HELD IN TIME

Studio Ruh's maiden project in Hyderabad is soulful, warm, and evokes the idea of home as memory

- WORDS NOOPUR LIDBIDE PHOTOS KUBER SHAH

If you grew up spending summers at your grandparents’ home — where the scent of mangoes, mogra, and memories would linger in the air — this 8,000 sq ft villa in Hyderabad might feel uncannily familiar.

This home, Studio Ruh’s first project in the City of Pearls, seems to have fond stories to tell already. “It was imagined as a home that would feel welcoming to anyone who walked through its doors,” says Kavya Sheth, founding partner and principal at Studio Ruh.

Set amidst a lush green landscape, the outdoors subtly filter into the indoors. From the start, the design intention was to create a place that feels easy to live in.