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AZMIN KAKAInteriors

Our Approach

Slowly at first, so that it can move decisively later.

A considered interior moves slowly at the start so that it can move decisively later. Most of the decisions that matter are made before anything is built.
  1. 01

    Conversation

    We begin without drawings. How you wake, cook, gather, retreat and host tells us more than a written brief ever does.

  2. 02

    Site

    What is already on the land sets the terms: the mature trees, the direction of the light, where the wind comes from. The plan is arranged around them rather than over them.

  3. 03

    Concept

    A spatial narrative takes shape: whether the house wants to be one volume or several, where it opens, and the order in which you meet its rooms.

  4. 04

    Material

    Stone, timber, plaster and textile are chosen together and in daylight, as one palette rather than as separate specifications.

  5. 05

    Detail

    Joinery, hardware, edges and reveals are drawn at full size, then resolved in person on site with the craftspeople making them. Quality is decided here.

  6. 06

    Living

    The house is handed over deliberately unfinished, with room left for the objects and the years that will complete it.

“There’s always a temptation to fill a space, to justify the budget with objects.”
Azmin Kaka, to Business Standard
The rooftop pergola at dusk, its timber slats lit from beneath and seating arranged along its length.

Private Villa in Alibaug, Maharashtra