Rajbaari residence
Meghnad Saha Sarani, Kolkata. Ongoing, in visualisation
A new house on Meghnad Saha Sarani that remembers the palaces of Bengal.
The family wanted a new house on Meghnad Saha Sarani that remembers the Rajbaari, the zamindar palaces of Bengal: stately proportions, ornate detail and a colonial-era vocabulary.
The studio has set that vocabulary out on a house of ground and four floors, 59 ft high, with 16,958 sq ft of built-up area on a plot of 11,306 sq ft. A colonnade, three brick arches with stained glass, columned balconies and a pediment give it presence on the street. Two façade options were drawn for the client; the first is shown here, with the plans from basement to fourth floor.
The project is ongoing and is shown here in visualisation.
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