Red Brick Studio

30/07/2026

In the master bedroom, an existing balcony sat at the edge of the room. While it brought in light and views of the surrounding trees, it remained disconnected from everyday use, leaving the bedroom smaller than it could be.
Rather than treating the balcony as a separate outdoor space, it was carefully enclosed and seamlessly integrated into the room. The intervention expanded the usable area without altering the home's footprint, allowing the bedroom to feel larger while maintaining its connection to the landscape beyond.
The preserved ceiling height, exposed timber beams and warm material palette reinforce the room's calm character. Cane-front wardrobes, natural finishes and restrained detailing ensure that the architecture remains the focus, while soft daylight continues to define the space throughout the day.
What was once a bedroom with an overlooked balcony has become a generous, light-filled retreat—one that demonstrates how thoughtful renovations often come from working with what already exists, rather than adding more.

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Warm timber, preserved ceiling height and carefully detailed furniture create a bedroom that feels both spacious and intimate.

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The integrated balcony fills the room with natural light while preserving views of the surrounding trees.

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The completed master bedroom, where the enclosed balcony becomes a seamless extension of the living space.

A balcony became part of the room, and the room became a quieter place to begin and end the day.

[master bedroom, residential renovation, adaptive reuse, bedroom interiors, high ceiling design, timber interiors, balcony renovation, interior architecture, house transformation]

09/07/2026

The kitchen in the existing house was a quiet but important part of the transformation.

Earlier, it felt enclosed and inward-looking, with small openings and very little relationship with the landscape outside. Like many rooms in the old house, it functioned adequately, but it did not fully respond to the garden that surrounded it.

While reworking the house, we wanted the kitchen to feel brighter and more connected without treating it as an isolated makeover. The renewed kitchen now looks out toward the verandah and the clay-jaali screen beyond. The window brings in light, air and small glimpses of the life around the house, allowing the act of cooking to feel less cut off from the rest of the home.
The material palette was kept simple and domestic—blue cabinetry, a light counter, timber-framed openings and textured wall tiles.

The intent was not to make the kitchen feel new for the sake of it, but to let it settle naturally into the renewed character of the house.

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The completed kitchen palette—blue cabinetry, a light counter, timber-framed openings and textured wall tiles—was kept simple, warm and homely.

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The existing kitchen, enclosed within the original framework, with limited daylight and little connection to the landscape outside.

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The completed kitchen opens toward the verandah and clay-jaali screen, bringing in natural light, air and glimpses of the life around the house.

In a house shaped by restraint, even a functional room like the kitchen became an opportunity to bring in more light, air and everyday ease.

Residential | 357 sqm | Pune

Design Team: Anil Poduval Sakina Josh 𝐓𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐞
Photographer: Architectural photographer

[kitchen design, residential renovation, adaptive reuse, house transformation, daylight, indoor outdoor connection, architectural interiors, Indian homes]

02/07/2026

The existing entrance opened into a narrow passage lined with doors, with a washbasin directly in view. It provided access to the rooms, but offered little sense of orientation or welcome.

While reworking the house, we wanted the entry lobby to do more than distribute movement. It needed to gently introduce the interiors, establish a clearer relationship between the spaces, and allow the transition from outside to inside to continue beyond the verandah.

The renewed lobby is therefore kept simple and visually open. Timber frames mark the thresholds without closing them off, while the continuous green panelling ties the passage to the adjoining living spaces. Natural light is drawn deeper into the house, and glimpses toward the verandah and screened stair help one understand the larger spatial sequence soon after entering.

We did not want the lobby to become a formal room of its own. It remains a place of movement—but one that now offers a moment to arrive, orient oneself and choose where to go next.

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The renewed entry lobby, with timber thresholds and a continuous material language connecting the adjoining spaces.

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The original entrance passage—enclosed, dimly lit and primarily organised for circulation.

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The living space now opens more clearly toward the lobby, allowing the rooms to feel connected without losing their individual character.

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The screened edge of the house- the entry verandah, drawing light, landscape and movement into the experience of arrival.

A passage that once merely led from one room to another now helps make sense of the home as a whole.

Residential | 357 sqm | Pune

Design Team:Anil Poduval Sakina Josh 𝐓𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐞
Photographer: Architectural photographer

[entry lobby, interior circulation, spatial planning, adaptive reuse, residential renovation, timber detailing, threshold design, architectural interiors, home transformation]

27/06/2026

Tyndall began with a house that had lived for three decades.

Set within a mature, tree-filled plot, the structure—built incrementally over 35 years—comprised two similar two-bedroom residences stacked one above the other and linked by an external staircase.

The homeowners wanted the work to remain low-impact so the landscape could be preserved. Although the house offered sufficient area, it functioned as two separate dwellings and remained disconnected from the garden.

We began by asking how the two floors could become one family home without complete demolition. More than 108 plants were mapped, the structural systems were deciphered in the absence of records, and damage was assessed to determine what could be retained, repaired or reinforced.

Image 1 — A glimpse of the screened volume that later defined Tyndall.

Image 2 — The existing front elevation, with separate entrances, an upper balcony and small openings.

Image 3 — Existing ground-floor plan: a compact, predominantly load-bearing arrangement, inward-looking despite the lush landscape.

Image 4 — Existing first-floor plan: a near-identical residence functioning independently below.

Image 5 — The external staircase required users to step outside and re-enter to move between floors.

Image 6 — The verandah formed a sheltered threshold but remained detached from the living areas.

Image 7 — Small openings limited daylight and weakened the connection with the garden.

Image 8 — Enclosed rooms and narrow connections reinforced the separation between spaces.

Image 9 — The kitchen had limited engagement with the landscape.

This was not a blank canvas, but a house carrying structure, memory, limitations and possibility. Before deciding what needed to change, we first had to understand what deserved to remain.

Stay tuned to trace how these constraints and our interventions shaped the architectural response.

[adaptive reuse, residential renovation, low-impact construction, landscape preservation, structural assessment, building reuse, house transformation, Indian architecture, sustainable homes]

27/06/2026

13/06/2026

09/05/2026

Five apartments, one compact urban plot in Pune. The question we began with was: how do you design a building where every single home feels entirely unique to the people living inside?

When we started working on this project, the tight footprint meant we didn't have the luxury of sprawling outwards. The challenge was to avoid a "cookie-cutter" stack of apartments while still delivering a highly personal, high-end lifestyle tailored to each client's distinct personality.

Our solution was to split the building’s DNA in two.

Anchoring the rear of the structure is a standardized core—including kitchens and bedrooms—that handles the functional layout efficiently across all five floors. In contrast, the front of the building is treated as a fluid, dynamic canvas. By freeing up this street-facing zone, we were able to completely customize the spatial experience, volume, and outdoor connection for every apartment. This zone houses the living and dining areas along with a multi-purpose room that is positioned uniquely on each floor. Each resident has adapted this space differently: for one, it’s a puja room; for another, an office, a gym, or an entertainment hub.

Visually, this individuality translates into the staggered terracotta brick volumes you see pushing and pulling on the facade. Paired with deep overhangs and cascading greens, they aren’t just balconies—they are personalized, elevated courtyards.

The result is a cohesive built form that quietly holds five entirely distinct identities without compromising on functionality or character.

pune architects, urban apartment design, luxury residences, redevelopment, terracotta, brick, sustainable homes, HNI residences, luxury homes, residential design

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