Heritage Reimagined

26 Feb 2026 CW Team

At Darabshaw House in Ballard Estate, The House of Rose represents more than a retail flagship. It is an architectural negotiation between legacy and contemporary restraint—where business ambition and spatial discipline converge.

Framing the intent, Biren Vaidya, Managing Director, The Rose Group of Companies, says, “It has always been a dream, nurtured over the last forty-five years, to create a luxury brand of Indian origin with true international standing.”

He adds, “With the current generation, luxury has become quieter, more personal, and deeply experiential.”

That philosophical repositioning became the foundation for the architectural response led by Zaki Shaikh, Founder and Principal Architect, Parthenon Architects...

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Infrastructure Energy

26 Feb 2026

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