The magazine wanted to "Broaden its horizons but narrow its focus", and felicitates what it believes to be the '50 most influential' names ...
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.
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 (Sic!) 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.”