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Window Dressing

For the maison’s first artist window in India, Sumakshi Singh conjured up a fantastical display for Hermès

The Frame Project

How should art be framed? This is the question that AD asked nine designers from various fields, as part of a project that rethinks the traditional picture frame. Taking inspiration from Banksy’s self-destructing artwork, with a paper shredder hidden in the frame, AD thinks beyond gold baroque

Serendipity Arts Festival

The fourth edition of Serendipity Arts Festival in Panjim, Goa aims to be expansive yet rooted

Changing Faces

FAÇADES AND FENESTRATIONS ARE A PART OF THE URBAN FABRIC THAT BUILDS UP A CITY. CURRENTLY, THE FOCUS IS ON SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS.

Flex Appeal

FURNITURE, TODAY, HAS EVOLVED DRASTICALLY TO TRANSFORM THE LANDSCAPE OF A TYPICAL OFFICE

Occhio By GM Shines

THE PRODUCT LAUNCH BRIGHTENED THE AWARDS NIGHT

Celebrating Excellence

HERE’S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT STARSTUDDED NIGHT – THE WINNERS, RUNNERS-UP, PROJECTS, SPECIAL AWARDEES, JURY MEMBERS...

Culture Builders

Forging strong cultural identities with their architecture and design projects, Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu of Shanghai-based Neri&Hu base their work on critical thinking, research and an unlabelled yet signature style

Spectacle

Transformative public interventions that alter perceptions and neighbourhoods

Finding Connections Art, Architecture And Beyond

Award-winning architect Martand Khosla gets candid about his creatively inspired design principles

Into The Light

Anandita Shah and Shiraz Noorani of lighting design studio 500 BC have illuminated their path into Indian homes with inspired works of art

Lisbon

Interior designer Richa Bahl finds a mix of architecture, culture and art in the pulsating capital city of Portugal

Evolving With A Belief In Our Core Values

Veritas is a design practice guided by a core philosophy which is unique and specific to our corporate culture. The origin story of this philosophy is intertwined with the story of the evolution as an organization.

Contemporary Vocabulary Of Asymmetry And Pattern...

Project: Oxley Towers, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A Louvered Academy

Project: Binh Duong School, Di An, Binh Duong, Vietnam Architects: VTN Architects (Vo Trong Nghia Architects), Vietnam

Contemporary Living Inspired By The Modernist Movement…

Project: Esquire, Mumbai Interior Design: LimeHouse Design Studio, Mumbai

Sustainability, A Way Of Life: Towards Timeless, Humane And Sustainable Architecture

At a point in our adolescence, as the company began expanding and evolving into the multidisciplinary and multi-locational entity it is today, we began to suffer from a crisis of identity and focus.

Bridging The Gap: Computation For Construction In India

The processes of design development and construction are locally contextualised in different parts of the world based on the available technology and resources. This feature presents a craft-based approach to computation and its contribution to support artisans in India. Such solutions attempt to establish a methodology which makes complex geometry constructible in the country today, even when access to digital fabrication methods are evolving and expensive.

The Discovery Of India

The Discovery of India is a permanent exhibition display at the Nehru Centre in Mumbai. Designed by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, it is a physical manifestation of Jawaharlal Nehru’s magnum opus The Discovery of India — a book that was a key text during India’s struggle for independence from colonial rule as well as in the shaping of the first decade of independent India. It set the tone for a nation that is inclusive and believed in ‘unity in diversity’. An important book of the twentieth century, manifest in the objects and tableaux is alive here in the exhibition, reminding us of its relevance, more so today. Designed and composed using various forms of visual culture — objects, prints, scenographies, cabinet displays and recreations, including the television series Bharat Ek Khoj — the displays draw from archaeology, history, art history, architecture, anthropology, thereby shaping an intense experience which is informed, rich and thoughtful. This photo essay, based on the current status of the exhibition, invites one to not only engage with the visual rendering of the text but also with the design of messages and ideas, presented here through some extracts from the book itself.

Letters From A Father To His Daughter

Series of letters

Architecture As Symbol And Idea

Architecture : Weaving the aspirations and struggles of a new nation into a building A memorial to independent India’s first and most dynamic Prime Minister

A Velocity Of Being

A collection of illustrated letters to children about why we read reveals the agency of words, the power of articulation, and why reading is essential to make a good life, reminding us that language is a delicate yet powerful tool.

Designing 5G

A discussion on the 5 architecture and related topics

A Miniature Smart City

Project: East Delhi ‘Smart Transit-Oriented Development’ Hub, Karkardooma, Delhi

A Meditative Sanctuary In The City

Project: Karmapa International Buddhist Institute, New Delhi

'Wood' You Like A Pre-Fab Home?

Having re-introduced the concept of wooden residential structures in India in the year 2006, the Delhi-based Woodburn India is drawing the focus of customers and architects away from conventional materials like steel, brick, and cement, to charming and ecofriendly wooden homes.

Design Plus Architecture (DPA) Ar. Sonali Bhagwati

intellectual rigor has been the cornerstone of ar. sonali bhagwati’s design philosophy

Ruby City

David Adjaye’s latest work is a shining interpretation of late artist and collector Linda Pace’s dream for an arts centre in San Antonio, Texas

Tropical Modern

A brilliant architect meets a fabulous fashion designer. Sameep Padora and Tarun Tahiliani come together for the first time to design the AIS Glass Villa overlooking backwaters in Goa

Desert Rose

In the city of Jaipur, Bijoy Jain’s remapping of a semi-traditional Rajasthani home into a craftsmanship centre is an act of cultural preservation. Established by the Lady Bamford Foundation, it goes by the name, Nila House