Not just another designer..
Architect and designer, Sandeep Khosla, has a wide repertoire of successful projects. His firm’s distinct style of tropical residential architecture uses local materials and concepts, but reinterprets them with an innovative and contemporary design sensibility
Presenting some snippets from Sandeep Khosla’s work:
The roof uses the distinctive style of traditional homes in rural India
Water feature in the ‘indoor courtyard’
Notice the antique chest on the left, and how the colors of the painting match that of the water body!
Interesting wall
Traditional metal ‘nandi’ statue fits in well in the contemp design
Adore the reading lamp!
Integral part of homes in south of India – water feature within the house
Another example of an internal courtyard open to the sky
Who wouldn’t want to live in this home? 🙂
Textured wall, treated wood for slab, and an interesting faucet
Mediterranean style lounge
21 Comments
mystic rose
beautiful pics!! I so love the inddor courtyards and desperately miss them… 🙂
vineeta
This is very mature work! There is something very evolved about it. I love the vast expanses and the controlled bright or dramatic spots! awesome- thanx for sharing 🙂
Bhavna Bhatanagar
I would be more than pleased to host you Melanie! 🙂
Mélanie
Beautiful pictures. I love this place , it looks so peaceful .I’m planing one day to come to India , to discover your magical India
Bhavna Bhatanagar
Glad you liked it Lady Luxie 🙂
LADY LUXIE
Am I in heaven or what???!!…Awww’ the internal courtyards are soooo just romantic..so peaceful…I want that! I want that!…
Oh’ luxury luxury…come to me!
Bhavna Bhatanagar
So true Shaji! And using the local material also ensures that the buiding is ‘suited’ to the local climate and condition.
thank for dropping by 🙂
Shaji.k
hi bhavna, u r right! who wouldn’t want to live in a house like this. the water body and its surroundings look exquisite. there is total merger of all in each. the slab and facuet r fabulous. it’s nice to see architecture using local materials instead of building homes in kanyakumari with marble brought all the way from makrana, all ur hard earned money being mis-spent on transport costs instead of adding value to the home.
Bhavna Bhatanagar
Hi Xander! Glad you liked the image – it is also one of my favorite’s in this post.
Hope to *hear* from you again! 🙂
Xander
I love the colors in the photo of the sink… the cool light of the candles around the stone basin, and the warm light glowing on the wood. -X
Bhavna Bhatanagar
Beautiful note Adi!
Thank you! 🙂
Bhavna Bhatanagar
Hi Kanchan! 🙂
Thanks for dropping by Jyoti! 🙂
adi
when i build a house of my own,
brick by brick, layer by layer,
it’ll be the most beautiful house in the world,
‘cos it’ll be decorated with love and care
welcome to delhidreams bhavna
hope u’ll keep coming back
i,
by the way am completely hooked to the Indian summer now 🙂
Jyoti
marvellous job!
Life Unscripted!
Simply FAB!!!
Thanx for sharing!
~Kanchan
Bhavna Bhatanagar
Thanks for dropping by Ash! Hope to *hear* from you again! 🙂
Ash
Wonderful images. Thanks for sharing!
Bhavna Bhatanagar
Thanks Brilliant Asylum and Patricia! Another interesting fact is that according to ‘vaastu’ (ancient Indian science of architecture), the water body should always be on the ‘east’ to provide the best benefit to the home owner. 🙂
Welcome to An Indian Summer, Chamiya! Glad you enjoyed the post!
Chamiya
wow..! I am blown away by all of the designs!
patricia gray inc.com
What beautiful photos. I love internal courtyards and water features in homes. I wished I lived in a climate that I could incorporate these features. I particularly like the traditional roof structure in the first picture.
Brilliant Asylum
So beautiful how water is incorporated into the design. I would love to have an indoor courtyard with a reflecting pool!