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Marimekko Pienet Elokuun Varjot apron Officine Gullo OGS88 free-standing range cooker Ikai Asai SALAD VERDE Amphora Noir A small bunch of rocket leaves carafe Segments of one whole mosambi (sweet lime) 1/2 fennel bulb, sliced on a mandoline Somany Ceramics 1/2 avocado, diced Vivo Plazo Beige tile 1 small cucumber, sliced on a mandoline A bunch of microgreens PHOTO: JUTTA GOESSL. 1-2 tsp dill, chopped For the dressing 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 lemon, squeezed 1 tsp yellow mustard 1 tsp maple syrup A pinch of garlic powder Salt and pepper for seasoning To make the dressing, mix the olive oil, lemon juice, mustard, maple syrup, and garlic powder. Add salt and pepper to taste. Whisk this mixture till it emulsifies (you can also blend this in a mixer). Toss all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl and add a few spoonfuls of the dressing, ensuring that you add just enough for the salad leaves to retain their texture. Asa Selection À La Plage bowl, available at FCML NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 51

PHOTO: MIGUEL FLORES-VIANNA. BURRATA WITH DREAM WEAVER, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: PHOTO, PRUE RUSCOE. SESAME OIL Plate up a plump portion of burrata on a medium-size plate. Pour some honey and sesame oil on top, and drop a few pink peppercorns around. Garnish with microgreens and serve with warm bread. The plate should look inviting so your guests dive right into the oozing burrata! Caraway Circle pans (perracotta) Ikai Asai Blaze dinner plate Decorfur Stainless steel champagne glass Our Place Flipping platter 52 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

Häfele Revolving kidney- shaped-tray set Sir/Madam Franconia kettle (copper) PHOTO: JENNA PEFFLEY. Williams Sonoma Copper pepper mill Williams Sonoma Balineum Mauviel copper Hanley tube- butter warmer lined tile Siemens The Decor Circle EC9A5RB90I five- Golden Peach Girl burner gas hob serving tray Xaka Cutlery Celebration cake set (gold) Tiipoi Gado Living Ayasa Copper Elan trinket tray, available at The storage jar House of Things NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 53

PIERRE YOVANOVITCH SHOWROOM: PHOTO, JEAN-PIERRE VAILLANCOURT. Williams Sonoma Pinecone cut pitcher (red) Jonathan Adler Vice Woof canister (orange) Grandeur Viento dining chair by Bonaldo Seletti “Shit” thermal bottle by Toiletpaper Marimekko Keidas oven mitten Plüsch Bottos Design Italia Kitchen by Coffee table from Beckermann the Reflective Küchen collection Officine Gullo Casamania & Horm Double Chariot table fridge-freezer 54 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

Fornasetti Smeg Don Giovanni Manual espresso porcelain tray coffee machine Mario Luca Giusti Gorenje Milly tumbler RK6192EO free- standing fridge- freezer (juicy orange) Kohler Single-handle faucet Our Place Perfect pot (rosa) CONFIT TOMATOES PHOTO: PAUL MASSEY. 2 cups cherry tomatoes 5-6 orange chilli peppers 7-8 cloves garlic A sprinkle of sea salt 4-5 sprigs thyme Olive oil in abundance In a 9x4 inch baking tray, tumble all the ingredients and sprinkle with sea salt. Add glugs of olive oil to fill up the tray, ensuring that the tomatoes are submerged in oil. Let them confit in an oven set to 170 degrees Celsius. This could take 30–40 minutes—until the tomatoes are blistered. Be sure to remove them from the oven instantly or they’ll get mushy. Emile Henry Large bread loaf baker NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 55

PHOTO: ASIER RUA. STYLING: AMAYA DE TOLEDO VANILLA MOUSSE Suite No. 8 Mehrab cake stand 170g milk 1/2 vanilla pod (azure) 3 egg yolks 30g sugar Jonathan Adler 6g gelatin sheets Scala Stripe 170g whipped cream canister Make an anglaise with the milk, yolks, Great Jones x scraped vanilla pod, and sugar by mixing Molly Baz them all together, and heating them in a Dutch oven shallow saucepan till the mixture comes to a very slight simmer. Check the anglaise Liebherr for its consistency; it should coat the back Double-door of a spoon. Soak the sheets of gelatin in refrigerator ice-cold water till they hydrate. Add the gelatin sheets to the warm anglaise mixture 56 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 and mix till they dissolve. Cool down. Whip the cream and fold into the anglaise and gelatin mixture gently. You will end up with a light fluffy mousse. You can fill silicon moulds and freeze them overnight so they take shape or simply set the mousse in individual trifle bowls. Serve cold. Tiipoi Ayasa Colour storage jar Gentner Design Paper I brass bowl

