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This modernist home in Ahmedabad, built in the 1970s and restored recently by AD100 architect Kunal Shah, is a reminder of a classic domestic architecture that an entire generation of Indians grew up in — a modernism that is timeless, that we adapted to suit our culture, climate, materials and our domestic rituals.This is Fouzdar, a grandfather's home.
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The AD Design Show 2023 opened with a bang as patrons of the art and design community gathered at Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai. Komal Sharma, the head of editorial content at AD, regaled everyone with a welcome speech, and inaugurated the AD Design Show 2023 with the unveiling of Shankha.
This architect’s Mumbai home features deep marsala ceilings, …
Nov 15, 2024 · Moody corners, deep, rich ceilings, and dark woods—Kamdar embraced a timeless noir aesthetic and made it her own. “We wanted the home to feel like our cave, our safe space—a place to unwind and have our friends over,” she says.
8 impeccably restored heritage spaces across India
Dec 16, 2023 · India is a melting pot of designs and styles, which one can immediately notice through its architecture. From majestic forts to ornate havelis, the country’s architectural legacy is as diverse as its culture, where ancient structures stand as testaments to the country's rich history and design aesthetic. While many historic buildings fell …
5 homes where exquisite jali designs capture a dance of light
Feb 8, 2024 · A Dreamy Amravati Home Extension. Natural light has become a bit of a luxury in the modern Indian home, where space constraints and architectural layouts don’t always allow for large windows with sweeping, sun-soaked views. So when Piyush Chandwani, principal architect of PiNiK Design Studio was tasked with building a first-floor home extension onto a 1,100-square-foot family abode in ...
Step into a Kerala home built around a beautiful traditional …
Feb 2, 2023 · Gentle Carnatic strains of MS Subbulakshmi’s raga bowli filter through the 200-year-old windows of a Kerala home by the local temple in a quaint neighbourhood in Thrissur. Sourced from Karaikudi, these antique windows allow a glimpse inside the nalukettu (a traditional Kerala home built around a courtyard), designed according to the principles of Thachu Shastra ().
5 Indian courtyards that truly exemplify indoor-outdoor living
Oct 7, 2024 · A home isn’t a home, unless it feels rooted in the place it’s built in. For the Pune-based studio Amoeba Design, spearheaded by architects and designers Pashmin Shah and Satyajeet Patwardhan, their farmhouse in the Maharashtra village of Nimbalak was one with its milieu from the word go. The pièce de résistance of the home, evidently, are the courtyards, that were designed as an ...
AD takes a look at the design and aesthetics of the new Parliament ...
Jun 22, 2023 · At first sight, the recent new additions made to the Indian Parliament building in New Delhi, evoke a sense of opulence and grandeur.On a closer look, the layered aesthetic celebrates the diversity of Indian architecture and craftsmanship.
5 one-of-a-kind courtyard designs that dance with nature
Jan 28, 2024 · Enabling a skilful choreography of wind, sunlight and built form, courtyard designs infuse a dimension of enchanting surrealism to spaces—a liminality where lines between the outside and inside blur and the allure of the natural world takes over. In these 5 homes from the archives of AD India, courtyard designs steal the show with their poetic narratives.
This 6,200-square-foot Hyderabad home features a blend of …
Oct 6, 2024 · The Hyderabad home also had to function as a party pad, which led to a transformation from five bedrooms to four. The top floor houses the party space and two guest rooms, while the first floor has a family living room, the six-year-old daughter's bedroom, and a master suite with a gaming room.