AXIAL
Hotel project

Boutique Hotel Suites

Location
Jaipur, Rajasthan
Year
2024
Area
22 suites
Status
Completed

Twenty-two suites that pair Jaipur’s craft traditions with calm, contemporary rooms around a lit courtyard pool.

Twenty-two suites that pair Jaipur’s craft traditions with calm, contemporary rooms around a lit courtyard pool.

The brief asked for a place that would feel generous without excess. We began with the site — its orientation, its trees, the path of the afternoon sun — and let those observations set the plan before any material was chosen.

Rooms are arranged as a sequence of thresholds: compressed entries that open into tall, light-filled volumes, with views held back until they matter. Services, storage and circulation are gathered into thickened walls so that the principal spaces remain uncluttered.

Light and material

A restrained palette of jaisalmer stone, brushed brass, lime plaster is used consistently inside and out, so the building reads as one continuous piece of craft. Every junction was detailed with the fabricators on site.

Gallery

04 views

01Principal view from the garden
02Evening light across the façade
03Double-height living space
04Stair and gallery

Design concept

The concept is a simple one: a quiet frame for everyday life. Mass is kept low and deep along the street, while the garden side dissolves into glass and shade.

A single organising line — an axis running from entrance to garden — structures the plan, aligning circulation, views and light.

Architecture

Working within the existing shell, we removed non-structural partitions to recover daylight and cross-ventilation, and introduced a new services spine along the party wall.

Interiors

Joinery is built in rift-cut oak and lacquer, with integrated lighting that washes walls rather than floors. Soft furnishings are layered in natural linen, wool and leather so that the rooms grow warmer with use.

Bathrooms are wrapped in a single stone, with bronze fittings chosen to patinate over time.

Palette

Materials

  • 01

    Jaisalmer stone

    Primary material

  • 02

    Brushed brass

    Hand-finished hardware and lighting details.

  • 03

    Lime plaster

    Breathable, hand-trowelled wall finish.

Process

Project timeline

  1. 2022 Q1

    Brief & site study

    Site survey, climate analysis and conversations with the client family.

  2. 2022 Q2

    Concept design

    Massing studies, physical models and the first material palette.

  3. 2023 Q1

    Detailed design

    Construction drawings, joinery design and lighting coordination.

  4. 2024

    Construction & handover

    Weekly site supervision through to styling and handover.

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