Residence · Bengaluru

Shiva Stuthi

Wright Inspires

A 40×60 plot hemmed in on three sides and open to a park, wrapped around a white steel spiral stair and lit through three eye-shaped skylights.

One of three eye skylights

Built-up: 3,734 sq.ft
Plot: 40′ × 60′ 2,400 sq.ft
Levels: B+G+1 plus terrace
Completed: 2021 Bengaluru
Cost / est.: ₹1.5 – 2.0 Cr benchmark only

Photographs

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Street facade with terracotta cladding and planted terrace — Street edge, planted terrace Yash R Jain

Looking up the stair void with white railings and two eye skylights — Stair void, two eyes open Yash R Jain

Living and dining room with the spiral stair — Living and dining around the stair Yash R Jain

Spiral stair and eye skylight from above — White steel against brick Yash R Jain

Bedroom with curved bay window — Bedroom bay to the park Yash R Jain

Terrace with chequered brick screen and treetops — Terrace and chequered screen Yash R Jain

Film

Wright Inspires

Shiva Stuthi — project short

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Section · eyes, spiral, basementNot to scale

The move

The site is hemmed in on three sides, so the house builds upward and inward. It sits five feet above the approach, with a multipurpose basement tucked below and a compressed entrance passage that releases into the living volume.

Everything turns around the spiral stair: white steel, timber treads, a barrel-vaulted brick ceiling, and three eye-shaped skylights that pull daylight down through the full height. Wire-cut brick and country-tile fillers in the slabs keep concrete out and heat down.

“Three skylights, read as third eyes.”Reading of the project

Materials

Wire-cut brick
Country tile filler
Terracotta jaali
White steel stair
Herringbone timber
Glass block

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Cost

₹1.5 – 2.0 Crtotal · today's replacement

Built in 2021 on 3,734 sq.ft. Current Bengaluru rates of ₹4,000–5,500 per sq.ft. Not a quotation.