Editor’s Note: There’s a certain sensitivity required when building within landscapes that already feel complete. Amoha Villas approaches this with a quiet confidence, allowing the architecture to frame rather than compete with its surroundings. What stands out is how the built form negotiates the site. It is elevated just enough to open itself to the views, yet grounded enough to respect the land beneath. It becomes less about the structure itself and more about how it captures, holds, and enhances the experience of the Sahyadris. – Yamini Patil
Amoha villas is a micro resort comprised of a six bedroom stone & glass villa and three cottages, nestled on the fringe of the Gautami Godavari dam in Beze. It is strategically located on the Trimbakeshwar road which is an ancient pilgrimage in Maharashtra. This property captures the breathtaking views of the Sahyadri mountains (a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the eight global biodiversity hotspots) and the expansive dam backwaters.
This Stone & Glass Villa Captures Breathtaking Views Of Nature | Atelier Landschaft
The challenge was to make the volume of the glass villa sit on site in a way that the existing contours of the land remains undisturbed, yet attain a height such that the entire house acts like an aperture to the lake and the mountains.
Transparent glass skins engulf three solid stone cores, and these volumes imitate the mountain ranges. The solid cores hold all the services of the house like toilets, water tank, HVAC systems etc. The habitable areas like bedrooms, living and dining are the transparent enclosures.
A curved, elevated bridge spans the parking and the entrance lobby as it approaches the house, and designers envision it as a floating walkway through the forest.
The living, dining, and kitchen areas form an open floor plan that opens onto a long deck and a pool elevated to the first-floor level, creating an infinity-edge pool that overlooks the lake.
The glass villa is a panoramic structure with ecru aesthetics binding the entire material palette into shades of beige and wood. This includes the beige limestone walls that offer texture to the materiality of the house and help in identifying the cores. The staircase is helical in nature and has a skylight that offers natural light throughout the day.
Terraces, decks, and garden spaces give the home shaded outdoor living areas and long views across the landscape and the Beze dam, reinforcing the home’s role as a quiet, restorative retreat offering new views with each season.
The bathrooms are an eclectic mix of patterned and subway tiles with natural light streaming in from the circular skylights. The lower floor boasts of a central recreational area which further opens up onto the landscaped lawns.
The project’s morphology separates the villa from the three identical cottages. These cottages offer the lake view with utmost privacy due to the fragmented nature of their being.
Each cottage has an attached plunge pool nestled in designed landscape pockets that offer green edges emulating a tropical forest. The design places the cottages so they do not hamper the villa’s view and orients them so each cottage’s core becomes part of the larger landscape.
The entire project is designed as clean straight lines and curved cores which breaks the monotony. An escape from the bustle and everyday woes of city life, Amoha creates an environment which allows the dweller to slow down and engage with their natural surroundings.
Fact File
Designed by: Atelier Landschaft
Project Type: Villa and Cottages Micro Resort
Project Name: Amoha Villas
Location: Maharashtra
Year Built: 2025
Project Size: 12000 Sq.ft
Principal Architect: Shruti Dabir
Team Design Credits: Disha Manshani, Sumit Chaure & Sneha Patil
Photograph Courtesy: Pranit Bora
Structure Engineer: Audumber Wani, Bhauvilas Bhavsar
Contractor, Project Manager and Developer: Shreenand Dabir
Firm’s Instagram Link: Atelier Landschaft
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