About the Book: India Modern
India’s renowned palaces and forts, its Mogul splendours, and the colonial architecture of the Raj are justly famous, but since the 1990s a new, different, and exciting movement in design and architecture has emerged.
India Modern is a stunningly illustrated exploration of cutting-edge homes, bars, restaurants, hotels, and spas, revealing the innovative ideas being introduced not only by Indians but also by foreign architects and designers who have moved to India. Over the four-chapter – “A Break with Tradition”, “Reworking the Idiom”, “Courtyard and Tent”, and “Retreats” – photographer and author Michael Freeman examines the ways in which contemporary design and architecture in India Dewsign have blended international influences with that country’s cultural heritage, spirituality, mythology, and esoteric sciences. India Modern features work by rising stars such as Rajiv Saini and Aniket Bhagwat.