The All-white Apartment - Cocoon of Luxurious Warmth

By Savitha Hira

Photography: Sameer Chavda; courtesy the architect

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Ar. Harish Lakhani plays on a restricted colour palette and an understated material palette to usher in simplicity, expanse and comfort into Dr. Ramakrishna and Dr. Sunita’s home in Hyderabad… 

Functional Transparency

By Beverly Pereira

Photography: Courtesy the architects

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Design Plus Associates embraces an open-plan layout in its industrial-themed office, interspersed with dramatic elements... 

What makes architecture iconic? Ar. Sanjay Puri enlightens…

By Marina Correa & Savitha Hira

Photography: Courtesy the architect

SDS School Gurgaon

Whilst ‘neo-futurist architecture’ as a term evolved in the 1960’s,  characterized by an ‘uninhibited architectural approach’, the prolific global mushrooming of ‘iconic’ built forms that we see in present times, spurred Team IAnD to probe the larger picture of what makes architecture iconic and what is the response it elicits… 

Personal Style Statements of Jewellery Designer, Varuna D Jani

By Beverly Pereira

Photography: Courtesy Varuna D Jani

Jewellery Designer Varuna D Jani

Bedazzling jewellery, a big heart and flamboyance... best sum up the queen of diamonds, Varuna D Jani. 

Italy in India - Ristorante Prego

By Anuradha K. R.

Photography: Courtesy Studio US

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Monotony and complexity have no room in Italian cuisine and so it is, with the design of this restaurant in New Delhi that serves it. The design team of Sumeet Nath and Aanchal Chaudhary has tastefully carved out a setting for Ristorante Prego that essentially blends variety with simplicity.