Category: Uncategorized

Architecture

Wait, is vernacular architecture a colonial idea?

Short answer: yes. But we do need the jargon to build consciously?

14 Jul 2026

Art and Community

A stitch across time

Threading the lineage of Zardozi into the present, Zafar and Monika Choudhary create Divani’s Hyderabad outpost as a tribute to the craft

07 Jul 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

In Studio With

For the love of clay

Vinod Daroz's minimalist studio in Vadodara is a laboratory, safe haven and archive, all at once

06 Jul 2026

Chiransha Prasad

Trends

High-tech finds for a smart home

From gym equipments that work harder than you to devices that can can mix your drink of choice!

03 Jul 2026

Chiransha Prasad

Makeover Ideas

15 bedrooms that keep little ones busy

Bunk beds, climbing walls, whimsical murals and everything in between

19 Jun 2026

Vanshi Mody

City Homes

Solitude with shared lives in Chennai

A home by studio80 balances boundaries that dissolve into each other

17 Jun 2026

Sanskriti Srivastava

Design and Trends

Room for more in Mumbai

A residential lens reframes retail for Gulmohar Lane's outpost by MJ Architects

29 May 2026

Mudita Kaushal

Experiences

Waking up to birdsong

You’re never quite indoors at The Sen, the boutique luxury retreat by Nakul Sen and Shagun Khanna amidst Uttarakhand’s lush hills

29 May 2026

Mrudul Pathak Kundu

Trends

A space to experiment

Crafting a new language of materials in the making, The ColourNext Lab is conceived as a space for experimentation as a part of the Nilaya Anthology experience

29 May 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

Art and Community

Lovebirds in Geoffrey Bawa’s Lunuganga

The estate in Sri Lanka becomes an ethereal backdrop to avant-garde silhouettes and solid colours

28 May 2026

Mrudul Pathak Kundu

Hot Spaces

Kolkata’s social enclave for the Jain community

Curvilinear forms, Banarasi textiles and temple references shape Sangha Bhawan by Spaces and Design

27 May 2026

Shambhavi Das

Homes

Chipped stone and quiet courtyards in Bengaluru

4Brick Studio shapes a home with sandstone, bonsai and objects of travel

22 May 2026

Disha Kalyankar

Culture

Bengaluru’s neighbourhood bar got an update!

Before your first pour, pay attention to what surrounds you at Bar Sama

15 May 2026

Pratishtha Rana

Uncategorized

The forgotten world of Chettinad villages

As the Kalai festival of art and architecture by THE Lotus Palace in Chettinad retraced the region’s mercantile mansions, sacred landscapes and urban histories, a pale white hunting dog became a reminder of the stories still lingering within the empty villages

13 May 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

City Homes

A sanctuary of collectors in Bengaluru

This home by BASICS Studio admires art and architecture in equal measures

07 May 2026

Sanskriti Srivastava

Art and Community

Met Gala 2026: From God’s Own Country to the Big Apple!

India-proud Extraweave and Neytt Homes bring the country to the global stage with the Met Gala 2026 carpet, the most photographed surface of this evening!

05 May 2026

Team ELLE DECOR India

Uncategorized

Tasting the sea by the river

At Bastian Riviera in Goa, the crashing sea waves give way to a dining experience by the Chapora river

02 May 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

Hot Spaces

The idea of ghar

At HōmAnAn in New Delhi, the idea of home unfolds through mood, memory and movement, shifting the act of design from selection to inhabitation

24 Apr 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

Art and Community

The inner life of Mumbai’s racecourse

Set at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Sunhil Sippy's photobook RACEDAY is a meditation on photography, impermanence and the shifting value of land in a city that is always remaking itself

22 Apr 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

In Conversation

For Nacho Carbonell creating is like therapy!

