Architectural Digest India celebrates its 3rd anniversary with the second edition of AD50

Chandigarh, 25th March 2015: To mark its third anniversary, Architectural Digest (AD) India, the ultimate design bible published by Condé Nast India, celebrated the most influential names in architecture and design for 2015 with the exclusive AD50 event at the JW Marriott Hotel New Delhi Aerocity today, in association with Mercedes-Benz. The event was supported by Nilaya by Asian Paints and QUEO Luxury Sanitaryware along with Bloomberg TV India as television partner. The specially curated list is the second edition of AD50 that features reputed and established personalities from the industry, like Balkrishna Doshi, Hafeez Contractor, Sameep Padora, Sandeep Khosla, Shimul Javeri Kadri, Niels Schoenfelder, Rahul Gore and Sonal Sancheti, and Pankaj Vir Gupta and Christine Mueller Gupta among others.



Since 1990, Architectural Digest (US) has been naming the world's finest architects and designers to a select group known as the AD100. An arbiter of excellence, this exclusive list recognizes established icons and innovative pioneers whose work is as inspiring as it is influential. Having brought the concept to India last year, this second edition of AD50 is a comprehensive look at the most important names in architecture and design, and recognizes the contributions of people creating the most interesting buildings, interiors, art and products in India and around its borders.



The evening saw the presence of personalities from the design, interiors, architecture and fashion communities.



Speaking on the occasion, Manju Sara Rajan, Editor, Architectural Digest India said, "This time, for the second edition of the ambitious AD50: the list of the most influential names in architecture and design for 2015, we decided to broaden our horizon and narrow our focus and so we went looking for interesting projects and edgy design firms across our borders, in markets largely unexplored—Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Since its launch, AD India has featured significant work from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It was only right that we include architects from these two countries as well as Pakistan in the AD50 list! As for the others on the list, they are truly inspired individuals and firms who have produced some spectacular work. All this comes alive in our anniversary issue. We are proud and thankful to you, our readers, for joining us in this successful journey of three years."



Mr. Eberhard Kern, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India, said, "Mercedes-Benz has been a trend-setter in terms of design prowess and our new design language has been able to capture the pulse of customers across the globe. Our products are the epitome of ultimate luxury and technological innovation and have been avant-garde and timeless in appeal. It is hence no secret that Mercedes-Benz has been winning some of the most coveted design awards like the Red Dot awards regularly, over the years. We are launching two such most stylishly designed cars from our portfolio, the E-Class Cabriolet and the CLS 250 CDI. In AD 50 we witnessed the same passion to achieve excellence in design, as it is an evolved platform to recognize 50 most influential names in Design and Architecture. We are glad to be associated with Condé Nast India and take this association further this year as well."




AD50 List:



