{"id":619736,"date":"2026-10-03T20:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T20:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/619736\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T20:46:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T20:46:12","slug":"how-12-design-studios-are-rethinking-classical-arches-for-modern-indian-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/619736\/","title":{"rendered":"How 12 design studios are rethinking classical arches for modern Indian homes"},"content":{"rendered":"

At The Cove in Assagao, Goa<\/a> by Rya Interiors<\/a>, arched openings bring Goan sensibility to the 4,500-square-foot holiday villa<\/a>. Drawing from the forms of traditional Indian homes and Goan residences<\/a>, the arches appear alongside white textured walls, cobalt-blue fenestrations, terracotta accents and sloping roofs, recast in a more restrained contemporary expression. Expansive arched thresholds frame the surrounding tropical greenery, while sunlight dappling through them creates a shifting interplay of light and shadow. Around the pool<\/a>, arches, patterned tiles and ambient lighting heighten the villa\u2019s Indo-Portuguese<\/a> lineage, lending the setting an old-Goan charm.<\/p>\n

Arches Beneath a Forest Canopy\"Image<\/p>\n

A groin-vaulted ceiling inspired by the criss-crossing branches of a forest canopy, transforms the passageway into an immersive architectural experience.<\/p>\n

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In Ramayan House, designed by Envisage Architects<\/a>, the passageway ceiling draws on the experience of moving beneath a forest canopy, translating a scene from the Ayodhya Kaand into an architectural experience. A groin vault traces the intersecting forms of branches overhead, while light and shadow animate the arched geometry as one moves through the space.<\/p>\n

Also Read: This Bengaluru home balances handcrafted modernism with tropical warmth<\/a><\/p>\n

Arches at Every Threshold\"Image<\/p>\n

A sequence of arches leads from the foyer through the passage, each one framing a different part of the house.<\/p>\n

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For RGP Design Studio<\/a>, arches<\/a> and archways become a structural throughline, connecting the home\u2019s separate zones into one continuous sequence. At Janki House, the approach begins in the foyer<\/a>, which opens through four proportioned arches, each leading to a different part of the house. The motif continues across the first-floor passage, garden walls and stone boundary wall. Curved and chamfered wall ends and vaulted ceilings soften the geometry further, while terracotta<\/a> tiles, timber and stone reinforce the sense of continuity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At The Cove in Assagao, Goa by Rya Interiors, arched openings bring Goan sensibility to the 4,500-square-foot holiday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":619737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[34859,66782,442,498,499,500,27022,501,156,103695,14417,305101,158894,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-619736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-ad-pro","tag-arches","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-delhi","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-goa","tag-hyderabad","tag-indian-architecture","tag-indian-homes","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/619737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}