When we began working with NMA & Walkitecture, we weren’t just shaping a brand — we were helping preserve a way of seeing Mumbai differently. That perspective just gained recognition in Architectural Digest India, where Nikhil Mahashur’s piece, Shivaji Park’s Disappearing Deco, was featured as part of AD’s Art Deco centennial spotlight.

For years, Nikhil has guided people through streets lined with curved terraces, circular windows, and quiet clues from the past — each telling a story in brick, stucco, and stone. His belief? That every bylane, bend, and forgotten façade in Mumbai deserves the same reverence as its iconic monuments.

Walking Shivaji Park with Nikhil is like leafing through a lost chapter of the city’s design history. The AD feature captures that spirit — offering a rare window into a quietly vanishing world of suburban Art Deco, marked by porthole windows, rail-thin balconies, and streamlined silhouettes that once shaped everyday life.

“These weren’t showpieces; they were homes,” Nikhil shares in the article. “What makes Shivaji Park remarkable is its quiet confidence — Deco adapted to daily life.”

For those who’ve walked beside him, this recognition is only fitting. Nikhil’s work goes beyond preservation — it’s about storytelling. About making space for overlooked buildings, unnoticed corners, and the silent beauty of the lived-in. As his partners at X&Zero, our role has always been to reflect what already exists — and with this AD India feature, that vision now resonates across the country.