Verendra Wakhloo
The Kashmir born, New Delhi based architect’s main focus of work is on context sensitive architecture that integrates material and logic of construction, in search of archetypal form. The award winning creative is a Member of the Council of Architecture (COA) and the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA).
Toyo Ito
The Pritzker Prize winning Japanese architect is renowned for creating conceptual structures world over. An admirer of Le Corbusier’s architecture, he admits he became an architect after failing to be a professional baseball player.
Tom Dixon
A multi-award winning self-taught designer, Tom Dixon first received prominence in mid 1980s as a talented untrained designer with a collection of salvaged welded furniture. In 2002, he launched his own eponymous brand responsible for the creation of iconic products such as Mirror Ball, Copper Shade, Wingback chair and Beat light. Five years later, he […]
Sonali Purewal
Sonali Purewal is a self-taught designer specialising in chic cottage living interiors. Her design sensibility blends modern Indian style with elements of Wabi Sabi. Originally a student of literature, she has been working in interior design, product development and luxury cottage design for the last ten years.
Nipa Doshi
The Mumbai born Londoner is one half of the acclaimed design studio Doshi Levien. They hold the honour of being International EDIDA Designers of the Year 2015. Doshi’s passion for Indian handicraft reflects in all of the duo’s unique creations.
Mario Bellini
From architecture and urban planning to product and furniture design, the legendary Italian polymath is an eight time Compasso d’Oro winner. About 25 of his works are in the permanent design collection of New York’s MoMA, which even dedicated a personal retrospective to him in 1987.
India Mahdavi
This internationally revered interior designer, furniture designer and scenographer’s creations meander into a place where the sensual, joyful, itinerant and minimal coexist harmoniously. The multi-hyphenate studied architecture in Paris, and graphic, furniture and industrial design in New York, before setting up her firm in 1999 in the French capital. Design to her is “giving form […]
Greg Reaves
He joined Safdie Architects as a Principal in 2010 and is currently principal-in-charge for residential and mixed use projects in New York, India, China, Sri Lanka and Singapore, as well as the new National Medal of Honor Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. In addition, he is an expert in museum planning, design and operations and […]
Fernando Menis
Award winning Spanish architect Fernando Menis’ designs are characterised and celebrated for their sustainable and adaptable nature. He is also a professor at the European University of Canarias and Chairman of the Laboratory for Innovation in Architecture, Design and Advanced Tourism of Tenerife and a lecturer at several renowned universities including Harvard and Columbia. He […]
Dominique Jean-Lavabre
After pursing archaeology in prehistory for 10 years, Domnique studied to be a lawyer specialising in company acquisitions. He is now in charge of all acquisition processes, concepts and interior designing with the support of other architects and interior designers for all 9Hotel Collection properties across Paris, Brussels, Lisbon and Madrid. He plans to open […]
Bijoy Jain
The founder of Studio Mumbai, this award winning architect seamlessly blends the borders between indoor and outdoor to embrace nature and create sustainable structures. He consciously drives projects based on location and considers materials, techniques and styles accordingly.
Soumitro Ghosh
Since 1995 Mathew and Ghosh Architects have designed the most important public spaces in the city of Bengaluru as well as many of the best designed private projects. The practice flows into the realm of teaching as an extended space of learning. The studio is an extended place for learning and exploration of ideas.