Art, architecture and travel in India
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in India - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to India.
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Eco-conscious Indian retreat sits sensitively within a nature reserve
Set in Rajasthan, eco-conscious wildlife retreat RAAS Chhatrasagar, sits sensitively on the edge of an artificial lake
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Anupama Kundoo and the architecture of happiness
From craft-inspired baked kiln homes to comforting jali-walled classrooms, architect Anupama Kundoo explores groundbreaking techniques to design happiness-inducing buildings for every context. She talks with writer and trained architect Shumi Bose about design for contented living
By Shumi Bose Last updated
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Flexible artists’ retreat in Mumbai Bay is a balm for busy minds
India-based Architecture Brio creates an artists’ retreat in an idyllic coconut grove in Mumbai Bay
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Inside collector Shalini Passi’s New Delhi home
By Caroline Young Last updated
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A modern Indian temple's architecture is tailored to the needs of its community
An Indian temple’s simple, open design puts its users first, as created by architects Abin Design Studio for the city of Bansberia's local community
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Understated luxury: Rajiv Saini composes the perfect Indian weekend retreat
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Global modernism descends on a distinctive house in Kolkata
In the summer of 2006 (W*89), Wallpaper* was welcomed to the neighbourhood of Alipore in Kolkata, where Delhi-based architect Abhimanyu Dalal and Mumbai-based interior designer Pinakin Patel rendered their international influence into a new house, with a dusky palette of grey granite, lapis lazuli and walnut panelling
By Paul McCann Last updated
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Touch and glow: a token of Lord Shiva informs the ‘Monolith’ table lamp
For Wallpaper* Handmade X, Indian studio Paul Matter and Belgian natural stone manufacturer Van Den Weghe produce a lamp with ‘calming and meditative’ energy
By Harriet Lloyd Smith Last updated
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Meet Misho, the minimalist Mumbai jewellery label
By Grace Cook Last updated
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Roseate Ganges strikes an almost monastic modernist mood in the foothills of the Himalayas
By Daven Wu Last updated
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An international hotel brand opens in the pilgrimage town of Pushkar
By Lauren Ho Last updated
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Textural limestone guest houses in Tanzania
Sam Barclay moved to Mumbai in 2006, working with Studio Mumbai before setting up Case Design with his wife Erica as a partner, in 2013. Now he has projects in India, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and has also launched Casegoods, a collection of furniture, lights and objects. ‘We aspire to create things that are simple, beautiful and functional,’ he says. The Kizikula Guest Houses in Zanzibar use the coral limestone of the island.
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Alila finally opens its second Indian property
By Lauren Ho Last updated
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The W hotel brand is shaking things up in Goa
By Lauren Ho Last updated
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Lakshman Sagar Heritage Resort — Rajasthan, India
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat & Spa — Pune, India
By Léa Teuscher Last updated
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Paper Store — New Delhi, India
By Ella Marshall Last updated
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The smell of freshly baked bread is diffused throughout this new Mumbai patisserie
By Ella Marshall Last updated
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Ayana Fort Kochi is complemented by one of the largest collections of contemporary Indian art
By Paul Sephton Last updated
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Rajiv Saini's Uttar Pradesh house celebrates family life
Rajiv Saini's Uttar Pradesh house in the village of Dhampur balances local bricks, nature and an industrial context to create a warm family home in India
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Rural Bengaluru home is a retreat to commune with nature
An Indian home in rural Bengaluru by architecture studio Taliesyn is a relaxing retreat
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Matharoo Associates' concrete response to multigenerational living in India
A new home in India by Matharoo Associates, Plain Ties in Surat, is a machine for multigenerational living, offering spaces to both meet and retreat
By Shawn Adams Last updated
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Rajiv Saini's latest Mumbai apartment interior is perfect for entertaining
A new apartment interior in mixed use Mumbai development West 360 has been composed into a generous and luxurious home that is perfect for entertaining by Rajiv Saini
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Contemporary House India offers stunning portrait of the country's new modernism
Contemporary House India, a new monograph by photographer Edmund Sumner and architect and academic Rob Gregory, charts the South Asian country's modern residential architecture
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Yinka Shonibare and India Mahdavi reimagine The Gallery restaurant at Sketch
The Gallery restaurant at London’s Sketch – previously iconic in pink – gets a redesign by architect India Mahdavi and artist Yinka Shonibare
By Melina Keays Published
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Bharti Kher escapes to Somerset in search of solitude
The New Delhi-based artist presents an exhibition of new installation, painting and sculpture work following her 2017 residency at Hauser & Wirth Somerset
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Published
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Soho House opens in Mumbai
By Daven Wu Published