Old village house design

Note the pillars, roof rafters and the raised dias', typical of old Tamil houses. I particularly liked this one.

House Detailed and updated videohttps://youtu.be/x6Ywr_WaKYAWelcome to allSince time immemorial villages in India have portrayed a complete, purposeful lifes...

The 3,517-square-foot property includes two bedrooms and three bathrooms.

Hiraya Design Studio restored and refurbished an ancestral Mangalore villa with traditional Chettinad elements, Athangudi tiles, and antiques sourced from across India.

How beautiful, like a scene from a Thomas Hardy novel. How I would love to spend some time here, hear the brook and walk along it and watch the kingfishers ...

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Today I share some shots of Osur village, in rural South India. We went there in 2013 to witness blessings for a temple. During a stroll around the handful of streets that are the village, my eye was drawn to textures and glimpses of things. As you will see, I was probably more intrigued with … Continue reading "A Rural South Indian Village"

As a home that has been in her family for years, this restoration by furniture designer Ariane Thakore Ginwala, in collaboration with architecture firm Field Atelier, is a heartfelt labour of love.

What is the Tharavadu system in Kerala? The joint family under the matrilineal system is known as Tharavad also knowns Kudumbakkar or…