Philippe Starck PHOTO: SIMON UPTON. Broom high chair PHOTO: HELENIO BARBETTA. Mario Luca Giusti Italia water glass (blue) Phaidon The Arabesque Table cookbook Gucci Décor Eye yellow porcelain bowl Cabana Galeano oil and vinegar set (blue) Sir/Madam Rialto coupe glass Kiki Goti Messed Up coaster, available at The Artling NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 57

aequōONE Text Ritupriya Basu. Photographs Talib Chitalwala. PORTFOLIO A r r i v i n g a t a eq u ō feel s l i ke s t ep p i n g i n t o a n o t h er w o r l d . Ta ke a short walk up a flight of stairs at Devidas Mansion—a heritage building that sits in the bustling design district of Colaba in Mumbai—and the world falls away as you arrive at a sweeping, white cube space, which is now home to India’s first collectible design gallery, christened aequō (pronounced “echo”). Founded b y Ta r i n i J i n d a l H a n d a a s a p ro j e c t t h a t fo rg e s a n e q u a l dialogue between materials, makers, and designers, aequō is unlike anything India has seen before. Fuelled by artisanal collaborations, the gallery looks at collectible design in a new light by turning the lens on Indian craftsmanship. It aims to pair the world’s best designers with Indian crafts to create pieces of furniture and covetable objects that sit at an intersection of cultures and practices. Case in point: Their latest collection of objects unveiled by master craftsman and designer Cédric Courtin, who wraps a range of totem-like vessels in supple layers of leather, handcrafted at his atelier in Puducherry. 58 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

FOR A SHOW-STOPPING PIECE IN HIS DEBUT COLLECTION OF OBJECTS FOR AEQUŌ, CÉDRIC COURTIN SELECTED THE MUCH-ADMIRED SILHOUETTE OF A NAGA CHAIR, DRAPING IT IN A CASCADING 8-MM-THIN, HAND-CUT LEATHER FRINGE. THE LEATHER IS MODELLED AFTER A CRINOLINE—A PETTICOAT THAT WAS POPULAR IN MID-19TH-CENTURY FASHION AND GAVE VOLUME TO SKIRTS. THE DRAPE, WHICH APPEARS SO NONCHALANT AND NATURAL, WAS IN FACT FITTED BY COURTIN’S TEAM WITH GREAT PRECISION. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 59

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THE MAKING OF THIS COLLECTION DEMANDED MANY THINGS FROM COURTIN—PATIENCE, PERSISTENCE, A DIP INTO HIS UNMATCHED KNOWLEDGE, AND A CONSIDERED LOOK BACK AT HIS DECADES-LONG CAREER. SIF TING THROUGH 260 BOXES OF HIS CAREFULLY PRESERVED, RARELY SEEN ARCHIVE , COURTIN AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR FLORENCE LOUISY PULLED OUT TECHNIQUES THAT WERE USED TO WRAP A SELECTION OF FOUND OBJECTS—ENVELOPING THEIR CONTOURS IN BRAIDED, WOVEN, OR FRINGED LEATHERWORK, AND IN SOME CASES, INTERLACING THEM WITH LEATHER ROPES REMINISCENT OF FISHING NETS. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 61

COURTIN WORKED WITH A RANGE OF WOODEN OBJECTS—FROM HIMACHALI MILK CONTAINERS TO WOODEN STOOLS, BOWLS, OIL GRINDERS, AND HIGH-BACK CHAIRS FROM NAGALAND—WRAPPING EACH IN LAYERS OF LEATHER, IN GLEAMING SHADES OF RED, BLACK, AND HONEY. SERENDIPITY AND EXPERIMENTATION LED THE CREATIVE PROCESS, LETTING COURTIN PLAY WITH PATTERNS AND MISTAKES, SUCH AS SPLITTING A BROKEN VESSEL IN TWO, AND THEN WRAPPING THE TWO PARTS IN LEATHER BEFORE THEY’RE PUT BACK TOGETHER—AS SEEN IN THE “SPLIT” VESSEL BELOW. 62 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

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RolexTWO Text Komal Sharma Photographs Courtesy of Rolex PORTFOLIO MENTOR & PROTÉGÉ ARTS INITIATIVE 2020–2022 Spike Lee was in the house. Let’s start there: the film-maker whose body of work exploring and expressing the African American identity has cut through noise and triggered a change in culture and perception itself. That’s the power of art. Every two years Rolex’s Mentor and Protégé programme pairs stalwarts like Lee with emerging, unstoppable talent to give them the space, time, and atmosphere to grow. Early this September, Rolex held its annual Arts Weekend in Brooklyn’s very own BAM, the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, to celebrate this year’s mentor-protégé pairs and showcase the works of the 2020-2022 pairs. Lee knew he wanted to mentor a native American film-maker and chose Kyle Bell. Prolific artist Carrie Mae Weems, of the “Kitchen Table” series (1989-1990) fame, leaned into the practice of Colombian visual artist Camila Rodríguez Triana as she worked with textiles, embroidery, photo, and film. British director Phyllida Lloyd—known for her spectacular all-female Shakespeare trilogy—chose director, musician, and composer Whitney White, sharing each other’s experiences in a male-dominated theatre production world. And award-winning actor-producer-songwriter-director Lin-Manuel Miranda stepped into the bold vision of upcoming Argentinean director and cinematographer Agustina San Martín as she blurred the boundaries of documentary and dream. In a post-pandemic, post–George Floyd world, issues of privilege, race, gender, and migration were front and centre. Who teaches and who learns was a question turned on its head. There is, it seems, nothing prescriptive about mentoring. What one witnessed in that weekend was how tacit knowledge, skill, and artistry flow among individuals, and that process remains a beautiful, undefined enigma. 66 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

