Journal
Notes from the studio
Short pieces on building in Bengaluru: climate, materials, approvals and how we work. Written by the people doing the work, for the people thinking about it.
Why Bengaluru houses need courtyards again
For forty years we stopped building the one room that made this city's houses work. The climate is making the case for bringing it back.
· 5 min read
Material notes: laterite, Sadarahalli and the honest wall
The materials we keep returning to, why they belong to this place, and why a building that hides nothing costs less to keep.
· 6 min read
The approvals playbook: what a BBMP sanction plan actually needs
Almost every delay we have seen comes from paperwork that was incomplete on day one. What we tell clients at the first meeting.
· 7 min read
Working in the open: why we built a client studio
Most arguments between architects and clients are about information, not design. So we stopped running projects on chat threads.
· 4 min read