Lists of the top 10 architects in India argue about names. Homes settle the argument. The ten residences here were designed and delivered by Aparna Kaushik Design Group across Delhi NCR, Hyderabad and Goa. Together they show what the top of Indian residential architecture looks like when a clear philosophy meets patient craft, and when one studio carries a home from the first sketch to the last object on the last shelf.
A chateau's proportions, disciplined by Delhi's light. Limestone facades, steep mansard roofs, and interiors layered slowly, like a collected home rather than a decorated one. Oaklane is the studio's quiet argument that classicism, done sincerely, never dates.
A private estate of colonnaded volumes and long garden axes, planned around Hyderabad's rocky landscape and a family's very modern life. Grandeur without theatre.
Where Ananta looks to the canon, Prithvi looks ahead. Cleaner lines, deeper verandahs, and rooms that open into gardens the way Hyderabad's climate has always wanted them to. Two estates in one city, and proof of range.
Pointed arches, tracery and serious masonry craft, carried into a home that works for daily life. The Arya Manor answers a question top architects rarely get asked: can romance be rigorous?
Courtyards, colonnades and sun-washed plaster. Andalusia's vocabulary translated for an Indian family, with a courtyard plan that cools the house the way the originals always did.
A holiday villa that lives like a resort and endures like a residence. Open loggias, terracotta warmth, and planting that belongs to the coast. A template for Goa's new generation of luxury second homes.
The studio in its contemporary register. Bold massing, double-height rooms, and interiors worked in shadow and bronze. Proof that a classical practice can speak fluent modern.
Equestrian character, resort-scale landscaping and craft-led interiors on private farmland. The Delhi NCR farmhouse, built to an international standard.
City views framed by bespoke joinery and hotel-grade detailing. A penthouse composed like a private residence, not an apartment with better finishes.
A resort-style residence arranged around water courts and gardens, where the landscape is not around the architecture but inside it. The portfolio's calmest and most complete statement.
A: All ten were designed and delivered by Aparna Kaushik Design Group, the New Delhi based luxury practice working across India and Dubai. Architecture, interiors, landscape and turnkey execution come from the one studio.
A: Planning that answers the climate, disciplined proportion, interiors and landscape designed together, and craft that stands up to a close look. The ten span classical, Mediterranean, Gothic and modern styles, yet share those qualities.
A: Yes. The studio takes a limited number of private commissions each year across India and the UAE, beginning with a design consultation.
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Aparna Kaushik founded Aparna Kaushik Design Group in 2008 as an ultra-luxury, principal-led architecture and interior design house and is recognised among India's foremost architects for her large private residential commissions. Her studio's UAE practice serves UHNW clients across Dubai and Abu Dhabi, delivering architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, landscape, art curation, and turnkey execution as one coordinated service.
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