The initial proposition had been intriguing, the client a fiction author and a former architect. The house would become a realisation of traversing pauses, private spaces and deeper private extensions. The home becomes a contemplative monolith of mottled concrete and intimate domestic comfort.

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Architects: Mathew and Ghosh Architects

Location: Bengaluru, India

Lead Architects: Nisha Mathew Ghosh + Soumitro Ghosh

Area: 4900.0 ft2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Pallon Daruwala

Structural Design: Cruthi Consultants

Lighting Design: Bar and dining light fixtures and lighting Soumitro Ghosh

Civil Contractor: Anantharamu H K

Zinc Works Execution: Jean Marc Moreno
Interior Works: Melange Interiors & Oakwood

Steel Stair & Bridge + Glass Skylights And Glass In Interior Works: Excel Altech

Electrical: Poornima Electricals

Plumbing: Nagaraj

Aluminium Windows: Schueco

Light Fixture Production: Derick Arujah

Furniture Imports: Priyank Sojatia

Client: Usha Ramaswamy and T V Ramaswamy

© Pallon Daruwala

Text description provided by the architects. The initial proposition had been intriguing, the client a fiction author and a former architect. The house would become a realisation of traversing pauses, private spaces and deeper private extensions. The home becomes a contemp...