Common ground

"How do you show light in your drawings?" is a question we have always pondered up on, and struggled with, in our practice. Some architects have an incredible hand for it. Here are a few stunning sketches that Ar. Jacob Cherian .manayath did, when he recently visited our Masjid An Noorayn, and we are in awe!

Lines of Light!

Designing in a tight urban plot, where there's no scope to borrow any view, the solution was an inward-looking home. "Lines of light" is an experiment with light and volumes to bring pieces of sky and garden and play of light indoors.

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Masjid An Noorayn

The mosque of light (and shadows!)
Men's prayer hall

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Masjid An Noorayn

The mosque of light (and shadows!)
A picture of the men's prayer hall

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Masjid An Noorayn
The mosque of light (and shadows!)

Men's prayer hall seen from the entrance foyer

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We are thrilled to share that our studio is featured in THE PLAN!
THE PLAN 160, the first issue of 2025, is a special edition dedicated to India, edited by Peter Rich! We are extremely honored to be featured in depth, alongside some of our favorite architects!

"The parallels between architecture and poetry- between designing and building on one side and writing on the other; the rootedness in nature that should anchor every breathing being to this world; the gut-wrenching melancholy of the finiteness of it all; the inspiring flourish of one's soaring through time - none of this can be captured in a randomised clinical trial. One writes, therefore. Not to call oneself a poet, not for the glory of it. But because there are a few things that may need to be said. And because someone might listen."

~ Jyotish Gopinathan

We are deeply honoured to share a heartfelt chapter in our journey! The beautiful book by our dear client-turned friend, is out; the collection of poems he wrote in response to the making of his dream home, 'Fern Hill'! He found poetry in every step of designing and building; and moments like these, are the ones that make us feel extremely proud of this profession that we are in!

We are looking for experienced site engineers to supervise our projects at Calicut and Chemmad. If interested, please mail your CVs to [email protected] or call +91 9846066000

We love it when clients soulfully express themselves and involve in the making of their homes. The doctor couple Jyotish Gopinathan and Kalpana George first approached us to do a simple residence in a 6.5 cents land as part of an already existing villa property, with minimum changes in the plan the builder provided and maximum adherence to their elevation. But as the design progressed, they fell so much in love with the process that, they evolved from wanting to "keep the marked garden areas" in builder's plan to purchasing an extra 6 cents adjoining land purely as an extension of landscape. And together, we made Fern Hill!

We're thrilled to share the news that we have received the Silver Leaf Award for our project Fern Hill at the IIA Kerala State Awards, 2023; for Landscape projects Category.

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