House Retold
Designing with purpose, building with passion.
Name of Project: House Retold
Design Team: Ar. Sudhir Ambawata, Ar. Saumya Khanna,
Location: New Delhi
Built-up Area: sq. ft.
Plot Area: Acres
Initiation Date:
Completion Date: 2024
Budget: Confidential
Photo Courtesy: Vaibhav Bhatia
A quiet transformation of memory and material House Retold is a reimagining of an aged residence that once stood in classic architectural language. Rather than erasing its past, the project reframes it—offering a new narrative through a clean, contemporary lens. The facade, once traditional, is now a composition of large glass openings, soft grey stone, and minimal lines that conceal the structure’s original form beneath a new identity.
At the heart of the home lies a quaint garden, now fully revealed through expansive glazed doors that invite light and nature into the living spaces. The formal living room—once inward-looking—now opens dramatically to views of the garden, becoming a place of pause, quiet, and connection.
This is not a house rebuilt. It is a house retold—its story edited with restraint, respect, and a renewed sense of clarity
A Contemporary Reframing
House Retold transforms an aged residence by embracing its past while offering it a renewed identity. The once traditional façade now features expansive glass openings, soft grey stone, and clean linear elements that reinterpret its classic character through a contemporary lens. Rather than erasing history, the design reframes it with restraint and clarity.
Spaces of Pause & Connection
At the center lies a quaint garden, revealed through full-height glazed doors that flood the interiors with light and blur boundaries between inside and out.
The formal living room—previously inward-facing—has been reimagined as an open, contemplative space overlooking the garden, fostering quiet moments of pause and connection with nature.