Architectural Digest India


Gayatri Oberoi's 75,000-square-foot dream home in Juhu—designed by architect Piero Lissoni
The former actress opens doors to her nine-storey mansion in Mumbai with sweeping views of the Arabian Sea. Designed in a minimalist yet luxurious style, this is Italian master Piero Lissoni’s first private residential architecture and interiors project in India.

How 7 creatives transformed their Bandra rentals into homes bursting with individuality
They may not own a house–but these renters in Bandra sure know how to build a home.

An Indian wife's brief to designers helps transform this 1915 Tudor house with regional influences
Historic? Absolutely. Boring? Never. This 1915 vintage classic has been reimagined with bold patterns and vibrant hues.

Vikram Goyal launches Viya’s new flagship at Mumbai’s Trafford House
In its new chapter at South Mumbai’s historic Trafford House, Vikram Goyal’s Viya has expanded its craft-forward offerings to include soft furnishings and fashion.

This courtyard home is Thrissur keeps the spirit of Kerala houses alive
For a client returning to his childhood land, Urbane Ivy reinterprets ancestral spatial cues within a contemporary 3,300-square-foot residence anchored by greenery and restraint.
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Homes
In this Surat apartment, a matriarch’s kitchen becomes the home’s soul
A three-generation home by DOT weaves connection and light, elevating everyday rituals into intentional acts of design.

Bedroom
9 bedside table design ideas worth taking notes from
These bedside table design elements demonstrate how a simple surface can anchor, soften or sharpen an entire bedroom.

Homes
This NRI couple's seaside apartment in Goa is a haven of salvaged treasures
Designer Vibha Hooda's (aka BegumPoivre) keen sense of detailing transformed the face of this apartment in Goa—home to a couple of avid travellers and passionate memory hoarders.
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Homes

Homes
This NRI couple's seaside apartment in Goa is a haven of salvaged treasures
Designer Vibha Hooda's (aka BegumPoivre) keen sense of detailing transformed the face of this apartment in Goa—home to a couple of avid travellers and passionate memory hoarders.

Homes
AD Small Spaces: A 730-square-foot Game of Thrones-inspired home with a Weirwood tree
Designed for a collector, biker, and Game of Thrones enthusiast, this 730-square-foot apartment is a modern-gothic fantasy.

Homes
In this Surat apartment, a matriarch’s kitchen becomes the home’s soul
A three-generation home by DOT weaves connection and light, elevating everyday rituals into intentional acts of design.

Homes
Inside Ghislaine Maxwell’s Upper East Side home and her disturbing collection of art
Currently serving a 20-year prison sentence at a federal facility in Bryan, Texas, Maxwell was long a fixture of New York society.

Homes
In this Chennai home, minimalism is about refinement, not reduction
Amrita Thomas of Alara Studio trades spectacle for quiet depth, using oak, stone and light to create a Chennai home that unfolds slowly and deliberately.

Homes
Bengaluru homes and their obsession with Mediterranean living: 5 homes AD editors love
Find out how Mediterranean charm lands in these Bengaluru homes, bringing a hint of coastal ease to city life.

Exclusive: AD visits the world of Heeramandi, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's biggest set production
Sanjay Leela Bhansali's new Netflix series Heeramandi's spectacular set interprets a magnificent world where dance, poetry, fine arts, weaving, and jewellery-making are nurtured and a time when great artists moved freely, without any barriers.
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Bedroom
9 bedside table design ideas worth taking notes from
These bedside table design elements demonstrate how a simple surface can anchor, soften or sharpen an entire bedroom.

Celebrity
Harry Styles is one of only 11 residents calling this abandoned Italian village home
Nicknamed the “Dying City,” Civita di Bagnoregio is perched on a mountaintop in central Italy. While the historic village’s population is dwindling to only a handful of residents, Harry Styles is among those who have been charmed by it. In fact, he’s now the owner of a home there.
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Are we falling back in love with handcrafted home decor?
From block prints to immersive handcrafted spaces, Zeba World shows why handcrafted home decor is making homes feel warmer, more personal, and infinitely more interesting again.

