CATEGORIES

Welcome David Chipperfield

With the arrival of the acclaimed British architect as guest editor for 2020, Domus shows it is at the centre of the global debate around architecture and reaffirms the key role of the designer in our time

Masters of the universe

The creation of a new capital should express the aspiration of a new nation, and yet increasingly we are seeing a phoney history dictate their design.

Park Pavilion, Otterlo

Monadnock and De Zwarte Hond

Good practice - Farshid Moussavi

In the first of 10 discussions about the changing demands of the profession, the guest editor visits Farshid Moussavi to discuss subterfuge and micropolitics

Does size matter? Exploring the aesthetics of miniatures

Two recently concluded exhibitions in Mumbai used the theme of miniaturisation distinctly yet effectively.

Notes on nature and art Wandering Violin Mantis

In a recently concluded exhibition, artist Nibha Sikander creates stunningly lifelike creatures — birds, insects and moths — all handmade from paper. It is her preternatural rendering of the natural in all its gorgeous detail that summons forth, in the viewer, a wave of rapture.

Architecture: A Daring and Visceral Pragmatism

An office building in Bengaluru by architect Madhusudhan Shridhar and engineer Manjunath B L conceived as a base for the former’s practice, puts forth a convincing argument of the spatial wonders achievable when two practitioners from differing disciplines choose to turn the tables upon a historically fraught relationship.

Reimagining a piece of Parisian heritage

Project: Law Faculty Université-Paris I, Renovation of the Lourcine Barracks, Paris (13th) Architects: Chartier Dalix Architects, Paris

The redesign of a world-class institution

Project: Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, New York Architects: WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, New York

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.