Front balcony

Picture shows front balcony which is quite spacious with teak wood charupady and design plastered round pillars.Arch with etched painting is put on gable

Front view

The house has got different views from different angles and corners-a speciality of our design which make the house look bigger than its area,in this case just 4000 sft.Picture shows view from front showing only a part directly coming in front

Compound wall with a difference

Compound wall specially designed for the house has arayannams to guard the front compound.Picture shows the different compound wall

Poomukham

Picture shows poomukham with all the elegance of traditional architecture with modern innovations,charupay adding to its splendour

Chuttu verandah

Picture shows chuttu verandah extending as poomukham in front with charupady

Balcony-South side

Picture shows balcony in south end close to first floor bed room with traditional charupady and chitra thoonu

Charu pady in Teak wood

Traditional Kerala architecture Charupady in teak wood is provided around Poomukham and verandah of this house.Picture shows a view of Charupady

A larger landing space for stair

Landing of this stair case is large enough to act as a middle level foyer.Picture shows landing area

One more view of stair case

Picture shows one more view of stair case as you move up.

Another view of stair case

Picture gives an upper view of stair case as you move up.This particular design is a totally new design which is different from any other stair cases you have seen

View of stair case

Picture shows granite laid stair case with hand carved teak wood stair posts and hand rails being polished.Two different granite slab is used with edge moulding for rise and tread of stair,thus giving a special effect for the appearance

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Carved teak wood stair case

Hand carved teak wood stair posts are laid around specially designed stair case for this show piece house.Picture shows hand carved stair hand rails being fixed

Kitchen Interior work

Modular kitchen interior is done with Mahagony wood.Picture shows work in progress for Kitchen interior work

Front gable work after plastering

Picture shows front gable work after plastering

Design brick work for front gable

Picture shows design brick work for front gable work with Arch inside

One more view from front

Picture shows one more view from front.Cuttings in slope sunshades in front at regular intervals make building look bigger and more aesthetically appealing

Working on top gable

Picture shows working on top gable.building has now taken front view almost as planned.Further work of course are pending

Beginning to take shape

House is beginning to take shape planned with First Floor slope roof and first floor gable like structure coming.Picture shows the new look

Front view with car porch and Poomukham

Front view of the house is progressing with car porch and Poomukham getting concreted

First Floor view

With arch shaped stair entry ,First Floor has a different view.Picture shows stair entry into First Floor

View-North side

Picture shows view from north side when car porch roof is getting ready for concrete

Car porch concreting

Picture shows car porch roof ready for concreting after steel reinforcement work.Car porch is made a slope roof to compliment with other slope roofs coming later so that overall building will have a unique appearance

Curing after concreting

By using brick ,we arrange water to be kept stored in concreted area,thus ensuring proper curing for two weeks.Picture shows roof concreted being cured with brick wall for retention of water for curing

Another picture-roof concreting

This picture shows the stair arrangement reaching roof with the second flight of stair

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Roof slab concreting-steel work

Picture shows reinforcement work for Ground Floor roof slab concreting.An arch like portion is made for stair case entry to roof slab.Stair case is a centrally placed show piece for this house with wide 4 feet stair steps coming up with a landing in the middle and stair turning from west to south side to reach roof top

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View of verandah and Poomukham coming up

Picture shows verandah in the front and poomukham coming up.Three cuttings in the verandah given will give added view advantage when the building gets completed.View from south side

Rear Foyer

One of the many specialities of this house is a rear open foyer just by the side of Dining room and acessible from Kitchen.This area can be used by the family as an informal living area with one of the larger dimensions open,restricted only by the outer compound wall.This area can also be used during any functions for preparations or informal discussions.Picture shows two round columns coming up in rear foyer area

Beams for Chuttu verandah and Poomukham

Picture shows beams for Poomukham and chuttu verandah area after concreting

Lintel concreting

Picture shows lintel concreting done.Also loft slab over toilet can be seen.Round column for rear foyer is also visible

Another view of round columns

Picture shows view of round columns coming up with their concrete footing and Arch mould being made for the South East portion of the building

Brick work reaching lintel level

We have used best quality bricks brought from Alwaye.Along with brick work,18 round pillars at various points mostly for front verandah and Poomukham have come up.Picture shows status when brick work reached lintel level with round columns coming up

House Construction at Irinjalakuda

When New york based Neetha Maliakal approached me for designing and building a house for her family at Irinjalakuda,a sleepy small town not connected to National High way ,but close to Trichur there one requirement was that the house should not look like another Kerala style house.So I have designed a totally new design for them with all goodness of traditional Kerala architecture with latest innovations of modern architecture.

There was a new house built for a film star nearby with 6000 sft built up area.I wanted this house of 4000 sft built up area look much bigger and better.Using my usual architectural special features,the building now stands apart as one of the best designed and well built house In Irinjalakuda.Picture shows a view of the house.This house has impressive views from different sides.We will go step by step on my efforts in building this dream house at Irinjalakuda