THEATRE PROTÉGÉ WHITNEY WHITE AT THE PETER JAY SHARP BUILDING AT BAM, BROOKLYN—WHITE IS A DIRECTOR, MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, AND ACTOR. SHE PRESENTED “THE CASE OF THE STRANGER”, A STAGED CONCERT EXPLORING THE THEMES OF IMMIGRATION, BORDERS, AND CROSSINGS. POWERFUL AND POIGNANT, IT PICKED UP RECENT IMMIGRATION NEWS STORIES AND HUMANIZED THEM, SO THEY CAN BE EXPERIENCED ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL RATHER THAN AS NEWS STORIES THAT HAPPEN SOMEWHERE ELSE, TO SOMEONE ELSE. WHITE’S PERFORMANCE—HER PRESENCE, HER MUSIC, HER VOICE—WAS BINDING AND INSPIRING. SHE WAS MENTORED BY THE EXEMPLARY BRITISH THEATRE DIRECTOR PHYLLIDA LLOYD (PHOTO: © ROLEX/RETO ALBERTALLI). NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 67

ABOVE: THE FOUR MENTORS OF THE 2020–2022 ROLEX MENTOR AND PROTÉGÉ ARTS INITIATIVE AT THE BAM HOWARD GILMAN OPERA HOUSE IN BROOKLYN— IN A PANEL DISCUSSION TITLED “FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION”, MODERATOR GINA DUNCAN (FAR LEFT), PRESIDENT OF BAM, SPOKE TO MENTORS (LEFT TO RIGHT) LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA, SPIKE LEE, PHYLLIDA LLOYD, AND CARRIE MAE WEEMS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND EXPERIENCE OF MENTORING AND THE MAKING OF ART. LEE CONCLUDED THE SESSION WITH AN UPLIFTING THOUGHT: “IF YOU’RE IN THE ARTS, DOING WHAT YOU LOVE, AND MAKING RENT AND PUTTING DINNER ON THE TABLE, YOU’RE ALREADY GOOD.” (PHOTO: © ROLEX/RETO ALBERTALLI) 68 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

BELOW: AFTER THE SCREENING OF CHILDHOOD ECHOES AT THE HARVEY THEATER IN BROOKLYN, ARGENTINIAN FILM-MAKER AGUSTINA SAN MARTÍN AND LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA REFLECTED ON THE UNIVERSAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF MUSIC AND ITS POWER TO TRAVEL THROUGH TIME. CHILDHOOD ECHOES IS A NOVEL HYBRID OF A DOCUMENTARY FILM AND MAGICAL APPARITION BY SAN MARTÍN, PROTÉGÉ TO MIRANDA. INSTANTLY HEARTWARMING AND RELATABLE, IT EXPLORES THE IDEA OF HOW CERTAIN SONGS EVOKE SPECIFIC MEMORIES IN EACH OF US (PHOTO: © ROLEX/RETO ALBERTALLI). BOTTOM, THIS PAGE AND FACING PAGE: SCENES FROM PATRIMONIO MESTIZO BY CAMILA RODRÍGUEZ TRIANA—A MIXED-MEDIA WORK THAT EXPLORES HER IDENTITY AS A MESTIZA (A WOMAN OF MIXED RACE) FROM COLOMBIA, AND THE CONFLICT BETWEEN A HERITAGE ONE IS BORN INTO AND WHAT ONE EXPERIENCES AND WHERE THE TWO MEET. ART AND ITS POWER AS AN AESTHETIC, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL COMMENTARY WAS EVIDENT NOT ONLY IN RODRÍGUEZ TRIANA’S WORK BUT IN THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN HER AND HER MENTOR CARRIE MAE WEEMS (PHOTOS: © ROLEX/RETO ALBERTALLI). NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 69

LEFT: FILM-MAKER SPIKE LEE NEXT TO HIS PROTÉGÉ KYLE BELL, A NATIVE AMERICAN FILM-MAKER WHO USES HIS FILMS TO BRING FORTH UNTOLD STORIES OF HIS PEOPLE—BELL’S SHORT FILMS LAKOTA AND SPIRITS WERE SHOWN IN A SPECIAL SCREENING; THE FORMER PROFILES A YOUNG WOMAN GRAPPLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THE LATTER FEATURES A YOUNG BASKETBALL PLAYER LEAVING HIS HOME TOWN TO PURSUE HIS DREAM (PHOTO: © ROLEX/RETO ALBERTALLI). ABOVE: A MENTOR TO COMPOSER WHITNEY WHITE, BRITISH DIRECTOR PHYLLIDA LLOYD’S ALL-FEMALE SHAKESPEARE TRILOGY—JULIUS CAESAR, HENRY IV, AND THE TEMPEST—WAS DESCRIBED BY LONDON’S OBSERVER AS “ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THEATRICAL EVENTS OF THE PAST 20 YEARS”. SHE HAS ALSO DIRECTED THE MUSICAL AND FILM MAMMA MIA! AND THE MARGARET THATCHER BIOPIC THE IRON LADY (PHOTO: © ROLEX/WILLIAM LACALMONTIE). BELOW: AT THE ARTS WEEKEND, ROLEX ANNOUNCED THE MENTOR-PROTÉGÉ PAIRS FOR 2023-2024. FRENCH ARCHITECT AND PRITZKER PRIZE–WINNER ANNE LACATON (LEFT) WILL BE MENTORING UPCOMING LEBANESE ARMENIAN ARCHITECT ARINE APRAHAMIAN (PHOTO: © ROLEX/AUDOIN DESFORGES). 70 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

ABOVE: CARRIE MAE WEEMS (LEFT)—WHO MENTORED COLOMBIAN ARTIST CAMILA RODRÍGUEZ TRIANA—IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE OTHER MENTORS, SPOKE HONESTLY ABOUT HER INTENT AND THE MENTORING PROCESS. “I REALLY WANTED TO SEE HOW PEOPLE DO THINGS, MORE THAN THE ART ITSELF. I’M INCREDIBLY SELFISH.” SHE LATER WENT ON TO CAPTURE A SUMMARY OF HER OWN PROCESS FOR RODRÍGUEZ TRIANA: “IT IS TO UNDERSTAND PATIENCE, BE ACCEPTING OF THE PROCESS, TO KNOW WHEN TO GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY.” (PHOTO: © ROLEX/ARNAUD MONTAGARD) NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 71

