LIVING WITH DIVINE SOOT

By far, it’s one of the most audacious residential projects that’s come out of the studio of FADD. Architects Farah Ahmed Mathias and Dhaval Shellugar bravely champion a charcoal colour palette against which they weave to life the most astute and exacting modern style narrative

- AVRIL NOEL D'SOUZA

Traditionally speaking, charcoal may not bode well on the spectrum of the rainbow, but after a visit to this 4,550sqft home in Bengaluru, we petition it should! Never before has the colour of soot seemed so bright, airy and comforting! That’s quite a contradiction, and in fact challenges all the prejudice against this colour.