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Bright And Beautiful

At Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, stands an introverted house composed as a minimalist canvas where daylight and a restrained, earthy palette symbolise true opulence — a narrative woven by NA Architects.

Time Travel

Drawing a balance between millennial fare and classic dishes, the United Coffee House Rewind in Chandigarh is a modern cousin of the legendary 75-year-old United Coffee House in New Delhi.

Zen at Work

When Vivek Tapiawala approached P&D Associates to create a private office for himself, interior designers Devang Patel and Pratik Siddhpura knew exactly what was expected and needed to be delivered.

North Meets South

With everything from local signature delicacies to international cuisines, to say New Delhi is a foodie’s haven is stating the painfully obvious.

Living Stone

In Jaipur, the experience gallery of Stonex India designed by Hiral Jobalia Studio transforms the popular cladding and flooring material — stone — into a work of art in an ambience that feels like (a dream) home.

Handcrafted tranquillity

Less is more, keep it simple, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication… the Grey-Ceiling Home designed by SML Architects in Mumbai is living proof of all these popular aphorisms.

Refined & Revitalised

R+R Architects rejuvenate an existing villa in Ahmedabad by adding strategic extensions to its footprint and applying materials as chromatic and textural expanses

A Pleasing Program

Ahmedabad-based OpenIdeas Architects’ organic and intuitive design for All Automatic — an office of an automation company — demonstrates the impact of life philosophies on spatial expression.

Brick by Brick

Inclusion/exclusion, enclosure/open-ness, gallery/showroom… Renesa Architecture Design Interiors deftly juggles with contrarian concepts while taking the indigenous, deconstructed route to retail design for Rustickona in Amritsar.

A host of innovative and stylish solutions to maintain social distancing, upgraded ovens, technologically superiors ceiling fans and more…

A host of innovative and stylish solutions to maintain social distancing, upgraded ovens, technologically superiors ceiling fans and more…

Vaulting into the Limelight

Architect Tanya Chutani of Pantone Collective Design Studio demonstrates how a striking monotonic colour scheme can lead to powerful space-making with the Abdul Halder flagship store in New Delhi.

Villa in the Sky

Surat-based Studio Lagom and its founder Hardik Shah leverage the power of space-making to make a penthouse apartment in congested suburban Mumbai appear like a villa filled with light and greenery.

Home and Art

Functionality meets bold design for a memorable shopping experience at furniture store Olvvi Lifestyle in Vadodara, courtesy the creative minds from The Cross boundaries.

The whole Schbang!

The new office space of Schbang Digital Solutions in Mumbai, created by The Ashleys, wears its resilient and youthful brand identity with pride — where art plays a significant role in its exuberant design.

School of Thought

Underpinned by a fresh outlook towards pre-primary education, the delightful GGIS Atha campus in Pune, created by Studio Infinity, encourages learning outside the classroom and provides myriad playful ways to keep young minds engaged and happy.

Field of Play

Fields Club, designed by Studio Lotus in collaboration with StoryStudio, is a clubhouse created to provide a ‘live, work and play’ experience to Bengaluru’s young working professionals within a suburban residential complex.

Eco Beat

PRODUCT DESIGNER FEDERICO ROSA’S ACQUA ALTA FURNITURE RANGE — WITH NATURAL SEA REMNANTS ORNAMENTED ON THEIR LEGS — HIGHLIGHT THE ADVERSE EFFECT OF RISING SEA LEVELS AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

Art Walk

SELF-TAUGHT AUTOMOTIVE ARTIST VIDITA SINGH BRINGS OUT THE DESIGN ELEMENTS AND NOVELTIES OF AUTOMOBILES OF THE BYGONE ERA THROUGH HER PHOTOREALISTIC PAINTINGS.

Raw & Refined

Home to a bachelor and his trio of felines, this Gurugram apartment, designed by Nitin Kohli Home in brick reds, ash greys and ocean blues, is quite the cat’s meow.

Nature, Uninterrupted

Farm Cafe at the quaint Tooth Mountain Farms in Karjat, Maharashtra, created by interior designer Shabnam Gupta, is set in nature, and has a homely, warm aura about it. It stays true to its motto — feed your soul — with fresh and organic meals amidst nature.

Top of the Class

Mind Manifestation Design LLP transforms a dead, unused terrace into a thought-provoking administrative space filled with striking elements and 90s school nostalgia for Jumpstart International Preschool in Pune.

Colours of Life

A thorough research on consumer behaviour, consumption patterns, socio-cultural sentiments and lifestyle shifts gives life to Asian Paints ColourNext’s new colour palettes, and the colour and wallpaper of the year. Take a look at their 2020 forecast…

Bound by Art

Honouring the occupant’s appreciation for local art and craft and their ties to the textile industry, interior designers Mayur Mangukiya and Ankit Sojitra of Studio 17 curate a rich residential haven in Surat that makes ancient traditions relevant to modern living.

H for Home

Adhering to their fundamental philosophy of creating meaningful environments, Co.lab Design Studio and its principals Hansika Jain and Vikram Bhatt realise a vision for a green-filled Surat-based home through meticulously conceptualised spaces, selection of appropriate materials and a clean execution of the overall design.

Appetite for Design

Retail therapy meets gastronomy delights at the new Beyond Designs Home and Bistro, where co-founder Neha Gupta has created a European-style restaurant as the new vertical to the flagship New Delhi store.

Making the Cut

From intricate laser-cut mandala wall art to a hand-carved resin-wood furniture range, Ahmedabad-based product designer Karan Nawab’s experiments are an ode to creativity and an ongoing labour of love.

Yellowtide!

Cocooned in a cheerful yellow minimalistic shell, and dotted with handpicked contemporary artworks and succulents; it’s “happy hours” 24x7 at the Kozhikode office of Limotex, designed by Humming Tree.

The Social Network

Over the years, Vashi has transformed into one of the most happening and trending cities on the suburban Mumbai route.

Naturally Contemporary

Siddarth Garrimela-led Esquisse Designs dovetails modern aesthetics and a warm spirit in this Mumbai penthouse — creating not a showplace, but an abode hallmarked by personalised timelessness.

Designing The Future

Architecture Ideas, the competition organised by the Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing (FOAID) is exclusively created for the gen-next in the design field. We walk you through the five projects that won in the interior design category in the FOAID 2019 edition.