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Architects: Iki Builds
- Area: 5660 ft²
- Year: 2024
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Photographs:Vivek Eadara
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Manufacturers: Saint-Gobain, ALCOGLAZE, Anchor, Ashirvad, Bosch, CASA LIGHTS, GREENPLY, Jaquar, NUVOCOTTA, Yale
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Lead Architects: Vamshidhar Reddy, Mounica Reddy
Text description provided by the architects. Set against the expanding urban edge of Hyderabad, Aurva Illam, a name bridging the Sanskrit Aurva (of the earth) and the Tamil Illam (home), is a residential prototype conceived as a "cascading earth" that unapologetically redefines modern luxury for the Anthropocene. Rejecting the ubiquitous glass-and-marble paradigm, the home proposes a new status symbol: bespoke materiality, thermal autonomy, and zero-air-conditioning living.
