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Selected Work

A body of work, read through its ideas.

The work explores sustainable architecture through material, climate, context, craftsmanship and everyday living — built largely in laterite, stone, lime and earth, and shaped by the places it belongs to.

Residential · Material · Interiors · Climate · Context

01Homes that belong to their ground.

Residential

From compact homes to farmhouses and hillside residences, each house is shaped by its site and built in laterite, stone and lime — planned around light, air and the way a family actually lives.

Laterite farmhouse with a timber-truss veranda at golden hour
Contemporary laterite residence set within a planted garden
Compact two-storey laterite home among mature trees
Laterite farmhouse with tiled roofs and stone plinth
02Building with what the place provides.

Material + Construction

Laterite, lime, stone and earth are chosen for how they perform — holding temperature, breathing with the climate and ageing well. Construction is detailed so the material stays honestly visible.

Close view of laterite masonry pointed with lime mortar
Rammed-earth wall showing natural strata beside a courtyard
Laterite pavilion with arched openings and perforated brick screens
Interior with exposed laterite walls and an exposed structural roof
03The material language, carried indoors.

Interiors

Interiors continue the architecture — lime-plastered and earth-finished walls, stone floors, timber and traditional murals — composed for calm, tactile, everyday living.

Interior with hand-painted traditional murals and a carved timber door
Earth-plastered room opening to a planted courtyard
Living space with exposed laterite wall and a steel stair
04Designed for the site, not imposed on it.

Climate + Context

Orientation, deep verandahs, shaded terraces and stone retaining walls let each building sit with the terrain and weather of its region — from open rural plains to the hillsides of the Western Ghats.

Multi-storey laterite house stepping down a terraced hillside
Approach to a hillside residence with dry-stone retaining walls
Laterite residence built around a retained mango tree
Hillside laterite house lit warmly against a monsoon dusk sky
05Old knowledge, read in a contemporary way.

Tradition + Contemporary

Traditional construction and craft — stone masonry, timber joinery, tiled roofs and hand-finished surfaces — are studied for what they still do best, then set within a clean, contemporary architecture.

Stone-and-lime verandah with timber columns opening to a courtyard
Stone-columned verandah with a timber roof and courtyard planting
Traditional clay-tiled roof carried on timber rafters
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If you are planning a home, farmhouse or retreat and want it built thoughtfully, in materials that suit its place, we would be glad to talk.