Exquisite Weekend House: Sapota Plantation in Northern India
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On the outskirts of Bharuch, Gujarat, the dense 50-year-old Sapota plantations held both the main attraction and the biggest challenge in the design of this weekend house for the Shah family. Set within 800,000 square feet of countryside, the plot features 30 adult Sapot trees, which the customers wanted to preserve in all their glory. External link: Dipen Gada Architects devised a plan to form a 15,000-square-foot house around the mature trees, making them the main feature of the imposing home. A central courtyard houses one of these majestic trees right in the heart of the home, while another climbs through a picturesque balcony.
The exterior of the modern house is a red masonry linear mass, with an imposing brick staircase leading up to the front entrance.
The modern facade has custom-made metal columns and beams that contrast sharply with the exposed red masonry. The north-facing front façade has an abundance of openings with large deck areas arranged in advance to allow the homeowners and their family to connect with the landscape.
One of the mature Sapota trees is integrated into the entrance porch, where it bursts up through the courtyard and continues through the upper balcony. The house was designed to ensure that minimal trees were damaged so that the original beauty of the plot would be preserved.
Glass walls create the look that the whole house is part of the exterior, just as the customers wanted. The huge glass panels can be pulled back to create a more real connection, and achieve airflow through the home. The kitchen is an unconventional layout with a dominant huge island. A small butler kitchen is located at the rear of the room, where major cooking can be completed out of sight.
A cantilevered canopy above the outdoor dining room serves as the main balcony for the first floor.
An outdoor bench rests on the front terrace, perfectly located to look at the beautiful view created by the resident Sapota there.
A huge recreation space is located on the ground floor, which continues into the main hall. The multifunctional area is attractively surrounded by a unique perforated screen that features a jungle landscape and animals inside the perforated metal panels. The doors were initially introduced to prevent unwanted animals from entering, but now form a main feature of the house.
The decorative metal doors can be fully pulled back so that the room becomes fused with the landscape.
A swing seat offers a relaxed reading room within the shaded lounge area, and introduces a pop of playful color.
The front entrance leads directly to the central courtyard design of the home, where another fabulous tree retains its territory.
The business background of the customers in industrial manufacturing is communicated through the metal structural system of the home. The steel makes a bold counteraction with the organic elements that speak of the customer’s passion for living in nature.
The canopy of the tree reaches the full height of the home, where it bursts into the blue sky.
Walking down the glass corridor between the central courtyard and the balcony sets you up between the treetops. A seat on the balcony looks too dreamy and inviting to resist.
The home theater is located upstairs on the first floor, to the left of the courtyard. The theater room is furnished with a U-shaped modular sofa and a second row at the back to accommodate many guests who can even sleep in a pinch. A Dali light control system is used to dim the lights in the room at the film, or guests can watch from the air terrace, which opens to the northeast.
An external staircase goes up towards the pool deck.
Up on the pool terrace, mature trees grow a protective embrace around the property.
Two bedrooms open directly to the pool.
Behind the central courtyard, there is an internal staircase and elevator. Made of 10 mm folded metal plates, the staircase rises to two open roof slits, which cause a magical play of light on a piece of ceramic art by artist Devesh Upadhyay, and a desi-painting in Kalamkari art.
The first bedroom that connects with the pool is the master bedroom. Radhika Kacha’s dark blue moon landscape makes for a fascinating bedroom wall decoration. Wicker jewelry complements the visual warmth of the exposed red masonry.
Simple and practical furniture was taken care of by DAAZ.
The guest room is decorated with fresh green accents that drape the platform bed and brighten up a gray bedroom chair. An opening to a balcony and a modern ceiling fan cools the concrete room. See more unique ceiling fans here.
The bathroom is also colored with green accents that complement nature’s own color palette.
The house design was developed with Vastu’s foundations firmly in mind.
The red house contrasts brightly with the natural greenery that rushes up to meet it.
Floor plan. The central courtyard serves as the arrival point on the upper floor, which connects with the front deck area above the front entrance. On this level, there is also a service pantry, and the large home cinema with its huge deck area on the east side.