FIRM


NAME OF ARCHITECTS

REINVENTORS

VASTU SHILPA CONSULTANTS


Balkrishna Doshi, Rajeev Kathpalia and Soenke Hoof

ABHA NARAIN LAMBAH ASSOCIATES




ABHIMANYU DALAL ARCHITECTS


Abhimanyu Dalal

ARCHITECT HAFEEZ CONTRACTOR


Hafeez Contractor

KAMATH DESIGN STUDIO


Revathi and Vasant Kamath

NETERWALA AND AIBARA INTERIOR ARCHITECTS AARCHITEARCHITECTS


Phirosa Neterwala and Sunu Aibara

SHILPA ARCHITECTS PLANNERS DESIGNERS


Sheila Sri Prakash

RAJ REWAL ASSOCIATES


Raj Rewal

RATAN J BATLIBOI CONSULTANTS


Ratan J Batliboi

SHATOTTO


Mohammad Rafiq Azam

SJK ARCHITECTS


Shimul Javeri Kadri

KASHEF CHOWDHURY/URBANA


Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury

HIREN PATEL ARCHITECTS


Hiren Patel

VIKAS DILAWARI


Vikas Dilawari

MODERNISTS

MARINA TABASSUM ARCHITECTS


Marina Tabassum

NAJMI BILGRAMI COLLABORATIVE


Syed Akeel Bilgrami, Ahsan Najmi, Sarah Najmi-­‐Bilgrami, and Syed Zayd Bilgrami

NAYYAR ALI DADA AND ASSOCIATES


Nayyar Ali Dada, Ghazanfar Ali, and Raza Ali Dada

OPOLIS


Rahul Gore and Sonal Sancheti

ROMI KHOSLA DESIGN STUDIO


Romi and Martand Khosla

KHOSLA ASSOCIATES


Sandeep Khosla and Amaresh Anand

VIR.MUELLER ARCHITECTS


Pankaj Vir Gupta and Christine Mueller Gupta

PRAXIS


Ajit Jain, Gopa Menon and Rajiv Majumdar

SPASM DESIGN


Sanjeev Panjabi and Sangeeta Merchant

MANCINI ENTERPRISES


Niels Schoenfelder, Dimitri Klein and JT Arima

ZZ ARCHITECTS


Zubin Zainuddin and Krupa Zubin

VISUAL ARTISTS

ANAGRAM ARCHITECTS


Vaibhav Dimri and Madhav Raman

STAPATI


Tony Joseph

STUDIO LOTUS


Ambrish Arora, Sidhartha Talwar and Ankur Choksi

HUNNARSHALA FOUNDATION


Sandeep Virmani and Kiran Vaghela

ABM ARCHITECTS


Alfaz Miller

ARCHOHM


Sourabh Gupta

ARCHITECTURE PARADIGM


Manoj Ladhad, Vimal Jain and Sandeep J

CP KUKREJA ASSOCIATES


CP Kukreja, SK Nandi, Dikshu C Kukreja

MORPHOGENESIS


Manit and Sonali Rastogi

SPACES ARCHITECTS@KA


Kapil Aggarwal

NU.DE OFFICES


Nuru Karim

SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS


Sanjay Puri

EXPERIMENTERS

ABIN DESIGN STUDIO


Abin Chaudhuri

ARCHITECTURE DISCIPLINE


Akshat Bhatt

ARCHITECTURE RED


Biju Kuriakose and Kishore Panikkar

ASHIESH SHAH ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN


Ashiesh Shah

LAB


Shonan Purie Trehan

M:OFA STUDIO


Manish and Tanushree Gulati

PLANET 3 STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE


Kalhan and Santha Gour Mattoo

ROOSHAD SHROFF ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN


Rooshad Shroff

ARCHITECT PALINDA KANNANGARA


Palinda Kannangara

SALT ARCHITECTS


Jassu Sekhon, Amit Sinha and Animesh Nayak

SERIE ARCHITECTS


Christopher Lee and Kapil Gupta

SAMEEP PADORA & ASSOCIATES


Sameep Padora

THE BUSRIDE DESIGN STUDIO


Ayaz and Zameer Basrai





Notes to the Editors



About Architectural Digest:

Architectural Digest, an interior design magazine published by Condé Nast, was founded in 1920. The magazine is aimed at an affluent and style-conscious readership. AD is positioned as the most trusted authority on design, architecture and living. AD introduces the best of modern living—sophisticated architecture, luxurious interiors and intelligent living concepts—to its discerning readers. Architectural Digest India presents the very best of international and Indian architecture and design.



About Condé Nast:



Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality magazines, websites and digital content. Reaching more than 263 million consumers in 30 markets, the company's portfolio includes many of the world's most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Brides, Self, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller/Traveler, Allure, Architectural Digest, Wired, W and Style among others. In addition to publishing 143 magazines and over 130 websites, the company operates a restaurant division and several ventures in education. Condé Nast Entertainment develops film, television and premium video programming.

Condé Nast India launched with Vogue in 2007 followed by GQ in 2008, Condé Nast Traveller in 2010 and Architectural Digest in 2012.

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