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Linden House
Linden House
A weekend house for a family of five on a narrow coastal plot, built around a shaded court and a single oak stair.
Location
Alibag, Maharashtra
Built area
6,800 sq ft on 0.6 acre
Scope
Architecture, interiors, turnkey fit-out
Timeline
26 months, 2023–2025
Project lead
Meera Kothari, partner
The brief
Room for five, shade for the afternoon
The plot is 18 metres wide and faces west to the sea. The family wanted bedrooms that stay cool, a kitchen they could cook in for twenty, and a house that needs little more than a sweep after the monsoon.
Our approach
We turned the house inward around a court shaded by a teak screen, pushed the bedrooms to the cooler east and let the upper floor cantilever over the entrance as a porch. Every joint in the oak stair, kitchen and wardrobes was drawn at full size before it was priced.
Teak screen court cuts west-facing heat gain by roughly a third
Local basalt and lime plaster that weather rather than stain
Joinery made in our partner workshop and installed by the same carpenters
Inside the house
Kitchen · walnut and basalt
Guest bath
Sea room
Main bedroom · east light
Material palette
Five materials, used everywhere
A short list kept the house calm and the procurement simple.
Deccan basalt
Plinth, court floor
Smoked oak
Stair, floors, doors
Brushed brass
Handles, light fittings
Lime plaster
All internal walls
Reclaimed teak
Court screen, shutters
26
months from brief to keys, as planned
3%
under the tendered build price
0
variation orders after tender
6 kW
rooftop solar hidden behind the parapet
We were sent a site photo every Friday for two years. Nothing on handover day was a surprise, and the stair is exactly as it was drawn.
Ananya Mehra, client
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