Indian architect Saket Sethi has completed the Sunoo Temple House on the outskirts of Mumbai with a rooftop garden and a private worship space that is designed to evoke a galaxy.
The dwelling was designed for a couple relocating from the Netherlands, who wanted a home and place to worship surrounded by flowers and greenery.
Sethi distinguished the home with an angled roof garden that has views over acres of surrounding paddy fields and created a garden temple that is shaped like an egg and decorated with a glittering mosaic.
Above: Sunoo Temple House features an egg-shaped temple. Top image: it is surrounded by paddy fields
"The client came back from Holland and said she just wanted to be surrounded by flowers and greenery and wanted to gift her husband the house as a surprise," Sethi told Dezeen. "The client is extremely spiritual and said she wanted a place to be thankful and to be reminded of that, to be able to meditate and to allow others to come and feel as she felt."
The house also features a large angled roof
Sethi's decision to wrap the private temple with sparkling tiles was to reflect a comment made by the client, in which she said she wanted the room as a place to be "thankful to the universe".
The tiled walls unravel slightly on one side, opening to reveal the glass entrance. This leads to its tiled, spiralling interior that evokes the inside of a conch.
The interiors of the temple evoke the inside of a conch
The temple's egg shape...