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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.
Conscientious Colour
Asian Paints’ Nilaya Naturals is a new range of wall colours that is as easy on the eye as it is on the environment
The Varanasi Technique
The latest collection of hand-knotted carpets from The Carpet Cellar is inspired by the Safavid era—the pinnacle of Persian art and craftmanship
The Carpenter
Pondicherry-based French furniture maker Vincent Roy is one of India’s most in-demand carpenters
Goode Job!
Traditional methods and materials carry forward a legacy of fine craftsmanship in the Thomas Goode workshop in Stoke-on-Trent
The Star Of David
For the 15th edition of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, a British starchitect collaborated with a young, Swiss urbanist and teacher to shine new light on urban planning
Snow White
Three years after launching at Rossana Orlandi, Kolkata-based Scarlet Splendour has graduated to the main fair.
The House Of Fendi
Celebrating 30 years of Fendi Casa, the Italian maison unveiled a collection that is both cutting-edge and traditional
Print House
A tiny new store in Mumbai’s Kala Ghoda district has a big dream: to make art accessible to all.
Blurred Lines
Continuing his exploration into craftsmanship, architect Rooshad Shroff’s latest pieces feature embroidered wood and impossibly carved marble in striking forms that reference his early career. After making their debut at New Delhi’s Bikaner House, the exhibition is moving to Mumbai-based auction house Pundole’s.
Fashion / Anti-Fashion
In a monographic show, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the radical design philosophy of Rei Kawakubo and her label, Comme des Garçons.
Best In Show
One of the last 1914 Wolseley 30/40 HPs in the world won top honours at the fifth edition of the Cartier Concours d’Elegance. DEEPTI UNNI finds out more.
Hey Jo
Ad’s Sanhita Sinha Chowdhury travelled to London to find out about British fragrance brand Jo Malone, which opens its first store in India in July
The Son Rises
Designer Ashley Hicks puts his own provocative stamp on the high-style London apartment that was his famous father’s pride and joy
Museum Quality
A dazzling apartment designed by Ashiesh Shah for art patron Shreyasi Goenka is filled with site-specific works, rare vintage furniture and important contemporary design for a gallery-like feel high above the Mumbai skyline
Case-Study Sculptures
Art meets architecture in three new buildings designed by three blue-chip artists
Inside Studio Peregalli
In this excerpted interview from Grand Tour: The Worldly Projects of Studio Peregalli, a book that showcases the work of Laura Sartori Rimini and Roberto Peregalli, American artist couple Rachel Feinstein and John Currin and English fashion guru Hamish Bowles dissect their common experience of having a home designed by the influential Milan studio
On The Lake
In business scion and art patron Pooja Singhal’s family home in Udaipur, Mumbai-based interior designer Rajiv Saini delicately introduced contemporaneous elements to balance the old and the new while preserving the artisanal elements and the history of the grand structure
Absolutely Fabulous
Gaurav Gupta’s latest store, a flagship in New Delhi, is designed by Studio Lotus, and serves as a monochromatic canvas for the utterly flamboyant and completely surreal
Desert Rose
The National Museum of Qatar, designed by Jean Nouvel, is set to become a beacon of a cultural renaissance, a crucible of the past and the centrepiece of an ancient civilization
House Number 57 The Pierre Jeanneret Residence Chandigarh
After a year-long restoration, the personal house of the great architect and designer now operates as a museum and guest house. checks in first