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Avantika Shankar

Design

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.
Homes

This family duplex in Mumbai is shaped by colour theory and a healthy amount of light

Interior designer Yohan Shah reimagines a 4,000-square-foot family duplex with reflective metals, sculptural forms and a hybrid aesthetic that feels global and true to the moment.
Homes

This Chennai home is a kaleidoscope of Bombay Deco and India Modern

1405 Design Studio combines two flats to create an exuberant Chennai home that balances the strong personalities of its residents.
Homes

This 20,000-square-foot home in Tiruppur is a masterclass in instinctual design

Farah Agarwal of Chestnut Storeys transforms a sprawling property into an intimate yet dynamic family home in Tiruppur.
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How to build a covetable art collection: 9 Indian architects and designers weigh in

Art has become an essential part of interior design, and these Indian architects and designers double as art consultants for their clients.
Art

Heading into Art Mumbai this weekend? Here’s what to look out for

The third edition of Art Mumbai brings together 82 galleries, a speaker series led by art world experts, live performances, and everything in between.
Retail

The new Chorus store in Kala Ghoda is an ode to craftsmanship in fashion

Karishma Swali, creative director at Chanakya International, is ready to push craft beyond the bounds of fashion with the new Chorus store in Kala Ghoda.
Homes

This holiday home in Alibag features a courtyard with a lily pond and a pickleball court

Holiday home veterans Ara Designs’ latest project in Alibag proves they’ve got relaxed living down to a science.
Film

Nine Perfect Strangers and Dark: Production designer Udo Kramer on creating dystopian worlds

Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), Dark (2017), Black Mirror (2011), Udo Kramer's oeuvre is deliciously dystopian. In a candid conversation with AD, he touches upon his design, which is “less about aesthetics and more about atmosphere.”
Homes

This industrial Bengaluru penthouse is designed with separate bedrooms for ‘him’ and ‘her’

Balan + Nambisan Architects create an edgy Bengaluru residence that gives contemporary motifs an industrial edge.
Homes

This villa in Raipur brings the tropical spirit of Bali to a gated community

Designer Ayesha Kansal transforms this villa in Raipur into a tropical island–style getaway that’s in constant communion with the natural world.
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This Kerala home is a fusion of tropical modernism and contemporary details

Uvais Subu’s Tropical Architecture Bureau revives a family home with wood, cane, and a whole lot of green.
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This multi-generational villa by MuseLAB gives the motifs of Kutch a mid-century makeover

AD100 firm MuseLAB brings their signature whimsy to a calm and contemporary Mediterranean-inspired home on the Gujarat coast.
Homes

This Mumbai apartment by Oberoi Realty marries contemporary design with incredible views

Belgian architect Dieter Vander Velpen got his first project in India when Gayatri Vikas Oberoi fell in love with his “pure, clean, modern sensibility.” Here, we visit the final outcome at Three Sixty West, Mumbai’s hottest address, a showflat with both finesse and warmth.
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An Indian-origin couple's Hong Kong apartment feels like an extension of the ocean

reD Architects taps into the homeowner’s Indian roots and global sensibilities for their Hong Kong apartment, and comes up with a design that feels effortlessly contemporary.
Homes

This home in Pune is a study in quiet luxury and organic comfort

AD100 architecture and design studio Amoeba Design puts geometry in conversation with organic forms and raw finishes, creating a home that’s always quiet but never boring.
Homes

This 9,000-square-foot Gurugram apartment looks like an art gallery and feels like home

For AD100 interior designer Iram Sultan, this Gurugram apartment was a celebration of texture and the vicarious joy she feels when her client acquires a work of art.
Architecture

Parsi New Year: Did you know one of the first founders of Mumbai were the Parsis?

Dr. Simin Patel talks to AD India about the notable Parsi benefactors who financed the first buildings of Bombay, and set the foundations for the Mumbai we know today.
Homes

This luxurious Bengaluru home is neoclassical with a hint of India modern

For this 5,300-square-foot Bengaluru home, Architecture Saga creates moments of intimacy, oases of calm, and bursts of vibrant colour.
Homes

This outdoor pavilion brings Indian minimalism into the wilderness of an Alibaug home

An Alibaug home gets an exciting addition in the form of a pavilion created by Nakul Munim Design that blends modern sensibilities with local materials.