Design — 7 min
What modern actually means for an Indian house
Glass boxes photograph beautifully and cost a fortune to cool. A modern Indian house is a climate argument before it is an aesthetic one.
Ishaan Verma — 18 June 2025
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Journal
Journal
Writing
from the
studio
Writing
from the
studio
Notes on building in India — what we have learned on site, what we specify and why, and the arguments we keep having with ourselves.
Interior — 6 min
Luxury interior trends worth following into 2026
Unfilled stone, undyed wool, visible joinery. The market has finally tired of gloss, and the craftspeople who can deliver matte are booked eight months out.
Ananya Bose — 02 May 2025
Construction — 9 min
Nine things to fix before you pour the plinth
Almost every cost overrun we have audited traces back to a decision that could have been made — for free — in the week before groundbreaking.
Faraz Sheikh — 21 March 2025
Materials — 5 min
The case for stone quarried within fifty kilometres
Imported marble carries more carbon in its freight than in its cutting. India has 3,600 working quarries, and the good ones are closer than you think.
Nandita Rao — 09 February 2025
Trends — 6 min
Why the courtyard is coming back
Give away a third of your plot and gain a house twice as generous. The arithmetic only looks strange until you have lived in one.
Ishaan Verma — 14 December 2024
Interior — 8 min
How to light a room so it works after dark
One ceiling light is not a lighting scheme. Four layers, three circuits, and never a downlight where someone has to read.
Ananya Bose — 30 October 2024
Design — 8 min
Thermal Mass & Passive Cooling: Designing for Indian Summers
Why 450mm stone masonry, shaded verandahs, and wind-catchers out-perform mechanical HVAC systems across tropical and arid Indian microclimates.
Samir Sain — 10 July 2025
Let's build
something
that lasts
Let's build
something
that lasts
Tell us about the site, the brief and the budget. We will tell you within a week whether we are the right practice for it — and who is, if we are not.