Plan of the ground floor. The tree pricked grand entrance immediately establishes the union between the natural environment and the man-made structure that forms this unique home.
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Inspired Industrial Interiors With Exposed Brick Walls
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These four inspiring industrial home interiors are enriched with cool details that will help you imagine, shape and realize your own. From visible brick walls, tailored raw concrete creations and characteristic rusty steel accents, to industrial-style mezzanines, eye-catching kitchen installations, relaxed living areas, eclectic dining room sets and creatively colorful industrial decorative palettes, this inventive collection has it all. Come with us as we tour through the romantic bohemian apartment of an extravagant music lover, a quaint and colorful rustic industrial cushion, a light flooded industrial attic under a huge skylight and a luxurious emerald green accent luxurious industrial space.
Measuring 180 square meters in Vietnam, this industrial style apartment Interior has a rocky air. Its “romantic bohemian” homeowner enjoys plenty of cool places through a large industrial residence and on a steel built mezzanine.
Exposed masonry builds a curved feature wall and a terrific backdrop against which to display a beloved motorcycle.
Two brown leather chairs sit against a wood-gray gray upholstered sofa in the living room layout to modify rich and interesting tonal layers. A large indoor plant contrasts with the red masonry and guides the eye to the lower side of the mezzanine.
Steel staircase design faces up to the mezzanine of a unique concrete bench base. Every corner of the home built of concrete, brick and rusty steel looks like the atmospheric photographic arrangement of a music album cover that tells us a lot about the artist-loving owner.
The apartment is on the 33rd floor of the building, which presented challenges for the installation of the mezzanine steel system. Both the length and height of the construction exceeded the maximum size for the cargo service and therefore the system was cut and reconnected on site.
Raw concrete and red brick create a contrast around the walls of the dining room.
A black marble island adds an extravagant touch to the open concept kitchen.
The mezzanine walkway lowers the ceiling height across the kitchen, where spotlights are embedded in the rich wood finish.
In addition to the main bedroom area on the mezzanine, there are also two additional bedrooms in the home, for overnight friends and for future children. In this guest room, raw industrial materials are warmly highlighted with a bedside lamp.
The main bathroom is located on the ground floor of the apartment, where a black bathtub causes a dramatic impact.
The workspace is located just outside the main series.
There is a small home bar at the opposite end of the mezzanine.
The spiral staircase leads to the roof.
Glass pendant lights and glass panes glow in the light of double-story windows.
In the main room, a unique platform bed is angled to the view.
Ground floor plan.
Multifunctional mezzanine floor plan.
Our second industrial interior has weird, colorful accents, like this unique green swing chair in the living room.
Green scatter pads and a matching throw contrast with the red upholstery rug. A black industrial wall light illuminates artwork and a raw concrete background. Exposed masonry behind the bookshelf.
A rusty wooden feature wall builds a character behind the TV and a modern TV stand.
A small side table sets another rustic note against the raw masonry. Bright yellow paint and a false caution warning make a new bathroom door.
An eclectic choice of dining chairs brings a contrasting color to the table.
Fire brigade red paint covers and a striking front entrance door.
A huge skylight shows a jaw as we enter our third prominent home interior. Deep red masonry draws attention to the depth and incredible height of the open concept space.
A mezzanine bedroom uses the massive ceiling height in the industrial attic, and raises the homeowner to the view.
A master black kitchen island overlooks the domain.
Finally we arrive at a luxurious industrial interior with luxurious emerald green accents.
A steel ceiling grille creates an attractive lattice across the living room. Hanging lights fall through the gaps along different lengths, and a modern floor lamp completes their elegant cylindrical appearance.
A frame of perimeter light brightly illuminates a exposed brick TV wall.
The huge upholstered sectional sofa embraces the lounge area strongly on three sides.
A unique hexagonal coffee table and an elegant white marble table fill the center of the chic lounge layout.
An industrial staircase ascends to the first floor, climbing an emerald green declaration wall.
Two leather armchairs and a small side table are grouped on an area rug to form a carefully seated area next to the fireplace behind the living room.
Black-painted masonry extends the effect of the dark fireplace. See fireplace screen inspiration here.
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