We met the artist on his trip to India to chat about where his practice started and where it is headed

16 Apr 2026

ELLE DECOR

City Homes

Between two time zones in Mylapore

This home in Chennai by Sunita Yogesh Studio bridges continents with tactile warmth

14 Apr 2026

Sanskriti Srivastava

Featured

Venturing beyond the surface

Ashna Malik collaborates with Gallery XXL to explore the syncretic nature of design at India Design ID 2026

13 Apr 2026

Chiransha Prasad

Vacation Homes

Nostalgia minus the mundane in Assagao

This Assagao home by Lasso Design reinterprets memory through a subtle and thoughtful design narrative

09 Apr 2026

Sanskriti Srivastava

Art and Community

How space shapes Subodh Gupta’s show in Mumbai

Through a dreamlike environment of beds, ruins and utensils, Subodh Gupta constructs an ascending narrative across four levels at NMACC Mumbai

08 Apr 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

Eat and Drink

You can eat art at this new restaurant

Care to go on a little hunt for dimsums? We take a trip to Lili

02 Apr 2026

Pratishtha Rana

Eat and Drink

Surrendering to supper

Jamavar arrives in Jaipur with signatures, royal cues and a handwash ritual, turning Mohan Mahal into a jewel box

12 Mar 2026

Shriti Das

Hot Spaces

South Mumbai’s new crafts gem has risen

From brasswork to inlay, we’re heading to Viya to get our home a bejewelled fix!

10 Mar 2026

Pratishtha Rana

Experiences

Mandarin Oriental Conservatorium, Amsterdam

Piero Lissoni’s intervention turns an administrative maze into a legible sequence, holding on to the building’s institutional character while making it habitable

09 Mar 2026

Shriti Das

City Homes

As peaceful as an afternoon siesta

Shraddha Shah of Olive Roof creates a home in Mumbai reminiscent of the dreamy daze that settles in after a nap at dusk

07 Mar 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

Architecture

Stairway(s) to book heaven

groupDCA looks to India’s stepwells as a muse for redesigning a bookstore in Kolkata

07 Mar 2026

Chiransha Prasad

In Conversation

Sean Anderson: A cynic and an optimist

A conversation with the architect and curator on why it falls on practitioners of art and design to dismantle existing boundaries and create a new world

04 Mar 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

Architecture

Aranyani: Rewriting the rulebook

In post-colonial Delhi’s Sunder Nursery, Tara Lal alongside T__M.Space makes the case for why experimentation and a collective focus on architecture is the way forward

04 Mar 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

City Homes

Print exclusive: Two’s a vibe in Hyderabad

Ameet Mirpuri and Samir Wadekar found harmony and humour in transforming a farmhouse into a brilliant haven of art

02 Mar 2026

Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar

Art and Community

When the artist becomes the art

Rohit Chawla’s new book photographs our cultural fascination with verity, searching for the "true selves" of the most recognisable names in Indian contemporary art

02 Mar 2026

Namrata Dewanjee

Art and Community

Digital cover: Chairs that changed India’s history

The most commonly found entity in our homes has its own story to tell, we find at a new exhibition by House of Mahendra Doshi

28 Feb 2026

Pratishtha Rana

5 Questions With

5 questions with Michael Held of Steelcase

The Vice President of Design on innovation, Indian collaborations and what’s next on the horizon

19 Feb 2026

Team ELLE DECOR India

Hot Spaces

7 reasons to visit India Design ID 2026, Delhi

Clear your schedule for the exhibit’s 14th edition: bigger, bolder, better!

13 Feb 2026

Team ELLE DECOR India

Homes

Revived from the 1930s

Studio Hinge pulls Art Deco into a home in Marine Drive

06 Feb 2026

Archisa Biswas

Art and Community

Anniversary issue: Mayank Mansingh Kaul

He writes about the human experience of textiles through assemblage, organising and art-making

22 Jan 2026

Mayank Mansingh Kaul

Art and Community

Anniversary issue: Laila Tyabji

Journeying through craft, culture and social history with the renowned custodian of the country’s craftsmanship

22 Jan 2026

Laila Tyabji

Featured

Cinqtuair Spa finds its second home at The Claridges Nabha Residence

Awaken your senses in the cedar forests of Mussoorie

22 Jan 2026

Team ELLE DECOR India

In Conversation

Anniversary issue: GV Sanjay Reddy

How responsibility and cultural ambition drives the unlikely maximalist

22 Jan 2026

Shriti Das

Art and Community

Anniversary issue: maximalism as a function of density

India’s markets show how multiplicity organises itself into commerce, where density and diversity make maximalism the country’s most efficient and democratic infrastructure of trade

20 Jan 2026

Shriti Das

Hot Spaces

Anniversary issue: Focus on entertaining

As Indians, we entertain generously. But peel away the decadence, the lush grazing tables, and the details, and you’re left with heirlooms, archives of stories and nostalgia, gathered to make you pause and slow down