Monday, December 22, 2008

A house making you feel like a palace


House at Irinjalakuda even though only 4000sft in area ,make your dream of having a palace for your house,a reality.

It has all good features of Kerala Architecture,most good features of Vasthu,appearance above actual area of the building and features of modern technology and architecture.Above all it is a comfortable house to live in with plenty of sunshine,cool air and cool insides.Picture shows front side view of Poomukham and sit out of the house

Saturday, December 13, 2008

South end View


Picture shows south end view with a balcony slightly behind with traditional round pillar and teak wood charupady

Front Balcony view from North side


Picture shows view of Front balcony with teak wood charupady from north side

South side view


Picture shows South side view with front Balcony having Teak wood charupady

View from Poomukham to gate


Picture shows view from Poomukham to front gate

Entry to living


From the foyer which is a common access to living and stair only decorative round pillars seperate living,dining and stair areas.Front door and entry to living can be seen in the picture

Another view of stair entry


Another view of stair entry from first floor to ground floor clearly showing arch shaped entry to stair with hand carved teak wood stair posts which were specially designed for this house
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Stairway view from First floor


Picture shows stair view from First Floor with arch shaped floor entry to stair from top,two long round pillars standing tall adding elegance to the architectural work

.From the large space landing stair takes a turn and reaches before main door

Round long pillars


Stair way has got two round long pillars going all the way upto first floor roof with decorative work on top.Picture shows top portion of the round pillars

Stairway with granite steps


A specially designed stair is one of the many specialities of this house.Picture shows the stairway with granite floor using Raw silk and English teak granite slabs.Stair posts and hand rails are of Teak wood,hand carved

Front door in teakwood


Picture shows front of door of the house with two shutters in teak wood with wood panelling on the sides and design wood work above the door.Traditional kerala houses had woodden panelled walls with decorative hand chiselled work called kothupani

.Windows on either side facilitates view from inside without opening the door

Front view top side


Picture gives a closer view of two gables one below and one above side by side with arches and design work with glass etched painting

Inside view of Compound wall


Picture shows inside view of compound wall guarded by white arayannams done in concrete and kept spaced in the compound wall structure

Sitting space of Charupady


Picture shows closer view of sitting space of teak wood charupady

One more inside view of verandah


Picture shows one more inside view of verandah with etched glass painting inside arch in the front of Poomukham

A closer view of Charupady


Picture shows a closer view of Charupady and verandah almost giving an elegant appearance to the house

View of poomukham and verandah


Picture shows view of traditional poomukham and verandah of Kerala Architecture incorporated in this modern house with decorated round pillars and thoomanam modified from the traditional models

Front side Balcony


Picture shows closer view of front side Balcony

South end balcony


Picture shows closer view of south end Balcony with teakwood charupady

South end view


Picture shows south end view from front side with a round pillar going up carrying south end balcony with charupady

South side Ground Floor view


Picture shows south side Ground Floor view with charupady,chuttu verandah and upper front balcony views

Friday, December 12, 2008

Front view from gate side


Picture shows front view when you look from the gate side.This one view cannot exactly capture the front appearance of the house

Northern side top view


Picture shows northern side top view.Speciality of the design is that the house has got aesthetically appealing different views from different sides instead of a single front appearance as in the case of usual Kerala houses

Another top front view


This view gives the elegance of two gables on top and bottom coming in the front alog with slope roof and front Balcony

Front top side view


Picture shows front top side view of the house.slope roof with clay tile laying and Mukhappu are features taken from traditional Kerala Architecture.Gable structure in front is a feature taken from western architecture style.Etched glass painting and Arch window inside gable is an innovation brought by me to add beauty to this mix of traditional Kerala Architecture and modern technology