Architectural Digest (India)

1 week ago | architecturaldigest.in | Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar

There was a time when interior designers Pria Shah and Disha Vakharia of Mumbai-based Bear Spaces & Co would scoff at the idea of horoscopes. “I used to find them ludicrous,” says Vakharia, as Shah nods in tacit agreement. But when a project in Andheri prompted them to explore universal energies, the pair found that some things, if not all, may indeed be written in the stars. “We felt drawn to the celestial twins of Gemini,” shares Shah, a Gemini herself.

1 week ago | architecturaldigest.in | Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar |Kuber Shah

Someone once said that the ultimate luxury is time, but that someone, insists interior designer Manmeet Arora, had probably never lived by the sea. If there’s one thing the founder and principal of the Goa-based LOC Design House has firmly come to learn since moving from Mumbai to Goa during COVID, it’s that living by the coast can be good for the soul—so good, in fact, that you might consider never leaving, unless it involves travelling to another coastline just as special.

1 week ago | architecturaldigest.in | Nadezna Siganporia

There is a certain stillness to Aurum. Not the inert kind, but the stillness that comes from deep consideration of light, proportion, material, and the quiet shifts of the day. Set within an enclave, the 3,200-square-foot Pune bungalow rests lightly on its plot, responding more to sun and terrain than to any stylistic compulsion. The brief was rooted in intention. A doctor couple—both specialists working with hearing-and speech-impaired children—sought a home to retreat into.

2 weeks ago | architecturaldigest.in | Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar

If there was one thing COVID taught Rohit Dwarakanath, it was that life is better outside the office. “And by that, I don’t mean working from home,” guffaws the forty‑something, Hyderabad‑based entrepreneur, who quit his IT job after the pandemic to follow his heart. “Around this time, I started an off‑the‑grid IT consultancy,” continues Dwarakanath, an avid biker.

2 weeks ago | architecturaldigest.in | Komal Sharma

Art deco has to be the sexiest movement in architecture and design, if we were to categorise in such an order. But while we began merely for its flamboyance, we were soon face to face with the staggering depth and diversity of how this form cross-pollinated with India’s local cultural and political context. This is art deco beyond surface decoration.