Striking Sculptures, Bright Colours and Fascinating Artworks Define This Canopy Penthouse in Bangalore | Annkur Khosla Design Studio

This 6850-square-foot apartment in Bangalore conceived and designed by Annkur Khosla captures attention instantly with its striking sculptures, innovative use of bright hues, amazing chandeliers, and mesmerizing artworks. Deriving inspiration from a walk in the woods and captures essence of its sculptural qualities by crystallizing the randomness into defined structure through various materials. Let’s take a walkthrough to this beautiful house designed for a young entrepreneur who has just returned from her work stint in New York.

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“The client wanted a house where she could melt in and completely relax and feel at home. She had no design constraints nor any personal impositions. She’s a dream client to have,” shares Annkur.

This bold hued and highly-textural house has the impressions of freedom and containment; of shelter and openness. 

Inspiration Behind the Design

The house is inspired by a walk in the woods with it’s amazing character of trees with monstrous hanging roots, branches, foliage– all varied assemblage. Nature has the quality of randomness, raw, sculptural and yet it invokes in the person a very conflicting dimension between the urban and natural life. 

The canopies or pavilions are interpreted at various spurts as non-predictable intrusions in the space as to alter the density of the plantation. The boldness in color depicts the serenity and ferocity of nature rich in hue and texture.

Walkthrough:

The living area has an encirclement of a large carved bark acting as shelving accessed through the various levels of the staircase. The thin steel railing moving along the passage with diminishing distances represent the hanging roots of the tree. 

This section flows into the den, which has a wooden maze sculpture continuing our narration of our nature inspired idea. The informal seating is with an artistic bench envisioned by them with a semblance of fabric being pulled from the wall. 

The Dear Ingo spider chandelier by Ron Gilad lingers above the cedar wood table and antelope leather belt chairs from Designwerks. The New York skyline wallpaper and V shaped bookshelf was custom created by the designer. In the living room, the underside of the staircase is hand painted by artist Saibabu.              

                        
Surrounded by Oak clad walls in the master boudoir, the four poster bed crafted, geometrically translates leaves of the palm. The sculptural wooden chair in front of the woven jute curtains is also one of our designs. The washroom is layered with grey Italian marble with the mirror sandwiched in a sliding window. 

The Jeeves bowler hat light rests above the black polished granite hand carved washbasin overlooking the terrace.

In the guest room, the Stratton bed from Pottery Barn has an installation of painted oak wood members above it, creating a semblance of a canopy. Flanked against the wall, the clouds are designed with turquoise metal stools which were sourced from an antique store in SoHo. 

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Material and colour palette

Use of natural materials and subtle hues with a splash of colours give a striking appeal to this home. In this chromatic city loft, a large lounger and distinctive wallpaper separate the TV and dining areas. 

Bringing bold character to the otherwise muted palette is the underside of the staircase hand painted by artist Saibabu. The most unique feature is the bookshelf that conceals itself as part of the staircase, accessible through each level.

Project Details

About the Designer

A graduate of the Academy of Architecture in Mumbai, Annkur Khosla polished her skills at the New York School of Interior Design. Listed in the ‘iGen Top 50’ designers of India for 2012 by Architect And Interiors India, her stints include one under the renowned architect Shimul Javeri Kadri. STAR PROJECTS Actor Shahid Kapoor’s spunky bachelor pad and furniture design for Shabana Azmi. Also, curiously, a 12- acre property for a naturopathy ashram between Igatpuri and Nashik. SHE BELIEVES “In creating humanistic spaces that transform the life of an individual. Space is an experience, and style is an aesthetic quotient that we add to the experience.”

Annkur Khosla, Annkur Khosla Design Studio, Mumbai

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