A small studio that stays with the work
Hushwood began in 2016 in a rented room above a joiner’s workshop.
Ananya Rao had spent ten years designing hotels for other people and wanted to spend longer on fewer rooms. The studio is now eleven people in a converted printworks, and we still take about eight projects a year.
How we think
Fewer projects, more attention
We turn down more work than we take. It lets the person who meets you stay on the project from the first drawing to the last lamp.
Materials come first
We choose finishes before we draw details. A room built around oak and lime plaster looks different from a room that has oak and lime plaster added to it.
Quiet is built, not left over
Calm comes from decisions: where the light falls, where a door stops, what is hidden. We spend our time on the things you will not notice.
Honest about money
We show you where every rupee goes, and we say so when a choice is poor value.
The people you will meet
Leads every project, from the first conversation to the last lamp.
Runs the building work and keeps every project on schedule.
Draws the joinery and details that builders quote from.
Visit the studio
14 Alder Lane, Indiranagar, Bengaluru. We welcome visitors by appointment, usually on Thursdays. Send a note and we will find a time that suits.