Getting Personal

Architects Joshua John and Juhi Patel of Yellow Door create a warm, welcoming contemporary Indian home in Bangalore which reflects the personalities of its inhabitants who span multiple generations.

- Sanjukta Nandy

Shriram Devatha, a young professional who runs his own recording studio in Bangalore and teaches as well, was on the look-out for a designer who could understand his outlook when it came to designing his newly purchased apartment. A friend put him in touch with the young design firm Yellow Door, helmed by architects Joshua John and Juhi Patel. Juhi says, “Before we met up with Shriram, he had already seen our previous works and was on the same page with us as far as the design outlook was concerned. Hence, we were bestowed complete creative freedom. His brief included two caveats: he wanted to be an active participant in the design process of his home; and a warm and cosy home that he and his family could come back to each day.”

This was an interesting brief for the designers who aspire to create a practice with a strong essence of contemporary ethos, keeping the end user in mind. After having graduated from RV Engineering College, Bangalore, and completing their masters from Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona, the young architects went on to form their practice, Yellow Door, in Bangalore, in 2014. Juhi says, “Though we studied together in Bangalore, it was in Spain, when we started working on more group projects, that we realized our common creative vision and went on to establish our practice in India. Home design is one of our fortes.”