Dining
7 best cafes in Bandra for design lovers
From beloved generational haunts to contemporary spaces that inspire rest, the best cafes in Bandra express their character through design.
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vastu
The most auspicious places to hang family photos as per Vastu
Creating a wall of family photos is an architectural conversation between memory and momentum—between where we come from and where we are going.
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vastu
Mirror direction as per Vastu: Here's everything you need to know
Here's how using the optimal mirror direction as per Vastu can bring about balance, abundance, and harmony.
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39 wall decor ideas for a refreshing home transformation
These simple decorative touches will bring your empty walls to life.

9 'good weird' paint colours approved by designers
From Bamboozle to Little Black Dress, here are the unusual colours experts say have had the biggest impact on their interior design projects.
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5 terrace garden ideas to inspire your next home makeover
From minimalistic wooden garden decor to sleek rooftop bars, consider these terrace garden ideas to revamp outdoor nooks in your home.

6 unusual and original bathroom design ideas for small homes
It’s not always easy to fit a bathroom into a small space, but these architects’ designs can provide inspiration.
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47 desk organisation ideas to create your happy 'work space'
Hide tangled cables, organize scattered paper, and make your home office an island of productivity.

Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh takes AD through unseen parts of the Jaipur City Palace
Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh, the head of the Jaipur royal family known to friends and family as "Pacho", leads us through unseen parts of the royal City Palace complex—stepwells, terraces, havelis rich with the patina of age and time— and lays before us his ambitious project of revival.

Art
At the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the humble palm tree becomes an object of devotion
The Church of Palm is AMMA Studios’ way of paying homage to the everyday: objects found in abundance are often overlooked, let alone revered.

Art
Saskia Pintelon’s new show in Delhi is a lighthearted rejection of conformity
Internationally renowned Belgian artist Saskia Pintelon returns to Delhi with No One Can Silence Me, a solo exhibition at Gallery Pristine Contemporary.

Art
Ai Weiwei's first solo show in India features a Pichwai in his iconic toy-brick style
Presented by Nature Morte in New Delhi, globally acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei's solo exhibition comprises his notable works alongside new commissions inspired by Indian modernist painters.

Art
In an abandoned Delhi nightclub, an art exhibition brings together thirty-five artists
‘Party Is Elsewhere’ transforms a temporary architectural shell in Delhi into a spirited archive featuring works of Sudarshan Shetty, Zarina Hashmi, and Subodh Gupta.

Art
At Satish Gujral's centennial exhibition, the memory of Partition looms large
The first Indian artist to train in Mexico, the late modern master was never afraid to push the boundaries of art, ideas, and materials. A major new retrospective at NGMA in New Delhi honours his multifaceted legacy.
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Art
10 unmissable showcases at India Art Fair 2026
This edition of the India Art Fair brings together 133 exhibitors from across the globe with an extraordinary set of artistic and design display.

This Bengaluru home is a magnificent Mexican daydream
Soul Space Design Studio drew inspiration from the country’s rich vibrancy to craft a home bursting with colour, warmth, and character.

AD visits Devi Seetharam at her Bengaluru studio to reflect on gender and public spaces
Devi Seetharam unravels the complexities of gender, belonging, and femininity through her meticulous methodology of image making.

This nostalgic Kerala home was built around a beautiful traditional courtyard
Designed by Temple Town, this Kerala home in Thrissur is replete with antiques like 200-year-old windows, consoles crafted from reclaimed ceiling wood, and more.

This weekend home in Pawna is the perfect winter escape, perched atop a hill
Spread across 12,000 square feet, this Texan-style weekend home in Pawna by NACL Studio blends rustic charm with modern sophistication, creating the perfect family retreat.

This luminous home in Kottayam, Kerala cleverly deceives the sun
With sloping roofs, jali walls and wide-open courtyards, this home in Kottayam by Thomas Parambil Architects and Reuben John Joseph doffs its hat to the vernacular while embracing contemporary living.
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This farmhouse in Tamil Nadu’s Rajapalayam is a labour of love by three generations
The weekend home by The Design Room, located on a 17-acre coconut farm, harks to the past, present and future.
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Inside Madhuri Dixit’s Mumbai home where M. F. Husain’s exquisite art takes centre stage
Actor Madhuri Dixit and Dr Shriram Madhav Nene’s sea-facing apartment in Mumbai is a centered union between art and technology, designed by Apoorva Shroff of Lyth Design.