FOLLOW THE OLD CAMEL ROAD OUT OF JAIPUR TOWARDS AGRA AND YOU’LL SOON FIND THE PINK CITY TAKES ON A N A LTO G E T H E R R U D D I E R TO N E . S CA R L E T S U N LO U N G E R S, AWNINGS, PARASOLS, AND JAZZY CHEVRON STRIPES SIGNAL THAT YOU’VE ARRIVED AT VILLA PALLADIO, A FANTASTICAL NEW HOTEL CONJURED UP BY THREE ACCOMPLISHED ALCHEMISTS IN THE GAME—BARBARA MIOLINI, MARIE-ANNE OUDEJANS, AND VIKAS SONI. WRITER COSMO BROCKWAY PHOTOGRAPHER BIKRAMJIT BOSE

THIS SUITE IN JAIPUR’S VILLA PALLADIO HOTEL—BY AD100 DESIGNER MARIE-ANNE OUDEJANS, BARBARA MIOLINI OF BAR PALLADIO, AND RAJASTHANI PAINTER VIKAS SONI—IS FORMED OF AN ENFILADE OF PURE FANTASY, ITS FOREGROUND ARCH ARTFULLY HAND-PAINTED TO EVOKE, IN THE OWNERS’ BRIEF, “A GARDEN GATE; LEAVES MIXED WITH MUGHAL BERRIES WITH A TOUCH OF FRENCH MINT”. THAT SAME MOTIF IS CARRIED THROUGH TO THE DOOR SURROUND, DADO PANELS, AND CORNICE. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 73

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We loved the LEFT: MEALS COME WITH VIEWS OF THE GARDEN AND A MIRRORED MEDITATION PAVILION AND simplicity, it felt like ARE SERVED ON CHINA BEARING HAND-PAINTED MOTIFS INSPIRED BY MUGHAL MINIATURES. a villa in the Italian BELOW: MARIE-ANNE OUDEJANS DESIGNED THE SCALLOPED TABLES AND HAND-BLOCK CUSHIONS countryside somehow.” SEEN ON THE BREAKFAST VERANDA. FACING PAGE: A BLACK-AND-WHITE CHEQUERBOARD SUN —Marie-Anne Oudejans TERRACE ANCHORED BY A CENTRAL SANDSTONE FOUNTAIN ADDS THEATRE TO THE FAÇADE OF VILLA PALLADIO. THE RED WINDOW AWNINGS AND ITALIAN PARASOLS OFFER A CLUE TO THE PUNCHY PALETTE THAT AWAITS GUESTS ONCE THEY’VE PASSED THROUGH THE MUGHAL ARCHES. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 75

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ABOVE: “WE COULDN’T RESIST TENTING THESE BEDS. IT IS SUCH A PALLADIO TOUCH,” SAYS OUDEJANS OF THE WHIMSICAL SCALLOPED CANOPIES IN THIS ROOM. THE TWIN BEDS THEMSELVES HAVE HAND-BLOCKED QUILTS MADE IN JAIPUR; THE PRINT IS BASED ON A CENTURIES-OLD SANGANERI PATTERN FROM THE SOUTH OF THE CITY. FACING PAGE: THE SHADED ENTRANCE VERANDA LOOKS ACROSS TO THE ARAVALLI HILLS AND IS FURNISHED WITH HANDCRAFTED CANE CHAIRS AND TABLES PAINTED THE SAME WINE RED AS THE WALLS. THE LATTICE PATTERN IS A MOTIF USED ELSEWHERE IN THE HOTEL, WHILE THE BAROQUE-STYLE BRASS SCONCES WERE MADE LOCALLY. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 77

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ABOVE: THE SCARLET CHEVRON STRIPES OF THE POOL- HOUSE ARCADE CAST A PLEASING REFLECTION ON THE WATER—AN EFFECT ENHANCED BY THE BLACK KOTA STONE ON THE WALLS OF THE SWIMMING POOL ITSELF. EVEN WHEN TEMPERATURES IN RAJASTHAN REACH THEIR HIGHEST THE WATER FEELS COOL BECAUSE OF THE COLOUR OF THAT LINING. RIGHT: OUDEJANS PAINTED JAUNTY STRIPES ALONG THE BEDROOM CORRIDOR TO EVOKE A PLAYFUL TENTED FEEL AND PAIRED THEM WITH THEATRICAL SHADED SCONCES IN BLACK AND SCARLET; THE EFFECT IS BOLD AND ENVELOPS THE SENSES. LEFT: THE DOUBLE-HEIGHT HALL FEATURES JALI SCREENS—PAINTED PINK ON ONE SIDE AND A SHADE OF GARNET ON THE OTHER—AND A FLOTILLA OF TENTED DAYBEDS. THE FLOOR AGAIN IS A CHEQUER PATTERN, ALBEIT HERE IN WHITE AND IMPERIAL-RED MARBLE. When it comes to colour, Marie-Anne really is brilliant. She just feels it, lives it.” —Barbara Miolini NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 79

