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LAKE HOUSE

The Lakehouse is a private retreat designed as a space for entertaining, and as a respite from urban life. Located on a steeply sloped and rocky site overlooking the Durgam Cheruvu Lake in Hyderabad, the property is embedded in the heart of the city while still feeling completely removed. Due to its topography, the site has prime views across the water to a nature preserve and the contrasting density of the distant HiTec City — a 150-acre tech park that has become a prominent part of the urban landscape. Contrary to the standard architectural response in Hyderabad to fill, level and clear the site, the Lakehouse hovers above the ground, allowing the natural terrain to become a celebrated focus of the architectural experience.

LOCATION
Hyderabad, India

DESIGN TEAM
Cyrus Patell, Amandine Romanet, Eliza Higgins, Divya Shetty

PROGRAM
Weekend Home

STATUS
Completed 2019

HOUSE K

This residence is defined by its dark burgundy zinc roofs, punctuated by clerestory windows that bring in soft, filtered light. The underside of the roof is clad in Burma teak, creating a warm contrast against the lime plaster facade. The primary living spaces are arranged on a single floor, with an emphasis on openness and connection to the landscape. Below, a bar and expansive gym extend onto the garden, blurring the boundary between interior and exterior. The home’s design is informed by its surrounding landscape, framing views of the garden and the city beyond, ensuring a continuous dialogue between architecture and nature.

LOCATION
India

DESIGN TEAM
Cyrus Patell, Eliza Higgins, Sheejal Shetty

PROGRAM

Private Residence

STATUS
Completed 2024

HOUSE K

Occupying 7,000 square feet within a landmark office tower, this project gives a family business a headquarters as considered as the company itself. The material palette of greytravertine-toned stone, fluted timber, exposed textured stays consistent throughout, allowing the space reads as one continuous gesture rather than a series of rooms. Reception opens onto a light-filled lounge, where a single slim wall fixture does the work of a sculpture. Deeper in, a long stone-topped table anchors both boardroom and dining functions, the line between the two left deliberately blurred, fitting for a business run by people who know each other well.

Nothing here is loud. Furniture stays low, art is used sparingly, and greenery softens the stone without competing with it. The result feels like an extension of a family's own sense of order: contemporary, minimal, unmistakably considered.

LOCATION
Hyderabad, India

DESIGN TEAM
Cyrus Patell, Eliza Higgins, Rajiv Riberio, Urvi Udani, Akash Moish

PROGRAM

Private Office - Interiors

STATUS
Design Proposal

TALARICHERUVU RURAL SCHOOL

Located in Rural Andhra Pradesh, our proposal reenvisions an existing "L" shaped school building for the children of cement plant workers into a vibrant, empowering and positive place for learning. A lightweight bamboo canopy merges the new program pavilions with the existing structure blurring the lines between inside and outside and providing students with shade from the intense sun. Colour plays an essential role in activating the existing facade, and the addition of jalis allows for ample natural ventilation in all of the classrooms. The introduction of strategically placed "tree islands" provide moments of shade in an otherwise barren landscape.

LOCATION
Talaricheruvu, India

DESIGN TEAM
Cyrus Patell, Eliza Higgins, Saniya Jejani

PROGRAM
K-10 School

STATUS
Completed 2022

BRICK HOUSE

Located in a major tech suburb of Bangalore, that until 15 years ago was open farmland, this project strives to create a quiet retreat for a young family of five in an otherwise densely populated and unplanned community. Constructed on the foundation of a small brick house that the family had outgrown, the new design builds off of the existing palette and angled plinth to create a personal narrative of open and interconnected spaces that challenge the standard assumptions of load-bearing brick construction. Using hand-moulded table bricks with natural variations, this project celebrates the imperfection of the material and the manner in which it is laid.

LOCATION
Bangalore, India

DESIGN TEAM
Cyrus Patell, Eliza Higgins, Prakash Uthappa, Akash Moish, Nandan Kelotra

PROGRAM
Private Residence

STATUS
Completed 2018