True luxury does not come from excess. It emerges from the simple interplay of light, air and landscape with the built environment. Lighthouse, a residence by Architecture Discipline in New Delhi, responds to this idea. The home challenges conventional urban living by placing natural elements at the centre of its spatial experience. Air and light become fundamental forces that shape how the home feels and functions.
The Lighthouse residence serves a family of three and their dog. It sits on a one-acre farmland plot. Instead of placing the home at the centre, the layout places a large landscaped lawn at the heart of the living experience.
The primary residence and an outhouse frame the lawn on adjoining sides. The entrance leads visitors into the central court. The two built forms flank the court and create a clear contrast in scale. This approach places the lawn at the centre of the experience.
A Landscaped Lawn Anchors The Living Experience At Lighthouse Residence | Architecture Discipline
The residence makes a striking first impression with a rhythmic timber screen suspended over a glass box. The glass box houses a double-height living space. Steps lead up to the floating plinth and the main entrance. A monumental 22-ft-high solid-wood door welcomes visitors into the interior. The façade uses prefabricated wooden louvre systems crafted from Yellow Cedar. These elements add warmth, texture and timeless appeal. They also provide privacy, modulate natural light and strengthen the architectural character of the home.
The entrance door and slim-section louvre screens use glulam to prevent warping, expansion and contraction. This allows minimal movement and ensures a precise fit on site. Operable glulam screens shield the living space from heat and glare. They also maintain a connection with the surroundings at varying levels. During winter, the screens can be removed. This creates an uninterrupted connection with the outdoors.
Artius’ glued-laminated timber (glulam) technology integrates seamlessly into the architectural language of the home. As a carbon-negative material, glulam sequesters carbon during production while providing structural strength. Artius prefabricated the glulam sections with precision. The sections use ultra-durable, termite-resistant Yellow Cedar. They were then installed on site to create screens from thin, lightweight sections. The home follows the same sustainable approach. It is assembled like a Meccano kit using precast concrete columns, beams and slabs. This method keeps site disruption and material wastage to an absolute minimum.
Named Lighthouse owing to the home’s unique handling of daylight as a building material, the home’s living space is flooded with natural light streaming through the timber screens and is further augmented by a central skylight resembling a chimney stack. A floating lenticular ceiling adds drama, functioning as a modern interpretation of a chandelier. When illuminated at night, the form of the building, with its timber screens, appears as a suspended, internally lit lantern within its landscape.
The home’s ground floor features its shared spaces, including a living area, an open kitchen, a guest bedroom, and a lounge area that extends onto a deck with a water feature and a meditation space, all seamlessly connected to the central green. The first floor, accessed via a sculptural single-flight staircase that skirts the home’s green edge, houses the private quarters.
These spaces are oriented to maximise connection to the outdoors, also featuring a projecting balcony that breaks the linearity of the facade and extends into the canopy of a mango tree. The home’s length is an ordered composition of openings, closely bridging the divide between indoors and outdoors.
The initial client brief evolved to include an outhouse that functions as a transitional space or retreat, serving both as a venue for entertainment and a secluded escape for the family. Originally designed as a buffer between the parking area and the central court, and as an antechamber to the pool, it quickly evolved into something far more layered. It serves as a multifunctional retreat, ideal for entertainment or quiet reflection, and becomes a venue for intimate gatherings, casual lounging, and unwinding, providing a contrast in energy to the main house.
The form of the outhouse strikes a balance between permanence and lightness, with a unidirectional layout leading to the swimming pool, grounded in concrete and featuring a light zinc roof, topped with the Artius Glulam Timber Roofing System, crafted from premium Yellow Cedar. Prefabricated off-site at Artius’s state-of-the-art facility in Gurugram and assembled in just 45 days by a crew of seven, this zero-waste, eco-conscious solution demonstrates the speed, sustainability, and structural potential of mass timber in the Indian context.
A linear skylight runs along the ridge of the pitched roof, filling the space with natural light through generous glass openings. The design features a mix of lift-and-slide and slide-and-fold doors, opening up the entire space to the outdoors and offering expansive views of the garden and beyond. Its monochrome interiors, featuring grey terrazzo flooring and minimal furniture, exude a modern, playful charm, enhancing the sense of openness while unfolding with an intuitive sense of movement. Large openings connect the space to the surrounding green areas, allowing it to transform into an expansive entertainment area. Like the main house, this space is designed for optimism, connection, and the quiet luxury of time well spent.
Lighthouse is a home where nature’s elements—light, air, and landscape—are integral to both its design and experience. Crafted with the warmth of timber and the enduring strength of Glulam, the residence stands as a timeless ode to nature, gracefully evolving with the play of light and the passage of time. By crafting the design around these elements, the home redefines urban living by immersing itself in its setting.
Fact File
Designed by: Architecture Discipline
Project Type: Residential Architecture Design
Project Name: Lighthouse Residence
Location: New Delhi
Built-Up Area: 18000 Sq.ft
Year Built: 2025
Principal Architect: Akshat Bhatt
Design Team: Akshat Bhatt, Chandni Saxena, Janhavi Singh, Nipun Garg
Photograph Courtesy: jeetinsharma_spaces
Structural Engineer / Civil Engineer: Isha Consultants
Structural Engineer (Precast): RSM Consultants
Electrical & Lighting: Lirio Lopez Electrical + Lighting Design Consultants
Landscape Design Architect: Ashwini Kansara
Hvac Consultants: Narinder Singh
Plumbing: Deepak Khosla Associates
Pmc Consultants: Wills Thomas & Jasim Alam
Mass Timber Façade And Roof: Artius
Firm’s Website Link: Architecture Discipline
Firm’s Instagram Link: Architecture Discipline
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