PRIVATE RESIDENCE
ARCHITECTURE + INTERIORS
COMPLETED 2023
NOIDA
19,375 sq ft on a 1,000 sq m plot. A study in concrete, glass, and Burma teak — and in how a house can feel transparent without losing privacy.
LOCATION
Noida, Uttar Pradesh
BUILT AREA
19,375 sq ft
PLOT
1,000 sq m
COMPLETED
2023
PHOTOGRAPHY
Studio credit
01 / THE BRIEF
The clients came to AND Studio with an unusual request for a Noida plot: build a house that feels, as much as possible, like it isn't there. They wanted a residence that dissolved into its garden, where the boundary between interior and exterior was as soft as possible, where dinner could happen with the doors open and the city five metres away simply ceased to exist.
What they did not want was a statement house. No marble lobbies, no statement staircases, no curated look. The brief was to design a home for daily life — for a couple, their children, parents visiting, and the dog — with the kind of material restraint that would age well over decades.
02 / THE CHALLENGE
The plot faces a busy arterial road — the kind of location that forced most houses on the street to shutter against the city. The challenge for AND Studio was to design a residence that felt open and transparent from inside, while remaining discreet and protected from outside. That meant designing the edges of the house almost as carefully as its centre.
A second challenge, more prosaic but equally important: the climate. Noida summers cross 46°C for months, and winter morning inversions drop the temperature to near-freezing. A glass-heavy house has to work hard at both extremes to stay comfortable.
03 / THE RESPONSE
The front elevation is a kinetic façade of operable teak louvres that can open the entire ground floor to the street or close it to a near-solid skin. Behind that, the plan is organized around a central courtyard that runs the full height of the house. Glass walls on three sides of the courtyard mean that every principal room looks across the garden rather than at its neighbours.
The articulated revolving door at the entrance — one of the house's quiet signatures — resolves the paradox of wanting a grand arrival without a gatehouse. It reads as a solid plane from outside and as a glass threshold from within.
Upstairs, three bedrooms and a family study share a central gallery that overlooks the courtyard. The master suite on the third floor opens onto a private terrace with a plunge pool. Every bedroom has its own balcony; every balcony steps back from the façade so the house does not appear taller than its plot.
— LOVE CHOUDHARY, FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL
04 / Key features
5
Bedrooms
3
Levels
18m
Courtyard span
A kinetic teak louvre façade, a triple-height central courtyard, an articulated revolving main door, a cantilevered central stair in lime-plaster-on-steel, and a rooftop plunge pool and entertaining terrace. The master suite has a private balcony garden with clerestory planting above the skyline of neighbouring rooftops.
05 / Program
Foyer & gallery
Double-height · revolving entrance door.
Formal living
Opens onto courtyard · seats 10.
Dining room
Seats 14 · full-height glass to garden.
Family lounge
Informal · adjacent to kitchen.
Kitchen & pantry
Island with breakfast counter.
Four bedrooms
First floor · each with en-suite + balcony.
Master suite
Third floor · private terrace & plunge pool.
Family study
Gallery level · overlooks courtyard.
Basement
Home theatre · bar · guest suite.
06 / MATERIALS & CRAFT
The Seventy is a deliberate exercise in restraint. Only three primary materials are used across the entire project — concrete, glass, and wood — each handled multiple ways to create variety without introducing new textures. Burma teak appears as louvre slats, door veneers, joinery, and the central stair handrail; concrete appears as exposed structural walls, polished floors, and garden planters; glass appears as clear, fritted, and sandblasted, depending on the privacy required.
Reclaimed Burma teak Salvage · Delhi NCR Fair-faced concrete Cast on site
Low-iron glass (three finishes) Saint-Gobain · custom Lime plaster (stair) Local · New Delhi
Hand-cast brass hardware Moradabad · 360 km Kota stone (flooring ) Kota · 620 km
07 / PRESS & RECOGNITION
Where The Seventy has been covered.
Architect + Interiors India — "A House in Three Materials"
Elle Decor India — Feature
Architecture + Design — Residential Issue
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