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HAVE you ever revisited any of your projects and thought about all the things you’d do differently? Have you ever looked at your early work and felt the rush of emotion you’d experienced then as you cracked those complications? Is it even possible to

The single-leg Mona tables by Diabla Outdoor have received a graphic bent through a collaboration with artist and printmaker Jonathan Lawes. Abstrakt Mona is a set of square and round tables with digitally printed tabletops in palettes of red, white

Washing up is one of the most important, and foremost activities in our day. With this understanding, Duravit’s latest mirrors and mirror cabinets have been fitted with innovative technology, like sensor switches and icon technology to control lighti

The team at Avenue Sound loves challenges. When a Mumbai-based couple Janhavi and Nihir Parikh approached them for a space offering the ultimate cinematic experience and gave them full authority over the design, they seized the opportunity. Based on

Principal Architect: Alan Abraham Area: 10,000 sqft City: Jodhpur The imposing facade of this home in Jodhpur is almost reminiscent of the many palaces, forts and temples set in the stark landscape of the Thar Desert. The inside, with its little gar

Project Head Architects: Mukul Arora and Parul Arora Area: 10,000 sqft City: New Delhi Faced with the task of designing a compact bungalow on the southwest corner of an acre of land in Chattarpur, the design team embraced all the challenges that cam

Project Architect: Ankur Choksi Area: 10,000 sqft City: Coonoor A true reflection of its site contours, Stepped House is a contemporary house in the hills designed for simple living. Nestled amidst lush tea plantations, sloping hills, fruit orchards

Project Architect: Rajiv Saini Area: 13,000 sqft City: New Delhi This sprawling bungalow in Lutyen’s New Delhi — namesake of the architect commissioned to design the capital, Edward Lutyens — stands in perfect harmony with its stately surroundings.

Project Architects: Vanessa Meister, Krishnan Varma Area: 1,700 sqft City: Kochi The design of Maison Kochi was primarily influenced by climatic elements. Positioned on a tight plot, the house faces west. The structure rises from the ground in two c

Project Architects: Krupa Zubin, Zubin Zainuddin Area: 27,000 sqft City: Bengaluru This two-storey home in the city of Bengaluru is a private residence with an open-plan layout and a plan that respects and envelops the gardens and treescape present

Project Architects: Anand Menon, Shobhan Kothari, Kiran Kapadia Area: 2,800 sqft City: Mumbai When this was just the bare shell of a duplex apartment, it had its primary spatial zones carved out, and a massive staircase in the centre of the living r

Project Architects: Amita Kulkarni, Vikrant Tike Area: 5,380 sqft District: North Goa The Sun House is a holiday home that picks up its fluidity and material palette from the climate of its locale. The site was tight and dotted with trees, so the ho

Principal Architects: Saahil Parikh, Nupur Shah Area: 2,700 sqft City: Mumbai For this apartment in one of Mumbai’s newer high-rises, the architects had very limited natural light and ventilation, angular spaces within the flat owing to its diamond

Head Architects: Sanjana Mathur and Ujjwal Sagar Area: 6,000 sqft City: New Delhi This old 1960s era warehouse space in New Delhi’s Okhla Industrial Area gave the architects a strong foundation to build on. Like many of the spaces in the area, lying

Principal Designer: Sarah Sham Area: 828 sqft City: Mumbai The architect’s idea for this space was to transform the original beauty parlour into a simple office with a rich material palette. However, a surprise discovery derailed the original plan a

Principal Designer: Amitha Madan Area: 4,000 sqft City: Bengaluru Watson’s bar, in a heavily residential neighbourhood of Bengaluru, is an inn with a warm, community feel. The brief was to design a friendly neighbourhood bar infused with a cosy and

Area: 1,670 sqft | Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka | Design Team: Farah Ahmed Mathias, Dhaval Shellugar and Dheeraj Dhamu Builder: Goyal & Co | Contractor, Kitchen, Ceiling: DSK Interiors | Windows: Silver Frost India | Doors: Aryan Infra | Hardware:

Area: 8,740 sqft | Location: Thrissur, Kerala | Flooring: Kajaria, Nitco | Furniture: Muuto, Ligne Roset, BoConcept, Natuzzi, Blue Loft, Red Blue & Yellow, Defurn, Prakrit, Home Centre, Peps, Englander | Sanitaryware: Hansgrohe, Toto, Gebrit | Electr

Area: 2,400 sqft | Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra | Contractor: Royal Services, Prajapati Tech | Doors, Plumbing, Ceiling and Toilets: Royal Services | Kitchen: Aakar Kitchens | Hardware: Steel Touch | Bath Fittings: C. Bhogilal West End | Electricals

Area: 1,800 sqft | Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra | Builder: Hubtown | Kitchen: Kitchen Studio | Windows: ME Windows Hardware: Kismat Hardware | Plumbing, Bath Fittings and Toilets: Kohler | Paints: Asian Paints | Veneers: Space One Lighting: Changi +

Area: 3,750 sqft | Location: Okhla, Delhi NCR | Contractor: Woodcrafters & Credence | Doors: Kubik | Hardware: Geze Plumbing: Schell, Kohler | Paints: Berger | Lighting: Divinity | Bathroom Tiles: Orient Bell | Wall Art: Chitrak THE AVA Office 2.0 m