A narrow house facing south

A four-level house on a narrow urban plot, given a calmer street face and an interior of stone, dark timber and plaster relief.

Job: 15
Type: Residential
Place: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Year: 2026
Stage: In progress
Our part: Facade design, interior design, terrace and landscape, lighting and electrical layouts.

The street face

The house stands on a narrow plot between neighbours and faces south, into the hardest sun of the day. Its structure was already planned when we were asked to rethink how it meets the street, and then to design its interiors, terrace and garden.

We drew two directions and showed each by day and at dusk from the same position. Both shade the south-facing glass and bring the palette down to two or three materials.

Two facades, one camera

Drag the seam. Terracotta & Teak on the left, White Fold & Fin on the right.

Terracotta & TeakWhite Fold & Fin

Terracotta & Teak. Lime plaster, a vertical teak screen over the double height, one clay jaali.

White Fold & Fin. Off-white plaster, slim aluminium fins, a timber soffit.

Material board: lime plaster, teak batten, terracotta jaali block, black metal — Terracotta & Teak, materials.

Material board: white plaster, ribbed panel, pale timber, perforated metal — White Fold & Fin, materials.

Inside: four directions, then one

Four material directions were tested on the same room before one was drawn across the house. Stone & Reed pairs travertine with dark fluted timber and chalk-white plaster worked into relief. Olive is the only colour.

The family living room, four ways

Family living room in pale plaster and light oak

Family living room in warm clay tones and walnut

Family living room with dark fluted timber, plaster relief and travertine

Family living room in white with teak furniture

Living room with a backlit stone panel, plaster relief wall and low linen seating — Stone & Reed: the living room.

Dining table beside a dark display wall and backlit stone — Dining.

Master bedroom with a travertine headboard panel and plaster relief — Master bedroom.

Dark fluted timber beside a chalk plaster niche

Plaster wall worked into flowing relief behind an armchair

Value contrast and relief do the work that colour usually does.

Terrace lounge with a raised planter and an olive tree at sunset — The terrace lounge.

Images are design visualisations by Voids & Volumes, made from the project's own model and drawings, unless a caption says otherwise.

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