Residential Architecture
Available across Mumbai
We design Mumbai homes with custom layouts, natural light, and details like sculptural stairs and art placement to create peaceful, one-of-a-kind living spaces.
Pricing Guide
Interior Architecture & Design Consultancy
Core Design & Planning
- Spatial Configuration: Re-planning of internal layouts to maximize space, such as expanding living areas or creating entrance foyers. Includes 2-3 conceptual iteration rounds.
- Detailed GFC Documentation: Complete set of Good for Construction drawings including demolition plans, civil masonry changes, electrical looping, and plumbing details.
- 3D Visualization: Photorealistic renders for major habitable spaces like living, dining, and master bedrooms.
Material & Finish Curation
- Palette Selection: Curation of material boards including teak/oak wood samples, lime plaster textures, and marble/granite slab selection.
- Joinery Design: Custom drawings for fixed furniture including wardrobes with rattan infills, kitchen cabinetry, and vanity units.
- Lighting Design: Selection of architectural lighting like COB spots and decorative fixtures like paper lanterns or brass pendants.
Site Supervision & Management
- Periodic Site Visits: Weekly or fortnightly visits to inspect work-in-progress, specifically checking alignment of shadow gaps, wall edges, and flooring transitions.
- Vendor Coordination: Coordination with HVAC, automation, and sliding window vendors for seamless integration.
Structural & Complex Design Consultancy
Advanced Architectural Interventions
- Structural Modification Design: Planning for connecting vertical levels or combining flats. Includes design of cut-outs, slab punctures, and internal voids.
- Vertical Circulation Design: Bespoke design of internal staircases, such as open-riser timber treads on metal spines or sculptural fabricated steel stairs.
- Civil & Sectional Detailing: Drawings to create split-levels, sunken seating areas, or raised platforms like bay window reading nooks.
Bespoke Element Design
- Custom Mechanism Design: Detailed fabrication drawings for unique elements like sliding-folding internal windows, pivot doors with fluted glass, and arched metal screens.
- Integration of Services: Concealing heavy services like centralized AC ducting and fire fighting pipes within the aesthetic design.
Curated Styling & Art Integration
- Art Consultation: Assistance in the selection and placement of art pieces, including designing specific lighting to act as focal points.
- Soft Furnishing Curation: Detailed selection of fabrics for curtains, rug sizes, and upholstery textures to complement the natural material shell.
- Intensive Supervision: Higher frequency of site visits during critical civil and fabrication phases to ensure structural integrity.
About Residential Architecture
What Home Means for Us
In Mumbai’s chaos, I know a home’s gotta be more than walls and a roof. For me, it’s about giving you a safe spot - a sanctuary where you can breathe, tune out the digital noise, and just feel at peace. Every project starts with this idea.
How I Shape Your Space
I pay serious attention to how a home feels - not just how it looks. Here’s what I focus on:
- Multi-level layouts, like split-level home design, help create separate zones for living and working but still feel connected.
- I use double-height spaces and skylights. That’s where natural light architecture comes in, making spaces feel open and full of life.
- Windows aren’t just holes in the wall - I frame views of greenery, so you always feel close to nature, even in Mumbai.
- Arches and internal windows soften boundaries and keep air flowing.
Details That Matter
- I believe small touches matter most. Custom staircase design is a favorite - slim, sculptural stairs in metal or wood that become a centerpiece, not just a path.
- Materials are authentic: teak, oak, marble, terrazzo, and even lime plaster for textured walls.
- I help pick and place art, so your home feels personal.
The Mumbai Touch
From combining apartments into one big space to making duplexes with sea views, I work hands-on in Mumbai residential spaces. Every home is a one-off, built to be a true sanctuary home concept for the people living there.
Meet your Expert
SML Architects
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My Story
We’re SML Architects, right in the middle of Mumbai’s madness. For us, the city’s noise pushes us to chase the opposite: quiet, rooted homes. Mahek always says a house should be calm and reflective, not just a place but a retreat. Had our first magazine cover – wrote ‘Look Ma, Cover’ – felt special, not just for the hype, but because it meant people get what we’re trying to do. We build homes that let you slow down and breathe.
My Work
Architecture, Interior & Furniture Design - We design homes, interiors, and custom furniture, mostly for people who want a calm sanctuary.
Sanctuary Spaces - Our thing is meditative residential spaces, places that feel peaceful and connected to nature.
Natural Materials Obsessed - Teak wood furniture, natural stone interiors – we use honest materials for warmth and texture.
Details & Craft - Every corner, every washbasin, every wall edge gets our attention. We like things precise and soulful.
Art-Filled Homes - We love working with art collectors, making homes that double up as galleries for memories and objects.
