DR&W Recasts Luxury through Volume, Light and Restraint

DR&W replaces conventional retail opulence with filtered light, tactile materials and spatial sensibility within a recovered 16-foot-high volume in Colaba, Mumbai. Luxury retail often offers a disciplined, minimalist proposition. This 950-square-foot jewellery and watch store, belonging to a four-decade-old brand formerly associated with art, sculpture and antiques, follows this principle in its redesign. The showroom becomes an inhabitable collection, where architecture and display come together to shape the retail experience.Stripping away the false ceiling and previous interventions reveals a 16-foot-high volume supported by teak girders. This becomes the principal architectural anchor, lending an unexpectedly generous scale to its compact, nearly […]