Not a long drive away from Mumbai, a mountainous landscape rises up, called the Western Ghats. From this UNESCO world heritage area, numerous rivers and streams find their way down through an undulating landscape eventually feeding into the Bombay bay. 

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Architects: Architecture BRIO

Location: Karjat, Maharashtra 410201, India

Architect In Charge: Architecture BRIO

Area: 330.0 sqm

Project Year: 2015

Photographs: Ariel Huber / EDIT images

Design Team: Robert Verrijt, Shefali Balwani, Sahil Deshpande, Shuba Shekar, Prajakta Gawde

Structural Design: Girish Wadhwa, Vijay K. Patil
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From the architect. Not a long drive away from Mumbai, a mountainous landscape rises up, called the Western Ghats. From this UNESCO world heritage area, numerous rivers and streams find their way down through an undulating landscape eventually feeding into the Bombay bay. 

Axonometric

The House by a River is placed just below the top of a hillock at the foothills of the Ghats. The top of a vegetated roof merges with the top of the hillock, hiding the house from the approach on the east side. Inside the house one can nevertheless enjoy the views to the north of the Irshalgad hill fortress and towards the west the sunset whil...