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Outdoor/indoor flow is vital for modern living but –


Make sure your doorways have shelter from rain with porticos. Outdoor living in Gujarat can be done for much of the year, it is essential that shade is provided. Consider waterproof shade either through shade clothes that are waterproof or solid roof materials.

Look at running your music outdoors with outdoor speakers. It’s actually more considerate for the neighbours as you don’t need volumes up as loud to be able to hear and for children’s play areas can be incorporated into your design early in the process. Separate spaces for children (no matter how old) can be a very valuable asset to living.

Lighting is vital to enhancing a home’s natural features and ambience and don’t forget to install outdoor lighting, or cable it up even if you can’t afford the lights yet. Run speaker cable and computer cable throughout your house, even if you cannot afford to install computers and speakers – add them later!

Ensure the materials you build your home from are of good quality from reputable suppliers – from the framing you choose, to the cladding, electrical cabling and plumbing to glass, roofing and interior linings. Fittings can be changed out – you cannot change your framing. Spend money on quality fittings wherever you can.

If you’re building, site leveling beforehand can be an excellent way of making the full use of your property – making space for entertaining areas, kid’s play areas or parking. Don’t be scared to move dirt around – it’s never cheaper than before things are built.

Above all else, think about how you want to live in your new home and build it around your requirements, your needs and desires. This is the ultimate benefit of building your own bespoke dream home.

Today there are so many new technologies available with a growing lack of restrictions in articulating form. Budget is often the main constraint. However even this has evolved into another defining attribute of Gujarat architecture.

Buildings can be layered in many ways: vertically, horizontally and materially. Layering is one way of relating a building to its context. In a rural setting, layering of roofs and walls may relate to lines of trees and fences and allow a flow of spaces from outside to inside.

In a tight urban site or forest setting, the layering could easily be vertical. As well as layering form, materials and structure can be regarded in the same way to add further resonance and richness. Box forms are common in architecture from ancient times to the modern day.

Walls are how we usually define space, both inside and out. A floor plan is a plan of ‘walls’. In a house this arrangement defines a pattern for living or the bones of the house. Walls and holes in walls edit how spaces interrelate with each other and the outside.

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