These 10 Indian Homes Prove That Concrete is Cool
Take a leaf out of the book of these Indian homes to see how concrete can be used to exemplify style and sustenance
2. Where: Mysore
Firm: Architecture Paradigm
Concrete and brick, as a design pair, make for a happy marriage of materials – both are natural materials, raw and rustic in their beauty. What, then, could be better than a home with an outside-inside connection to show off this coupling.
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Firm: Architecture Paradigm
Concrete and brick, as a design pair, make for a happy marriage of materials – both are natural materials, raw and rustic in their beauty. What, then, could be better than a home with an outside-inside connection to show off this coupling.
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3. Where: Gurgaon
Firm: FADD Studio
This reddish-brown concrete floor is outstanding in its unique colouring, especially when complemented by the copper metal door and contrasted with mint-green walls.
A Corbusier-inspired home. Take a tour
Firm: FADD Studio
This reddish-brown concrete floor is outstanding in its unique colouring, especially when complemented by the copper metal door and contrasted with mint-green walls.
A Corbusier-inspired home. Take a tour
4. Where: Mumbai
Firm: Essajees Atelier
This large living room has a modern yet earthy vibe, thanks to its seemingly unfinished concrete walls. The neutral colour of the textured cement walls reflects the natural light streaming in, bathing the entire space in warm luminosity.
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Firm: Essajees Atelier
This large living room has a modern yet earthy vibe, thanks to its seemingly unfinished concrete walls. The neutral colour of the textured cement walls reflects the natural light streaming in, bathing the entire space in warm luminosity.
Take a tour of this Mumbai home
5. Where: Surat
Firm: Jagya Designs
The master bedroom in this house balances the warmth of wooden elements with the coolness of concrete walls. A darker hued and more textural version of the element frames the door, providing a contrast to the soft light grey of the exposed concrete-finish wall beside it.
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Firm: Jagya Designs
The master bedroom in this house balances the warmth of wooden elements with the coolness of concrete walls. A darker hued and more textural version of the element frames the door, providing a contrast to the soft light grey of the exposed concrete-finish wall beside it.
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6. Where: Bangalore
Firm: Between Spaces
This Bangalore living room breaks up the impression of over-use of concrete by using colour. Yellow oxide floors make for a pleasant contrast to the form-finish concrete ceiling, beams and the unplastered walls at the far end.
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Firm: Between Spaces
This Bangalore living room breaks up the impression of over-use of concrete by using colour. Yellow oxide floors make for a pleasant contrast to the form-finish concrete ceiling, beams and the unplastered walls at the far end.
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7. Where: Mumbai
Firm: P S Design
An exposed cement wall is the unlikely background for cheerful, eye-catching furniture. Wall-hangings in the form of wood-and-rope stools serve to highlight the grey concrete wall behind them.
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Firm: P S Design
An exposed cement wall is the unlikely background for cheerful, eye-catching furniture. Wall-hangings in the form of wood-and-rope stools serve to highlight the grey concrete wall behind them.
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8. Where: Mumbai
Firm: SML Architects
This unexpectedly pale concrete floor (a colour particularly suited to small spaces) provides a sense of continuity in a 2-BHK apartment and is a perfect example of concrete done in a minimalistic way.
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Firm: SML Architects
This unexpectedly pale concrete floor (a colour particularly suited to small spaces) provides a sense of continuity in a 2-BHK apartment and is a perfect example of concrete done in a minimalistic way.
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9. Where: Gurgaon
Firm: Homes by Design
In the redesigning of this home, the walls and ceiling were stripped back to expose the underlying cement finish in all its glory. The rough grey palette is softened by a medley of colourful upholstery.
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Firm: Homes by Design
In the redesigning of this home, the walls and ceiling were stripped back to expose the underlying cement finish in all its glory. The rough grey palette is softened by a medley of colourful upholstery.
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10. Where: Ahmedabad
Firm: S A K Designs
Finally, for those who wish to have it easier (because installing concrete in any form is a laborious and painstaking process, though resulting in long-term durability), I Ieave you with this image: a powder room done up in concrete-finish vitrified tiles.
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Read more:
How to Embrace Concrete in Your Home
Why Concrete Flooring Deserves Your Top Consideration
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Have you used concrete in any part of your home? Do share images.
Firm: S A K Designs
Finally, for those who wish to have it easier (because installing concrete in any form is a laborious and painstaking process, though resulting in long-term durability), I Ieave you with this image: a powder room done up in concrete-finish vitrified tiles.
See the rest of the house here
Read more:
How to Embrace Concrete in Your Home
Why Concrete Flooring Deserves Your Top Consideration
Tell us:
Have you used concrete in any part of your home? Do share images.
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Firm: The Crossboundaries
A ‘house that breathes’ was the brief given to the firm. A living room with concrete ceiling and floors, surrounded by brick walls, embodies just that in a home where raw materials revel in their natural form.
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