ART AND SOUL

Splashes of colour, plethora of art and the combined creative touch of mother-daughter duo Nina Puri and Ayesha Puri Kanoria make this Mumbai home a true celebration of life

- FAREEDA KANGA

Marble table in the foreground and a series of vases on the wall are from The Pure Concept Home. Sofa by Pocho Living, light by The White Teak Company and the Chandigarh Chair by Mahendra Doshi stand atop a carpet by Fine Rugs & Kilims by Mandira and Vani Nath. A table from Topp Brass flanks Ram Dongre’s painting

The dining table and console were designed in house by local karigars FACING PAGE A light by Hatsu adds drama to the dining room

Creating a home for a well-known fashion curator with their own heightened sense of style was both a challenge and learning experience for the mother-daughter team of architects, Nina Puri and Ayesha Puri Kanoria of Sanjay Puri Architects. “The client was keen to use modernised Indian art forms, whether it was introduced in the material palette, treated surfaces or furniture and decor. She respected natural materials like cane, brass in their untreated and raw state,” says Ayesha. This 1,350 sq ft home evolved into a canvas not only for art and colour, but also experimentation in terms of finishes and new materials. Notwithstanding the fact that the site came with a lot of structural and civil issues that needed addressing as it was housed in an old building. Creating an open plan and capitalising on natural light, they eliminated the corridor spaces and allowed for each area to organically open up into one another.