From a recreating a traditional nalukettu home in Kerala to embodying the serenity of wada architecture, these homes are firmly rooted in tradition.

Perched high above Kerala’s cardamom plantations, this restrained hilltop bungalow by Mindspark Architects unfolds slowly through concrete, light, and landscape.

AN Architect created a weekend home that blurs the line between rural retreat and Mediterranean daydream.

Explore these meticulously designed homes in Surat that stay true to their roots in unique ways.

At Kikō House, Ikigai Studio creates a calm architectural envelope for heirlooms, souvenirs, and objects gathered over a life lived around the world.

Studio Sculpt's villa design turns two apartments into a sprawling 10,000-square-foot home that feels remarkably independent.

Kavan Shah restores a weathered 75-year-old beachside home with restraint, preserves its patina, and strengthens its connection with the sea and surrounding landscape.

Floor-to-ceiling windows, courtyards, and trees that direct the design—here is how Indian homes bring the outdoors inside.

Designed by Doro, an Ahmedabad-based design studio, this space in Auroville gathers courts, vaults, and shaded passages around an existing grove of trees.

These striking indoor courtyards bridge all of nature’s elements together, becoming the beating heart of the home.

Once a corporate banker, Srishti Mehta of Rhythm and Light Design Studio left Canada and found her design voice in this home in Meerut.

At Ocean Haus, Quirk Studio builds a Mumbai duplex around white-on-white interiors, sculptural bespoke interventions, and one very specific view.

Across the state, these beautiful homes in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Alwar, and beyond, hark back to a time gone by.

From compact balconies to expansive terraces, flowering creepers offer a refined, living alternative to walls—softening edges, inviting biodiversity, and creating privacy with grace.

Studio Ko embeds history and identity into the bones of this apartment in Mumbai's leafy Malabar Hill neighbourhood.

A curated guide to Delhi’s most unforgettable and beautiful homes—layered with art, memory, and history, and personal narratives.

Studio Nishita Kamdar crafts a Pune home that brings together the beaches of San Francisco and the warmth of an Indian home.

From inky foliage to sculptural silhouettes, these moody botanicals provide neo-gothic glamour to brooding interiors.

From a stone house tucked into the Himalayas to a Sri Lankan couple' home that is part gallery and part garden, here are the most beautiful homes featured in AD this month.

Fans, curtains, open windows— these are habits that instinctively feel right but they might actually be making your home hotter.

Across three years, more than 50 craftspeople gradually revived a dream. Might restoring an ancestral home in a small Shekhawati town, where most havelis are in disrepair, be an unprecedented act of love?

From living room aquariums to courtyard fountains and garden ponds, the right mix of aquatic plants transforms water features into cooling, living landscapes in India’s tropical heat.

When a neighbouring plot came up for sale in Bengaluru, a request for a garage quickly turned into the perfect starting point for a garden cottage built by Tessera Architects for friendship, family, and the joy of having people over.

Indoor water bodies are often considered lucky in Vastu Shastra and Feng Shui, and these Indian homes have used that luck to their advantage.

In Erode, Tamil Nadu, this family home by architect Lokesh PB has been designed to age gracefully.

Built from a family returning from Dubai, this Kerala home unfolds through shaded verandahs, floating roof volumes and long views of the paddy fields.

Created by Sahiba Madan of Insitu Design Studio, this home in Juhu is calm, minimalist, and understated.

Architect Rugved Rane breaks down the popularity of Japanese design in India, and how to best adapt it's principles for Indian homes.

Designed by The Auburn Studio, the home balances memory with a contemporary sensibility.

From sprawling Juhu residences to art-filled apartments in Worli, here are some of our favourite sea-facing homes in Mumbai.