Inside a 3-BHK home in South Mumbai that marries modern and vintage effortlessly
When a couple in their 60s envisioned their ideal abode, they wanted a home that reflected their penchant for travel and balanced the traditional and contemporary. Purvi Shah, principal architect, Purvi Shah Interiors, was enlisted to transform their three-bedroom at Hilltop Road in Worli, South Mumbai, into an abode replete with pastel colours and a curation of painting, artefacts, and furniture from their personal collection.
Kavya Sheth of Studio Ruh articulates a bespoke home for a craft connoisseur and curator
Designed for Radeesh Shetty, founder and director of The Purple Turtles and Beruru, Open-Plan Residence brings to life a penchant for detail, craft and heritage. We at Studio Ruh call it the result of an elated love affair with tropical modernism.
RAJASTHANI ETHOS OF MODERN DESIGN HOUSE CURATES THIS LEISURE RESIDENCE IN VADODARA : ASSOCIATES DESIGN STUDIO
The “Shakti Bungalows” at Vasana Road, Vadodara is one of the elite projects by Ar.Ruchir Sheth. It showcases the true essence of royalty in the form of a Rajasthani theme perfectly blended with contemporary designs. The owners envisaged it to be a lavish bungalow on Rajasthani royal heritage theme, from upholstery to architecture, everything has been articulated to meet their needs in the exact same way.
As the Russian painter and art theorist once said, colour is a power that directly influences the soul. Explaining the concept of colours to be used in the home, Interior Designer Smitha Zachariah, Creative Head of ZXP Design, shares her thoughts on popular interior design colour trends.
A Sthira Residence at Kerala, by Taliesyn – Design & Architecture
The term ‘Sthira’ in its origin indicates the state of being still. This project’s design fabric embodies the same sentiment — a series of spaces that fulfill the end-user’s aspiration of unwinding in the company of loved ones in a built volume that is held delicately in the clasps of lushness and architectural expression.
Rock House: A Weekend Villa Near Ahmedabad, India by tHE gRID Architects
The Ahmedabad-based multispecialty architecture firm tHE gRID Architects led by Snehal Suthar and Bhadri Suthar has recently completed ”Rock House”, a unique project which is sustainable and made from all local labour and local tradition craft of stone masonry, situated near Ahmedabad, India.
HOMES, celebrate LIFE. They celebrate views, geographies, locales, climates…..The emotion one feels on arrival at the crest of the site is of liberation, an expanse. The same emotion is distilled through the placement of the 4 ton rock that soars on the prong of a 6 meter cantilever……The home predominantly faces the farmlands, a reservoir and the highlands, witness to the most color saturated sunsets.
The Hermitage in Kasauli is a blissful getaway cocooned in the shelter of hills and lush greenery
Sky above, earth below and peace within! Go wild for a while, on a date with mountains, among the peaky wonders and never-ending vistas. The Hermitage in Kasauli hills serves these aspirations with blissful getaway villas for your vacation, staycation or remote work days.
The “Luxury Aqua Grid House” with Water Courtyards in Koregaon Park, Pune : Mindspace Architects
Located in a quiet neighborhood of Pune, the site had an existing art-deco house, set amidst large trees. The idea was to preserve most of the trees hence the programme was to demolish the old house and construct a new one.
The Stunning 13,500 sqft, “Barakat Villa”, Dabhel, Navsari, by Design By Studio 360
Project Name: THE BARAKAT VILLA
Firm Name: STUDIO 360
Project Type : Weekend Home
Completion time: 16 Months
Project Area : 13,500 Sq.ft
Project Location : DABHEL, NAVSARI
Photography Credits : Inclined Studio
An Ahmedabad Apartment that is replete with Decorative touches, by Architects at Work
Architects at Work play with materials and patterns to create a high-on-ornamentation albeit functional living environment. The site was a bare shell with exposed RCC surfaces. The Client and the Principals at Architects at Work decided to retain the concrete expanses and continue with that idea.
With India emerging as a new hotspot for inventive architecture, we’ve rounded up 10 impressive new homes in the country, from a Mumbai house clad in antique doors to an Ahmedabad villa with rotating walls.
NIVIM : An expansive Goan Country House for “rediscovering” the quiet Luxury found in Nature
Nivim is an expansive country house in Goa meant to rediscover the quiet luxury found in nature. Perched on a lush slope amongst tropical trees, Nivim is a ‘Gold’ certified green building by the Indian Green Building Council, the first in Goa.
The Gorgeous 4,600 sqft, MAGNOLIA HOUSE, Bengaluru, by Tree Light Design
Magnolia is a duplex penthouse situated in the heart of Bangalore city. The house is designed to feel like an oasis that exudes serenity and tranquility. A 4,600-square-foot space that is planned to have a natural flow and a seamless integration of indoor and outdoor spaces.
THIS BANGALORE PENTHOUSE IS A UNIQUE EXPRESSION OF SOPHISTICATION AND PLAYFULNESS
Vaulted ceilings, magnified terrazzo floors, and cobalt blue staircases – at first glance, it is the many striking elements like these which stand out in the Nagpal Residence by Treelight Design Studio. However, a closer look at the home reveals that what makes it so compelling is the underlying visual coherence which runs through the house, tying together every show stopping feature, and serving as a clean canvas for expression.
