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Message In A Bottle

Known For An Ethos Deeply Rooted In Nature, Architect Kengo Kuma Once Again Turns To The Environment—This Time To Create The Packaging Of A Bespoke Skincare Line For Aman Resorts

Light Touch

Dyson Launches Its First Task Light In India—The ‘Lightcycle’

Chair Man Ryan

Interior Designer Ryan Korban Makes A Bold Move Into Furniture Design

American Dream

Chef Alex Sanchez Is Back In Mumbai With His New Restaurant, Americano, The Debut Project Of Site Practice Architects

Age Of Enlightenment

Sculptural Lamps Are The Signature Of New Mumbai-Based Lighting Design Studio 500BC

A New Vision

At her Milan apartment, Eleonore Cavalli—the art director of Visionnaire—fused the brand’s classical furniture with contemporary art to create an edgy family home

On Course

Aided by views of the expansive DLF Golf and Country Club in Gurugram, interior designer Varrun Motihar created an apartment where a sense of wonder and delight are par for the course.

Executive Order

Decorated by Michael S Smith for the Obamas, the White House’s private quarters are as worldly and relaxed as the family that calls them home.

The Donald Judd Effect

Referred to as the master of minimalism, American artist Donald Judd invented an entire language of ‘stacks’, ‘boxes’ and ‘progressions’ that is now inspiring some of India’s most curious architects and interior designers.

Lotus Noir

Stepping away from the conventional is something Vikram Goyal does as a matter of course. His holiday home in Goa takes its cue from him.

Dances With Peacocks

In Ahmedabad, architect Bijoy Jain creates a sanctuary for the soul—human and avian—with his signature brand of sustainability.

Contemporary Country

Atop a hill in the English countryside, Richard Meier conjures a minimalist masterpiece.

Carma Chameleon

When art collector Lekha Poddar and her daughter-in-law Malvika wanted to reimagine the interiors of their New Delhi fashion boutique, they kept it in the family. AD previews the first interiors project of Anupam Poddar.

Kochi 3.0

What is the biennale? What is art? Who is it for? What does it do? These, and many such questions, were grappled with in the setting up of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Its co-founder Riyas Komu tells how the Biennale has evolved in its third edition.

Building the Biennale

AD explores the 2016 Kochi-Muziris Biennale through the eyes of the artists bringing new perspectives to the fair with their work, and the man helping them realize their artistic vision.

Chelsea Showstopper

Rajasthani craftsmanship meets Himalayan blooms in the first Indian garden at the Chelsea Flower Show, the result of a flourishing collaboration between the Piramal Group and landscape architect Sarah Eberle

Mountain Queen

The Manali mansion of Kangana Ranaut designed by Shabnam Gupta is where the actress is her real self–and which, inadvertently, is the ultimate party house

Sail Away

Wally yachts have been making waves in the Mediterranean for over two decades now. As the Monaco based boat maker launches their latest yacht, Tango, finds out what steers them—on, and offshore

A Legend Reborn

An iconic hotel that changed a city’s cultural landscape undergoes a transformation of its own—but holds on to its heart

Horse Country

Polo champion Nacho Figueras builds a dream house—for his prizewinning ponies.

It’s Not Just Cricket

Studio Hinge, a young Mumbai-based architecture and interior design firm, makes a mark with newly refurbished rooms at the historic Cricket Club of India 

Champagne Supernova

A wine connoisseur and luxury consultant, Gaurav Bhatia lives with his wife Pratima and some phenomenal pieces of art, which compete in age with his tipple of choice

A Song For Geoffrey

Art, music and the architect’s signature style come together in the De Saram house. takes an exclusive first look at the residence, newly restored by the Geoffrey Bawa Trust

Picking Up The Threads

In the hands of Geoffrey Bawa and his contemporaries—Ena de Silva, Barbara Sansoni and Riten Mazumdar—textiles were an intimate collage of culture

Sense & Serendipity

It took a genius to redesign this Sri Lankan stable into the architectural landmark it is today—it also took friendship to turn it into a home. Luckily for Sunethra Bandaranaike, Geoffrey Bawa was both

The Wendt Gaze

As we turn our eye towards Sri Lanka and its artistic geniuses, we look at the photographic oeuvre of Lionel Wendt, capped with an excerpt from a revelatory essay

Bawa's Ark

..this building will finally be complete when bears live in its rooms and leopards walk its corridors.”

Lina Bo Bardi Lives

Pictured here in a Bijoy Jain-designed house in Alibag, Obataimu’s new collection channels the constructed marvellousness of Brazilian modernism.

The Beach

A long driveway meandering through seven acres of coconut groves, with the Arabian sea lapping on one side, makes for an exotic arrival at Kavita Singh’s elegant Alibag estate.

He's Got Rhythm

Three years since Mumbai’s iconic music store Rhythm House shut shop, its first floor reopens as fashion designer Kunal Rawal’s new flagship store.