{"id":6736,"date":"2026-04-17T11:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=6736"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:06:49","slug":"iki-builds-uses-local-stone-and-earth-for-cascading-vaulted-home-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/iki-builds-uses-local-stone-and-earth-for-cascading-vaulted-home-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Iki Builds uses local stone and earth for “cascading” vaulted home in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Aurva<\/div>\n

A geological palette of rammed earth<\/a>, local stone<\/a> and terracotta<\/a> tiles reflects the rugged, rocky character of the nearby Deccan Plateau at this home in South India<\/a>, designed by local architecture studio Iki Builds<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named Aurva Illam \u2013 a combination of the Sanskrit word Aurva, meaning ‘of the earth’ and the Tamil word Illam, meaning ‘home’ \u2013 the dwelling is located on the outskirts of Hyderabad.<\/p>\n

\"Exterior
Iki Builds has completed a home to reflect its surrounding landscape in south India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

According to the principal architect at Iki Builds<\/a>, Vamshidhar Reddy, the home was an attempt to “rethink modern luxury”, rejecting what he described as the “imported glass-and-marble” style typical of villas in the area for something that reflected the landscape.<\/p>\n

“We wanted the architecture to act as a physical extension of the Deccan Plateau \u2013 a home truly born from the ‘memory of the land’,” Reddy told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

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It features a stepped series of vaulted forms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“To honour the ancient, rugged rock formations of the plateau, we had to build with its actual bones, expressing the local stone in entirely different architectural forms,” he added.<\/p>\n

Rather than adopt the more “defensive”, walled character of villas in the area, Aurva Illam was designed as a stepped series of vaulted forms described by Sama as a “cascading landscape”, with private study and bedroom spaces atop more communal areas.<\/p>\n

\"Aurva
The structure is built from rammed earth, terracotta and stone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Framing these vaulted spaces are thick walls constructed from rammed earth, which was created using a combination of soil excavated from the site and local quarry waste.<\/p>\n

This rammed earth was left exposed to create raw, striated walls at the ground-floor level, while the upper exterior and large areas of the interior are coated in a terracotta-toned earth plaster that complements areas of red brickwork and tiled vaults.<\/p>\n