arched Indian sunlight!

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                                 SJK architects, Mumbai

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They think out of box, they think contemporary and they think in Indian context. SJK architects believe in optimizing sun and wind.

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a bungalow on a very small space in Mumbai

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They don’t advertise it, they haven’t mentioned it but I can’t resist telling you that it is an all women architects’ team!

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Shimul Javeri Kadri with her team of talented architects has experimented in novel ways. They have designed a residential building in Chennai where plumbing spaces look like bamboo like jalis (grill).  A house in hilly areas of Alibaug is designed as leaves inspired from the leaves strewn around, the curves here follow rain function.

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a house in Alibaug inspired by leaves strewn around

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box niches with out of box ideas

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arched Indian sunlight!

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The ethnic interiors, the glass box modern with many Indian features and colours all speak of functional spaces and adopting the negative environment to its positive fullest.

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This house in Bengaluru was built on one acre plot, a dirty nala(sewer line), airplanes (airport vicinity) and dreams!

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