IF SLIM AARONS DID RAJASTHAN: SITARAM, A WAITER, HOLDS A BOUQUET OF LILIES, HIS FLORAL-PRINT TROUSERS (DESIGNED BY OUDEJANS) CO-ORDINATING JAUNTILY WITH THE HAND-PAINTED CHEVRONS OF THE POOL HOUSE—OR “MUGHAL-INSPIRED BELVEDERE”, AS BARBARA MIOLINI PUT IT—AND THE SURROUNDING FOLIAGE. 80 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

Who among us, on visiting Jaipur, has pierced jali screens. “It was in a remarkably our memories of Rome.” No doubt the not stood silent at the very first sight good state. We loved the simplicity, it arching rooms will shimmer by night as of Bar Palladio? Surrounded by the felt like a villa in the Italian countryside the jeunesse dorée flock. “Villa Palladio is peacock-strewn lawns of Narain Niwas somehow,” Oudejans says. Of course about play and delight,” she adds. “And Palace, the pavilion, with its Gothic- nothing is ever really that simple in India when it comes to colour, Marie-Anne flavoured windows, tented daybeds, and and there were inevitably hoops to jump really is brilliant. She just feels it, lives it.” cool frescoes, might just be the most through, in addition to the pandemic, visually hypnotic restaurant in the world. but it was “destined to be given a new Everywhere are touches of levity The daydream-turned-triumph of Swiss chapter as part of the Palladio family”. and wit, from the red, white, and black Italian Barbara Miolini, a resident of the chequerboard marble floors up. The vast Pink City, it has already once spread its While modern Jaipur has no dearth heights of the central hall-cum-salon wings beyond the palace gates in the of debonair digs, Miolini and Oudejans have been bedecked with jaunty made- form of another whimsical set piece—the instantly knew that the palazzetto up crests of bears and roosters, while tangerine- and mint-hued Caffé Palladio was perfect for the boutique-hotel palm trees entwined with scarlet fronds on a bougainvillea-lined road nearby. venture they had been dreaming of. snake up the walls. I am enchanted to Now the triumvirate responsible— Just a 20-minute drive outside the city, catch sight of a huddle of artisans applying Miolini; Marie-Anne Oudejans, AD100 the journey flashing with tantalizing Orientalist gold leaf to canopied daybeds. designer and fellow expat; and Rajasthani glimpses into turquoise-screened haveli Scarlet-striped corridors lit by black and painter Vikas Soni—have struck again, courtyards, Villa Palladio is on the cusp of red sconces suggest My Fair Lady but with this time alighting on a small palace being unveiled. Miolini, who relishes the a surreal twist. In all, nine bedrooms lead nestled among the dromedary humps of respite it offers from the Jaipur noise, says off them. One twin room sports pagoda- the Aravalli hills on the old camel road that “the creation, despite the obvious shade bed canopies against walls painted to Agra. Possibly a former hunting lodge stress of starting any project, has been with splendid palm trees and vibrant red for a noble family, the pearl-white edifice, such a pleasure. Each day I find myself treillage; another chamber beckons with a surrounded by neem and almond trees, again in the fresh air, amid village living scalloped four-poster flanked by stained- was ripe for the plucking. and a simple way of life.” glass arches. A vaulted kitchen, strangely reminiscent of an English country house, Miolini and Oudejans’s first heart- Curled up on the veranda steps, was designed by the talented ceramicist stopping tour of this sleeping beauty, Oudejans explains the initial vision for Simon Marks, alongside a fragrant herb- where leopards might be found taking this modern-day interpretation of a arium brimming with fruits of the soil. shade under the chhatri domes, provided desert caravanserai. “I had an idea of evidence of echoing empty rooms and mingling the exuberance and decadence “We wanted there to be a strong of the maharajas with a heady dose of element of privacy and peace,” Miolini Italian flair,” she says. Her eyes fixed on says as we stroll through the scented the horizon beyond the castellated walls, trees. “So we constructed the ramparts she adds: “The countryside has given me to enclose the space and make it feel countless moments of visual inspiration. more intimate—a secret garden. There The women in the fields, scarlet, yellow, is something conspiratorial and playful aquamarine figures, the Rajput princesses here that is meant to evoke a sense of celebrating in their finery, their veils.…” childlike fantasy.” The Alice in Wonderland air continues beyond a tall hedge where The kaleidoscope of influences from there is a chevron-striped pool house, its her meanderings across Rajasthan has awning reflected in the glistening water been shaken down and poured out below. Concealed by royal palms and of the designer’s imagination as…a hibiscus, it is “a nod to European formal brilliant, pulsating red. The villa is the gardens with their garden follies”. At that reddest—and pinkest—apparition I have precise moment we spy one of the staff, ever seen. What a shame that Diana devilishly slim-hipped in a pair of floral Vreeland is no longer with us to arrive on trousers, holding a bunch of lilies. One by a caparisoned elephant and then sweep one the Rajput men, all bridal innocence into the galleried hall, a symphony of her and curling moustaches, line up to snap favourite colour. “Red,” she held forth, “is each other clasping the bouquet. the great clarifier: bright, cleansing, and revealing. It makes all colours beautiful.” It provides a lasting image as I prepare It is certainly a typically self-assured to set off on my way—along with the choice from the duo. “This is all about colour, of course. Here Miolini has the how pattern and colour work to create final word. “When travellers leave us here a mood,” Miolini explains. “The red was in the Pink City,” she says, “I would like actually inspired by cardinals’ robes and them also to remember the red.” NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 81

SIMPLICITY OF GREEK HOUSES SET AGAINST THE TROPICAL GREEN OF TALPE BEACH IN GALLE, S R I L A N K A , I N T E R I O R D ES I G N E R C H LÖ E E L K E RTO N ’S N E W LY RENOVATED BRAGANZA HOUSE HAS BEEN A LABOUR OF LOV E A ND C L E A RLY T HE MO ST P HOTO GE N I C O N T H E IS LA ND.

