At Bangalore’s edge, this sandstone house creates a retreat for everyday living, art, and quiet contemplation. The homeowners, both doctors, wanted a home that offered respite from their profession while housing a growing collection of antiques and artefacts. Nestled amid lush greenery, the home opens towards a golf course on one side. The architects build the house in sandstone and lime plaster, creating a warm, tactile material palette. They bring antiques into the interiors to add character, depth, and a sense of history. At the heart of the home, a central courtyard draws natural light and ventilation deep into the interiors.
A Sandstone House in Bangalore Where Nature Takes Centre Stage | 4Brick Studio
During the search for antiques, a Gwalior Mint quarry revealed discarded stone slabs, rejected for their irregular colour variation. Rather than a flaw, these variations gave the stone a distinct character and an irreplicable spirit. The architects chose rescued stone over artefacts and left it untreated, hand-chipping each slab to wrap the exterior in a skin of honest material.
Inside, the artefacts and antiques are not curated as static showpieces but integrated into the architecture. At the entrance, two 50-year-old earthen pots frame the arrival with sculptural presence. A 5-foot-tall Nataraja is set within a recessed niche, becoming part of the wall itself.
Across the living spaces, fragments of a pre-independence wooden chariot and weathered printing blocks are incorporated into the interiors, adding texture and history to the restrained palette of stone and lime plaster. In the master bedroom, a 200-year-old wooden chest from Lahore reflects the home’s approach to collecting, where objects are lived with rather than simply exhibited.
At the centre of the home lies a courtyard that gathers everything around it, both spatially and emotionally. Rising through two levels, it draws in light, air, and movement, shaping the experience of the house throughout the day. The ground floor unfolds around it, with the main living room, dining area, and open kitchen embracing it, while the formal living and foyer act as thresholds.
Moving on to the second level, the courtyard continues to be the pièce de résistance. On the upper floor, an amphitheatre steps inward, its seating forming a layered backdrop that softens the geometry of the space. It extends into a bonsai terrace garden, creating spaces for gathering and quiet reflection. Echoing the exterior, the courtyard walls are clad in hand-slit quartz sandstone, their subtle shifts in levels adding depth and texture.
The house relies on passive ventilation, natural materials, and a restrained palette to create a calm living environment. Stone, lime plaster, greenery, and carefully collected artefacts work together without competing for attention. Rather than treating architecture and objects separately, the project allows each to reinforce the other, resulting in a home that is grounded in material honesty, craftsmanship, and the quiet accumulation of time.
Fact File
Designed by: 4Brick Studio
Project Type: Residential Architecture Design
Project Name: Sandstone House
Location: Bangalore
Year: 2025
Project Size: 7800 Sq.ft
Principal Architect: Vandana Taluru
Photograph Courtesy: Ekansh Goel
Landscape Architecture: 3Fold Design
Engineering & Consulting > Structural: Dr Chetan K
Source: Archdaily
Firm’s Instagram Link: 4Brick Studio
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