Name & Location: Nitesh Buckingham Gate, Bangalore

Cost of Project: (INR) 150 Cr.

Built-up area: 52,000 sq ft (5,000 Sqmt)
(In case of Public Building minimum built-up area should be 1000 sq. meter)

Description of Project:

This upmarket apartment building in the heart of the city contains 12 flats in a four storey building. The challenge was to provide something more than just an adequate space for living stacked in repetitive floors. Hence every apartment has a combination of uniquely linked spaces of differing scales to demarcate public and private areas, with all areas well lit with large windows and continuous balconies.

Materials of Construction Details:

The building is concrete framed structure with concrete block walls

Main staircases – Structured steel with wooden cladding

Railing – Toughened glass

French windows – Toughened glass with wooden frames

Flooring – Italian marble

Outer screen – Glass reinforced concrete with steel framework

Hard landscape – Natural stone & wooden decking

Special Features:

The design seeks to make the room open to nature, yet give the required privacy and shelter from direct solar heat gain. This achieved through two layers of skin on the building – an outer layer of glass reinforced concrete louvres, and an inner layer of sliding wood louver screens. The treatment of these external skins works to bring a warm yet contemporary aesthetics to the building, which is responsive to climate and privacy needs.