WRITER COSMO BROCKWAY PHOTOGRAPHER REBECCA CONWAY THE LIVING ROOM IN BRAGANZA HOUSE IN GALLE, SRI LANKA, DESIGNED BY INTERIOR DESIGNER CHLÖE ELKERTON. SHE HAD THE “LOCAL TEAK-BARLEY-TWIST COFFEE TABLE MADE BY MY LOCAL CARPENTER. HE IS A GENIUS. I UPHOLSTERED THE RATTAN SOFA IN WALTER G, AN AUSTRALIAN FABRIC HOUSE I USE A LOT IN MY PROJECTS. THE EMBROIDERED CUSHIONS ARE FROM [UK-BASED FURNITURE AND DECOR STORE] VAUGHAN, WHILE THE BOBBIN PEDESTAL TABLE IS AN ANTIQUE FIND.” NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 83

I felt it would be exciting and rewarding, both as a designer and also for my own creativity, to build a house in Sri Lanka.” —Chlöe Elkerton ABOVE: A GLOSSY WHITE BULBOUS TABLE CUSTOM-MADE IN SINGAPORE STANDS BELOW A LARGE WOODEN PEACOCK MIRROR WHILE TRADITIONAL SRI LANKAN BRASS TEMPLE VASES AND A WICKER LAMP—WITH A LAMPSHADE IN A LISA FINE FABRIC—ADD INTERESTING TOUCHES. THE FLOORING IS PATTERNED ENCAUSTIC TILES. RIGHT: IN THE MAIN POWDER ROOM, A HAND-BEATEN BRASS SINK FROM BALI STANDS ON AN ANTIQUE WOODEN VANITY TABLE. ELKERTON WANTED A FRESH TAKE ON TROPICAL SIMPLICITY WHEN DESIGNING EACH CORNER. BELOW: THE OPEN- TO-SKY COURTYARD HAS MOROCCAN BEJMAT FLOOR TILES AND AN ANTIQUE CARVED DOOR, WHICH ELKERTON FOUND IN A LOCAL ANTIQUES BAZAAR. FACING PAGE: THE COOL SHADED BARREL HALLWAY LOOKS THROUGH INTO THE SUNKEN SITTING ROOM BEYOND; THE DESIGNER EMBEDDED TABARKA TILES IN THE ARCHWAY. 84 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

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VAUGHAN LAMPS ADD POISE AND MOOD IN THE SUNKEN SITTING ROOM. THE BUILT-IN POLISHED CEMENT SEATING SPORTS UPHOLSTERY IN PETER DUNHAM FABRIC ALONGSIDE CUSHIONS BY BEATA HEUMAN (PALM DROP) AND PENNY MORRISON. ORNAMENTAL ANTIQUE FANS USED DURING TEMPLE CEREMONIES FLANK EITHER SIDE OF THE HALLWAY. 86 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

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LEFT: THE PALM SUITE BATHROOM—THE WHITE POLISHED CURVED CEMENT IS SMOOTH AND COOL EVEN IN THE FIERCEST HEAT; THE ANTIQUE VANITY WITH A MARBLE TOP IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF BRAGANZA’S ECLECTIC CONTENTS ALONGSIDE THE MOROCCAN BEJMAT TILES. BELOW: IN THE PEACOCK SUITE, ELKERTON HAS PAINTED THE BARLEY-TWIST FOUR-POSTER BEDS IN DULUX’S “KELLY GREEN”. ON THE BEDSIDE STANDS A VAUGHAN “RUTHERFORD” LAMP WITH A POOKY SHADE ATOP A WOODEN INLAY SIDE TABLE FROM INDIA. THE BEDS ARE GIVEN ADDED ZING WITH BEATA HEUMAN “PALM DROP” CUSHIONS AND SYBIL COLEFAX “SQUIGGLE ORANGE” CUSHIONS. THE CURTAINS ARE A WALTER G DESIGN. BOTTOM: ELKERTON HAD THE FOUR-POSTER RATTAN BED IN THE PALM SUITE CREATED BASED ON A VINTAGE DESIGN. THE BED UPHOLSTERY IS A PETER FASANO DESIGN WHILE THE BED CUSHIONS WERE SOURCED FROM PENNY MORRISON AND VAUGHAN. THE WOODEN-INLAY BEDSIDE CHESTS WERE FOUND IN RAJASTHAN. FACING PAGE: GUESTS ARE SERVED COCKTAILS FROM A POLISHED TERRAZZO BAR (FOREGROUND) PARTNERED WITH THIS RATTAN DISPLAY CABINET. ELKERTON HAS A PASSION FOR COLLECTING, INCLUDING THE ANTIQUE GLASS BOTTLES AND BABA TREE BASKET SEEN HERE. I really enjoyed custom- designing a lot of the furniture, such as the bamboo- effect four-poster bed, and we worked with some wonderful local craftsmen.” —Chlöe Elkerton NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 89

