top of page
SUKOON@NANDI HILLS
Sukoon @ Nandi Hills
Kamat family home in the hills
​
Nature Integrated Architecture

Search


The Northern walkway
Many of the national parks in Rajasthan have remnants of forts and hunting lodges inside them. One always dreams of being able to spot a...

chet kamat
Aug 27, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


The Jenga design
I was heading out to a customer meeting in Milan on a cool February morning, when my phone pinged. As I switched it to vibrate mode, I...

chet kamat
Feb 22, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


A blank sheet of paper
Every design starts with a blank sheet. The architect visits the site, talks to the client to get a sense of what kind of home they want,...

chet kamat
Feb 12, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


Space - the final frontier
Even if you are not a Star Trek fan like me, you've almost certainly come across the most famous introductory voiceover in the history of...

chet kamat
Jan 20, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


Making decisions in a creative space
WTC Memorial competition design model & winner Did you know that the architect for the World Trade Center Site Memorial was chosen via a...

chet kamat
Jan 18, 20201 min read
Â
Â
Â


Not just any competent, professional architect
Once I had acquired the land for my home, I had to pick a competent, professional architect - initially I did not know where to begin. I...

chet kamat
Jan 17, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


Standing out from the crowd
Most of the 90s, I worked in Europe, initially in Stockholm and subsequently in Budapest. We enjoyed this period, taking the cross...

chet kamat
Jan 15, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


South Indian coffee, Darjeeling tea or something else ?
Most houses are built in a specific style or based on a theme. Now that I had a site, I needed to progress my 'home in the hills' from an...

chet kamat
Jan 14, 20201 min read
Â
Â
Â


The Farnsworth House
In his first visit to our site on 12th January, our architect spoke about a historic house that the plot brought to mind - the Farnsworth...

chet kamat
Jan 13, 20201 min read
Â
Â
Â


Weekend sanctuary or work from the hills ?
About fifteen years ago, I had bought an apartment in Gachibowli in Hyderabad. A couple of years later, the construction was done and the...

chet kamat
Jan 13, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


Setbacks galore !
So there I was, I had gone ahead and purchased two adjoining plots, paid the developer for them, registered the purchase with the...

chet kamat
Jan 9, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


Discovering the tree on the boulder
A friend recently told me of a group of sculptors who had (in my view) a rather unusual approach to their work. They would look at a...

chet kamat
Jan 1, 20202 min read
Â
Â
Â


Berm ... what's that ?
Very soon after acquiring the land for my home, I ran into this term. The first time I heard 'berm' I actually asked the engineer to...

chet kamat
Dec 21, 20192 min read
Â
Â
Â


Why this specific site ?
The development nestled in the midst of Nandi Hills was definitely a unique location based on the proximity to Bangalore and the...

chet kamat
Dec 15, 20192 min read
Â
Â
Â


Its all about the location ...
A few years ago I used to visit Nagarahole Tiger Reserve frequently and I explored the idea of having a small home on land abutting the...

chet kamat
Dec 8, 20192 min read
Â
Â
Â


The best of both worlds ?
Once I got used to having a terrace garden, I started wanting an even larger garden. This is really what motivated me to explore villa...

chet kamat
Dec 1, 20191 min read
Â
Â
Â


Odd at first glance
Sometime in late 2019, I chanced upon a plot of land at the foot of Channagiri hill (part of the Nandi Hills range) - the location...

chet kamat
Nov 1, 20191 min read
Â
Â
Â


How it all began
Growing up in Mumbai, space was always a constraint. Moving to Bangalore afforded us the luxury of having a large home and above all a...

chet kamat
Oct 1, 20191 min read
Â
Â
Â
bottom of page