Residence · Bengaluru

Kausthubha

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A west-facing 40×60 plot in front of a park, screened by raw boulders, with a light-well courtyard at its centre and a Badami stone wall behind the stair.

Boulder screen, west edge

Built-up: 3,480 sq.ft
Site: 40′ × 60′ 2,400 sq.ft
Levels: B+G+1 plus terrace
Completed: 2019 Bengaluru
Cost / est.: ₹1.4 – 1.9 Cr benchmark only

Photographs

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Front elevation of Kausthubha behind the boulder wall — West elevation, behind boulders Yash R Jain

Stair against the pale-pink Badami stone wall — Stair and Badami stone Yash R Jain

Skylight above the courtyard — Skylight over the courtyard Shalini

Light patterns across the courtyard wall — Light patterns Shalini

Living room under the inverted clay-pot ceiling — Living, clay-pot ceiling Shalini

Angled timber bridge across the courtyard — Timber bridge Yash R Jain

Film

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Kausthubha — the architect’s film

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Section · boulders, court, basementNot to scale

The move

The street edge is the first move: unpolished boulders sit in the compound wall like a sculpture court, screening the living spaces and holding a small garden with three tall trees against the western sun.

Inside, the plan turns around a light-well courtyard. A towering timber door joins foyer to court, the stair runs against a wall of pale-pink Badami sandstone, and an inverted clay-pot ceiling covers the living room. A timber bridge crosses the void on the first floor; the basement takes the noise and the cool.

“Light as a material.”Wright Inspires

Materials

Badami sandstone
Raw boulders
Clay-pot ceiling
Polished timber
Clay blocks
Lily pond + solar

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Cost

₹1.4 – 1.9 Crtotal · today's replacement

Built in 2019 on 3,480 sq.ft. This range applies current Bengaluru rates of ₹4,000–5,500 per sq.ft. Not a quotation.