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LEFT: THIS CORNER OF THE KITCHEN HAS A SCALLOPED TILE DESIGN BY ELKERTON. BELOW: THE TABLE IN THE AMBALAMA SET FOR A MEAL WITH PENNY MORRISON CROCKERY, WHICH WAS HAND-PAINTED IN INDIA. BOTTOM: ELKERTON HAS USED PETER DUNHAM OUTDOOR UPHOLSTERY FOR THE AMBALAMA, WHICH SHE FELT WAS THE PERFECT FOIL TO THE FRETWORK INSPIRED BY THE MOSQUES OF GALLE FORT. FACING PAGE: THE SHELL ROOM IS A COCOON OF COLOURFUL AND BOHEMIAN STYLE. ELKERTON KNEW AS SOON AS SHE SAW THE ANNA FRENCH WALLPAPER THAT IT WAS THE PERFECT CHOICE. THE BANQUETTES ARE UPHOLSTERED IN FERMOIE AND SCATTERED WITH CUSHIONS BY CAROLINA IRVING AND GUY GOODFELLOW. THE ANTIQUE CHEST WAS PAINTED WHITE TO HELP SET OFF THE STRIKING ART COLLECTION—WHICH INCLUDES WORK BY MARY MAGUIRE—COLLECTED BY ELKERTON OVER THE YEARS. Elkerton also loves to sit under the shaded cinnamon- stick roof of the outdoor “Lionel’s Bar and Ambalama”— named after a rickshaw driver. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 91

LOOKING ACROSS THE VERDANT LAWN TO THE ELEGANT SRI LANKAN VILLA, WHICH IS, TODAY, A PICTURESQUE RETREAT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO RENT. 92 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

t all began with childhood decided to sell. It was just a few minutes antiques source and Braganza houses memories of the white inland from the best beaches and the several of his wonderful Dutch antiques simplicity of Greek houses,” location was perfect.” Pausing, she smiles, such as the chair in the Palm suite and the muses Chlöe Elkerton as we “The moment I stepped foot on the land dining furniture on the veranda alongside wander through the clean- at dusk, I knew it felt right.” Elevated and the antique windows and doors through- lined rooms of Braganza fertile, the plot sported some wonderful out the house. The mosques in nearby House. Nestled down a mature trees including a dramatic trav- Galle provided inspiration for the fretwork winding country road, just eller’s palm, and seemed destined for such through which the light dapples onto inland from Talpe beach in a happy new chapter. striking patterns and layering. Galle, Sri Lanka, the villa, although only recently Starting from an initial vision of a An early riser, Elkerton is up and awake completed, has already been single-storey house with rooms leading off by 5:30 most mornings, soaking up the hailed as the most photo- a central courtyard, rather than the more atmosphere of this enchanting place. “The genic on the island. It has predictable gazing onto a pool, Elkerton magic of the early hours, when the been a quiet labour of love worked directly with a local contractor peacocks are strutting and monkeys for the Singapore-based and engaged a Galle-based architect for swinging from the trees…it is a time when I interior designer through the roof design. “One of the unexpected think my greatest thoughts,” she laughs, the peaks and canyons of building challenges was the fact that we adding, “Sunset can be immensely pretty the pandemic. Its interiors sourced a lot of antique windows and too, when the sky is various shades of pink have drawn attention across doors and they came in different sizes!” and coral over the turquoise pool.” Pressed the world for their East- Another hurdle to overcome was the on her favourite spaces within the villa, West aesthetic and firmly design-forward organically shaped infinity pool, inspired Elkerton cites the Shell room, cocooned in take on modern island living. by one seen in Zanzibar, which required a Anna French wallpaper, Carolina Irving Walking through the colonial Dutch- natural gradation into the water. The cushions, and Indian miniatures, and the style carved front door to an open result is naturally beguiling. sunken sitting room with its polished courtyard paved with seaweed-green cement seating upholstered in Peter Moroccan Bejmat tiles, Elkerton’s vision A seasoned traveller, who regularly Dunham fabrics. She also loves to sit under unfurls for the eyes. “Living in Asia moved explores India, Mallorca, and Andalucía, the shaded cinnamon-stick roof of the me away from traditional English deco- Elkerton knew instinctively that she outdoor “Lionel’s Bar and Ambalama”— rating and towards a more tropical chic wanted to avoid the sterile “villa look”. She named after a rickshaw driver—for long style,” she explains before requesting fresh sourced antiques and textiles from a vast lunches of freshly sourced local ingredients. coconut water for us from the charismatic net of contacts, both locally and further Nearby Talpe beach, with its ever-changing house manager, Kumara. “Living on the away. “The fabulously clever work of horizon across the sea and giant ancient oceanfront in Singapore for several years Marie-Caroline Willms, for the Marbella turtles bobbing on the surf, is a daily escape. while setting up my practice, E&A Club; Mark D. Sikes; and Celerie Kemble Tropical living has its challenges. Elkerton Interiors, had infiltrated my tastes more were all inspirations,” reflects Elkerton. “I points out, “The maintenance is never- than I realized until I began designing really enjoyed custom-designing a lot of ending, especially during the monsoon this retreat.” Realizing her dream to create the furniture, such as the bamboo-effect season when the weather can quickly wear somewhere that guests could come and four-poster bed, and we worked with down building materials.” When I ask rent from around the world, Elkerton some wonderful local craftsmen.” what a regret might be, she swiftly answers, wanted it to feel not like a hotel but a “I chose to use a lot of white, which also beloved and comfortable private home. Turning to the leading lights of the stains easily—there is a reason why most Sri Braganza House has achieved just that. British design scene was an obvious choice Lankan properties are full of grey cement!” Having taken the plunge and sold her for the designer as a way of making the London apartment in 2013, Elkerton was interiors stand out in the southern hemi- Mindful of sharing the joys of Braganza strongly drawn to create something in Sri sphere. “Vaughan Designs’ embroideries are House and also playing a part in supp- Lanka as a very personal escape. “My a highlight and I chose textiles from Guy orting the local economy, Elkerton has mother and I spent Christmas here one Goodfellow, Beata Heuman, Fermoie, and opened its doors to guests for exclusive year and it got under my skin,” she Teyssier among others,” says Elkerton, in a rental. She is also busy with exciting explains. “I felt it would be exciting and conscious move away from the “ethnic” projects with E&A Interiors: “We are rewarding, both as a designer and also for look so espoused by other villas. “I was so working on a glorious villa in Canggu, my own creativity, to build a house there.” aware of avoiding the typical look, found Bali, and a historical shophouse in The universe rewarded her dream with a here, the dark wood and white concrete. I Singapore,” she mentions. “This is a time lucky hand as she explains: “I looked at wanted something fresher, brighter, which when we all take nothing for granted dozens of plots near Galle and then a good I felt represented me and my journey more, anymore and relish the privilege of travel friend of mine, who is an Italian architect the things I am passionate about.” and seeking something of a legacy.” we used to stay with at Talpe beach, showed me some land that he had finally However, the island’s spirit is found in At Braganza House, there is a footprint many of the interior elements. In Sri of love and creativity outside conventional Lanka, Aladdin’s cave “Gamini”, which lines that is palpable—with a sun-drenched can be found on the road to Galle from future ahead. Taupe beach, is the designer’s local go-to NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 93

