumbai's David Sassoon Library gets a life-changing restoration and the people, a fabulous reading room.

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ΤΗΕ KIRAN NADAR MUSEUM OF ART

ON 18 MAY, AT THE PREVIEW OF LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA, GHANAIAN BRITISH ARCHITECT SIR DAVID ADJAYE SAT DOWN WITH AD AT AN OUTDOOR CAFÉ AT THE ARSENALE IN VENICE-HIS TEMPORARY TIMBER INSTALLATION OF KWAEE TOWERING IN THE DISTANCE. GRACIOUS, ATTENTIVE, AND GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME, HE SPOKE FONDLY OF THE MODERNISTS OF INDIA, AND WITH ABSOLUTE REVERENCE FOR THE ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE OF THE SUBCONTINENT. INSIDE, IN ONE OF THE PAVILIONS, THE MODEL OF THE UPCOMING KIRAN NADAR MUSEUM OF ART (KNMA)-DESIGNED BY ADJAYE ASSOCIATES AND SLATED TO OPEN IN DELHI IN 2026-SAT UNDER A SPOTLIGHT, STATELY AND EXQUISITE, AS IF WAITING PATIENTLY TO BE BUILT ON GROUND. THIS IS KNMA'S GIFT BACK TO THE PEOPLE AND TO THE PRACTICE OF ART ITSELF.

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Museum of Art & Photography PORTFOLIO ONE

When Bengaluru's shiny new Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) opened this spring, it was the culmination of a five-year-long project that included among its challenges an unprecedented global pandemic. As much about place and purpose as it is about people, its understated design, by AD100 firm Mathew & Ghosh Architects, is shaped by sociology, culture, history, technology, and the essential nature of a city in flux.

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Vastrakala PORTFOLIO TWO

In the last 25 years, the Indo-French hand-embroidery company Lesage Intérieurs has produced a portfolio of fine embroidered furnishings for legends across the world, an esteemed and prolific legacy.

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EACH SHIFTING BRICK PATIENTLY PLACED

WITH IMAGINATIVE PURPOSE. INLAY, MOSAIC, AND STAINED GLASS CLEVERLY USED TO WEAVE MEMORIES INTO THE ARCHITECTURE. AD100 ARCHITECT SHONAN PURIE TREHAN'S GIFT TO HER PARENTS MADHU AND NARESHTHIS HOME IN DELHI IS A LESSON IN ARTISTIC FREEDOM AND PRECISE CRAFT.

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PAVITRA & PAUL

THE TOWN OF COONOOR IS ΑΝ AD FAVOURITE FOR ITS ROLLING HILLS, ITS NEELAKURINJI FLOWERS, ITS SUNSETS, AND ITS COLONIAL BUNGALOWS. AND NOW FOR ANOTHER REASON: PAVITRA RAJARAM AND PAUL ABRAHAM'S RESTORED HOME THAT EMBODIES A VERY PARTICULAR KIND OF LOVE FOR COLLECTING AND CURATING.

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AHMEDABAD IS A CITY WHERE THE SUN TENDS TO BE SAVAGE. YET KHOSLA ASSOCIATES

TEASE OUT THE DRAMA OF LIGHT AND SHADE IN THIS NEW FAMILY HOME, BUILT IN THEIR FAVOURED MATERIALS OF RIVER-FINISHED KOTA STONE, COOL TERRAZZO FLOORS, AND WELL-OILED RIBBED TIMBER.

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WITH LOVE FROM THE ISLAND OF MALLORCA

NEAPOLITAN TILES, SWEDISH GUSTAVIAN FOOTSTOOLS, DOORS AND JALIS FROM INDIA, AND CHANDELIERS FROM ST. PETERSBURG-ANTIQUES DEALER JON URGOITI CRAFTS AN ECLECTIC HOME OUT OF AN OLD MALLORCAN POSSESSIÓ.

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