Ahmedabad Houzz: A Glass, Concrete & Steel House in the Midst of Nature

The public areas of this two-storey home, such as the kitchen, living, dining and family rooms, occupy the ground floor and the private spaces, including the bedrooms, cover the first floor. These rooms flank central passages on both floors and face either north or south, looking out to expansive views.

“We created an entry to the house that took advantage of the abundance of greenery around,” says Kesurvala. The front door opens into a glass-encased foyer and overlooks a green courtyard. The material palette for the entire home consists mainly of exposed concrete, steel and aluminium and glass windows.

The foyer leads to a central passage overlooking a green courtyard, separated by glass walls. The living room, dining area and the kitchen are connected to this passage. From the kitchen, one can see into the family room that is directly opposite the central passage.

Glass has been used to partition areas and maintain a visual connection throughout most of the ground floor. Wooden plank shuttering has been given the texture of exposed concrete and used on the ceiling in the passage. This also continues inside to the walls and ceiling of the family room.

The raw-concrete staircase with wooden cladding is a natural extension of the design.

Tiles throughout the house: Grey Alaska Marble

The family room is situated on the other side of the central passage and looks out to the front garden. Part of the room is clad in wooden plank shuttering with the texture of exposed concrete. Enhancing this grey-and-white colour scheme are the houndstooth-pattern seating and custom-made geometric wooden coffee table. “The minimal colour palette and contemporary decor has been offset with a dramatic ceiling light fixture and a textured grey rug from Hands,” says Kesurvala.

Across the central passage, separated by glass partitions, is the dining room. “A solid-wood dining table has been paired with Italian chairs with leather upholstery and a side unit of wood with brass details,” he says. A wood-finish accent wall partitions the dining room from the kitchen.

“The expansive open-plan modular kitchen has been kept relatively simple, with a large island taking centre stage,” Kesurvala says. The island is covered in the same marble that is used on the floors, which allows the large structure to blend into the room while the dusky blue cabinetry adds a hint of colour. Above the island hang three wire-frame pendant lights. One entire wall houses a closed storage unit clad in wood-finish veneer, with niches for appliances.

The staircase leads to a long corridor on the first floor, which connects the master bedroom, the kids’ bedroom and, at one end, a reading room. On the opposite end, a spiral staircase leads to the terrace.

“We kept the wall bare, save for a few artworks picked up from BoConcept. We did not want to steal focus from the double-height glass front which faces north, flooding the space with indirect sunlight during the day,” he says. The ceiling features a wood-clad section that mirrors the wooden staircase directly below.

“The reading room is a unique space, with three glass walls that open up to panoramic views,” Kesurvala says.

Desk: Cupertino desk from BoConcept