WHEN THEIR BELOVED FORMER APARTMENT IN GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK CITY, S UD D E N LY B ECA M E AVAILABLE, NATE BERKUS AND JEREMIAH BRENT COULDN’T RESIST THE CALL TO RETURN TO THEIR AESTHETIC ROOTS. WRITER JESSI KLEIN P H OTO G R A P H E R K E L LY M A R S H A L L STYLIST DORCIA KELLEY

GROOMING: JESSICA PADILLA FOR SHISEIDO. ARTWORKS: COURTESY OF MATT CONNORS, CARLOS FONSECA. NATE BERKUS (WEARING A GREY CASHMERE SWEATER BY ALLUDE, RALPH LAUREN TROUSERS, AND CELINE HOMME LOAFERS) AND JEREMIAH BRENT (IN A BOTTEGA VENETA SWEATER, HARUYAMA PANTS, AND VIBI VENEZIA SLIPPERS) WITH THEIR CHILDREN, OSKAR (IN A MAKIÉ SHIRT AND PANTS) AND POPPY (IN A MAKIÉ DRESS AND SABAH KIDS SLIPPERS), IN THEIR NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT. FASHION STYLING BY SHANDI ALEXANDER. NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 95

ABOVE: A MIRRORED WALL BRIGHTENS THE DINING ROOM. JACQUES ADNET DINING CHAIRS SURROUND THE FRENCH GATELEG BLEACHED-OAK TABLE; ABOVE IS A 1930s SWEDISH ALABASTER PENDANT LIGHT. THE CABINETRY WAS CUSTOM-MADE. RIGHT: A VIKING RANGE STANDS IN THE KITCHEN. FACING PAGE: THE KITCHEN COUNTERS AND ISLAND ARE CLAD IN CALACATTA PAONAZZO MARBLE. PORTOLA PAINTS & GLAZES’ SAINT SAUVANT COLOURS THE CABINETRY. ABOVE IS A 1950s ITALIAN LIGHT FIXTURE. A CUSHION IN HOLLAND & SHERRY LEATHER SITS ATOP THE PIERRE JEANNERET TEAK STOOL. THE BRONZE SINK FITTINGS ARE BY VAN CRONENBURG. It looks like an old Parisian apartment, with all the plaster and the French doors.” —Nate Berkus 96 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

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ABOVE: CUSTOM MILLWORK BY FANUKA INC. KEEPS THE DRESSING ROOM ORGANIZED. RIGHT: NINETEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN CARVED- WOOD MIRRORS HANG ABOVE WATERWORKS SINKS AND FITTINGS IN THE PRIMARY BATH. BELOW: THE FAMILY ROOM IS OUTFITTED WITH A CAMELEONDA SECTIONAL BY MARIO BELLINI FOR B&B ITALIA IN A MAXALTO VELVET AND A MOHAIR VELVET RUG BY MARC PHILLIPS. THE FLOOR LAMP IS BY CHARLES DUDOUYT FROM REWIRE. 98 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022

ABOVE: GLAMORA’S PANORAMIC BELLAGIO [This home] really WALLPAPER ENVELOPS BERKUS AND BRENT’S BEDROOM. THE ROOM ALSO FEATURES A 1960s was like a crash course LEATHER SOFA BY FRITS HENNINGSEN, SAMUEL MARX TRAVERTINE CUBE TABLES, ROMAN in understanding the SHADES BY THE SHADE STORE, AND AN RH RUG. vision of the person that you love.” —Nate Berkus NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 99

100 AD ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2022 THIS PAGE: ARTWORK COURTESY OF MICHAEL HAINEY. FACING PAGE, BOTTOM: ARTWORK COURTESY OF JAMES HD BROWN © 2022 ARTISTS RIGHTS SOCIETY (ARS), NEW YORK/ADAGP, PARIS.