Press & Media | Temple Town in the Press
Temple Town's work has been published more than 240 times across some 69 publications since 1999 — Architectural Digest India, Elle Decor India, Hindustan Times, India Today, Beautiful Homes, GoodHomes, Living Etc, The New Indian Express and many more.
This is the archive. Every entry links to the publisher's original.
Architectural Digest India
Nine placements between 2019 and 2026.
- South Indian homes and their obsession with courtyards — 5 homes AD editors love · September 2026
- Step into a Kerala home built around a beautiful traditional courtyard — the Nalukettu, Thrissur
- A Kerala hilltop bungalow full of upcycled furniture — The Hill Crest Home
- Temple Town's latest collection — a love of wood, cane and art
Elle Decor India
Seven placements, online and in print.
- The Kochi Temple Town store sparks dialogue on art, design and heritage · March 2025
- Traditional crafts and tropical accents in a contemporary Thrissur home
- A Bengaluru home by Temple Town · April 2026
- The Joy Alukkas Kochi residence · November 2022
- A Kochi home with a dramatic dash of clean white and bold colours
- Meera Pyarelal revamps a quintessentially Kerala-styled home with European interiors
- A Colonial Panorama — print, October–November 2022
National press
- Deccan Chronicle — Work is her temple · July 2019
- The New Indian Express — Thrissur's Meera Pyarelal on a mission to revive and repackage classic Kerala furniture · July 2020
- Business Standard — A furniture connoisseur's heaven · March 2021
- ANI News — A furniture connoisseur's heaven · March 2021
Also in Hindustan Times (3), MSN (2), India Today, India Today Home (6), India Today Spice, Indulge Express (7), The Sunday Standard and Times Property.
Beautiful Homes by Asian Paints
Six placements.
- From Garage Startup to Icon in Colonial Furniture Design — a 12,000 sq ft Palghat home · September 2024
- Monsoon House — video feature
GoodHomes
Three placements including print, August–September 2025.
International
- Hello! India — double-page feature, September 2022
- Home Design Magazine — international edition, September 2025 (the Jaya Pereira residence)
- Living Etc — UK and India editions
- Habitus Living, Australia — residential architecture, 2022
Project features
Coromandel Court
- Volume Zero · September 2026
- Archello · May 2026
- The Architect's Diary — print, May–June 2026
The Waterside Residence
- Volume Zero · May 2026
- Archello · August 2025
The Terracotta Sanctuary
- Archello · September 2025
- Design Essentia · March 2026
- The Glitz Media · May 2026
The Nalukettu
- STIR World · August 2023
- Arivaa Lifestyle · April 2025
The Joy Alukkas penthouse
- India Design ID · May 2023
- Society Interiors & Design · April 2023
- The Decor Journal India · December 2023
Jaya Pereira
- Archello · August 2024
Cloud Dancer
- Biltrax Media — interiors that redefine warm minimalism · April 2026
An eclectic Kerala residence
- Society Interiors & Design · October 2023
The Kochi flagship
8,000 sq ft over two floors, inside the Museum of Kerala History at Edappally.
- Design Pataki · March 2024
- Architect and Interiors India · March 2024
- Furniture Design India · 2024
Interviews and comment
- Architect and Interiors India — In Conversation: bringing tradition into modern settings · November 2022
- Business India — Back to the roots · October 2024
- MGS Architecture — on responsible and sustainable design
- The Glitz Media — Cost, craft, crisis: how Indian furniture… · April 2026
- Seema — Nature's Nuances · April 2026
- Bindu Gopal Rao — Nature makeover for your home · April 2026
- Bindu Gopal Rao — Innovative windows · March 2026
- The Design Collective · June 2020
- The Whimsical Interiors · June 2024
- Video feature
Studio profiles
Also featured in
Coverage in the following titles. Links are being added as the archive is catalogued.
Design and interiors: Rethinking The Future (11) · Homes India Magazine (15) · The Architect's Diary (7) · Biltrax Media (6) · The Glitz Media (6) · Society Interiors & Design (5) · Marwar India (5) · Design Sense / Ace Design Sense (8) · Luxebook (5) · MGS Architecture (4) · Arivaa Lifestyle (4) · Architecture+Design (3) · The Decor Journal India (4) · The Ideal Home and Garden (5) · Kerala Interior Designz (3) · Surfaces Reporter (2) · Design Essentia (2) · Design Pataki (2) · Design Perspective · Dream Homz · Homes Magazine · Commercial Design · Khush Magazine
Business and lifestyle: The Luxury Chronicle (4) · Life and More (4) · Global Spa (2) · Glamour Mantra (2) · Urban Melange (2) · Bold Outline (2) · The Style List (2) · Construction World · Soul of Hospitality India · The Gourmet Edit · Manifest Life · The Channel 46 · Pravasi Indian · Femina (3)
Trade and specialist: Architectural & Builders (4) · Volume Zero (3) · The Tiles of India (2) · Ace Update (2) · India Wood · IFJ Magazine · Interiors and Decor Magazine · Furniture Design & Technology · Furniture Design India · Construction Business Today · Dress Your Home · FOAID · Luxe Point India · Espravo · LBB
Temple Town is an interior design studio and furniture maker founded by Meera Pyarelal in Thrissur, Kerala, in 1999. The studio works in the Heirloom Modernism idiom: Indian craft held to the standard of the world's finest furniture, made to be inherited rather than replaced.
Press enquiries: get in touch. Showrooms in Thrissur and Kochi.