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690 square feet, over 400 works of art: Inside a curator's inimitable Colaba apartment
Sumesh Manoj Sharma has spent a lifetime across India, Africa, and Europe, picking up the world along the way. Step into his fascinating one-bedroom apartment where it all now lives.
Inside AD100 designer Vritima Wadhwa's soul- and sun-filled Delhi home
Designer Vritima Wadhwa of Project 810 returned to Delhi to set up hearth and home in a gated community that loves its trees. She tells AD why the charming old house that she moved into is perfectly aligned with her new take on life.
7 most beautiful heritage homes in India as seen in AD
Step inside seven of India’s most beautiful heritage homes where timeless architecture, rich history, and modern design come together in perfect harmony.
This century-old Goan home in Verla is restored by stripping back the excess
What happens when you stop trying to “restore” a home and simply listen to it? This house in Verla, Goa, uncovers its original character—letting light, material, and memory shape the space once again.
7 nostalgic kitchen designs that bring back childhood memories
From a heritage bungalow in Panchgini to a rooted home in Kerala, these nostalgic kitchen designs capture the essence of childhood.
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Inside a 3,000-square-foot Gurugram apartment packed with modern decor inspiration
From a reimagined recreational lounge to handcrafted finishes and striking marble inlays, this Gurugram apartment is a masterclass in modern interior design.
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Five beautiful homes made warmer, richer, and more unique by books
From charming rentals to exquisite mansions, here are 5 beautiful homes made deeply personal through an abundance of books.
Architecture and Design
Build your own Eames house: Could this new ‘DIY Kit’ change how we live?
Debuting at Milan Design Week 2026, Eames Office and Spanish furniture brand Kettal launch a modular housing system.
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Five beautiful homes made warmer, richer, and more unique by books
From charming rentals to exquisite mansions, here are 5 beautiful homes made deeply personal through an abundance of books.
Homes
Inside an ancestral home in Rajasthan that has endured for over three centuries
Harji Fort has housed over 10 generations of the same lineage, which resulted in the creation of a deeply storied home that wears its legacy with pride.
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Florals for spring? 12 colour combinations that could be groundbreaking this season
Explore seasonal colour combinations—because spring is all about regrowth, renewal, and rising temperatures.
Homes
This serene 1,600-square-foot South Mumbai home has the soul of Japan
Designed by Pria Shah and Disha Vakharia of Bear Spaces Co, this four-bedroom family home is shaped by subtle tones, soft forms and a timeless sense of calm.
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5 nostalgic Indian homes that will remind you of a simpler time
From a 138-year-old home in Hyderabad, where artist Raja Ravi Varma once stayed, to a lawyer’s charming Art Deco home in Mumbai, these Indian homes are suspended in time.
Homes
This semi-open farmhouse in Hyderabad is a serene love letter to Bali
Nestled on a 30-acre farm and enveloped by a rolling landscape, this vernacular-style farmhouse in Hyderabad by 23 Degrees Design Shift doffs its hat to lands near and far.
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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Mother’s Day gifts she didn’t know she needed (but will love)
This is your sign to surprise your mother. These Mother’s Day gifts might just make up for (if not all) the times you’ve tested her patience.
Architecture
Build your own Eames house: Could this new ‘DIY Kit’ change how we live?
Debuting at Milan Design Week 2026, Eames Office and Spanish furniture brand Kettal launch a modular housing system.
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Inside a 3,000-square-foot Gurugram apartment packed with modern decor inspiration
From a reimagined recreational lounge to handcrafted finishes and striking marble inlays, this Gurugram apartment is a masterclass in modern interior design.
Travel
Travelling through India? Bookmark these 17 famous and historic buildings to see
Grand palaces, marble mausoleums and timeless temples that tell stories of bygone eras, these are the most iconic Indian landmarks for every architecture and history buff's bucket list.
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Singer Shreya Ghoshal buys a 2,750-square-foot house in Worli, priced at ₹29.7 crore
Everything you need to know about Shreya Ghoshal's new home in Mumbai, which is being developed by Godrej Properties.
Dining
7 new restaurants in Mumbai to check out this April
From sculptural bars to flame-inspired language, these are the city’s most compelling new dining interiors right now.
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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.
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A new exhibition at DAG offers a look at 19th-century Mumbai before the chaos took over
At the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai, Bombay Framed: People, Memory, Metropolis showcases the memory of a city that is often lost to us.
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Subodh Gupta's new solo show at NMACC in Mumbai dwells on the fragility of memory
Embedded in childhood memories, rituals and constantly shifting identities, Subodh Gupta's new show at NMACC's Art House gives a poetic twist to the phrase 'sky's the limit.'
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Exploring the seminal works of Nandalal Bose, illustrator of the Indian Constitution
The current exhibition at NGMA Mumbai shows Nandalal Bose’s 1938 paintings, which created a new language for Indian art.
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Raja Ravi Varma's Yashoda and Krishna becomes India's most expensive artwork at ₹167.2 cr
Yashoda and Krishna by 19th-century painter Raja Ravi Varma becomes India’s most expensive artwork at ₹167.2 crore (USD 17.9 million).
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At Navjot Altaf's new show in Mumbai, a peek into the radical ecofeminist's worldview
One of India’s leading names in art unravels the layered existence of landfills as archival sites through her latest solo exhibition at the JNAF, Mumbai
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Temple of the Tooth: An unlikely 18th-century renaissance in Sri Lanka
At the Royal Palace of Kandy and its Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, a story cuts across cultures, religions and artistic traditions to reshape the island country’s sacred visual language.
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.