![]() The guest bedroom sits near the ground-floor entrance, while perched one level above, turned slightly at a different angle, is the final structure - the master wing with a private terrace. The ground floor's two sections: the first housing the living room and the second one the bar, are each strategically positioned to frame different views of the lake, nature reserve and the 60-hectare HITEC City tech park, which can be seen in the distance. Seen from the lake, the home appears to be three box-like structures balanced precariously on a steep site. The cool stone exterior transitions to a warm teak wood interior, verdant tropical plants at the entrance shift to dry desert plants like agave, cactus and succulents on the terrace, and the opaque stone facade gives way to an airy open-plan room from which guests can spill out onto the multiple decks perched above the rugged terrain. ![]() Highly theatrical and carefully choreographed, the home is a study in contrasts. At the end of the passage, the ceiling lifts and you enter the light-flooded living room, where two large viewing portals open out to a terrace complete with a plunge pool and dramatic views of the lake. ‘In a passing moment, the lush manicured landscape disappears and the Durgam Cheruvu lake and the dry, rocky landscape of Hyderabad reveal themselves,’ says Eliza Higgins, partner at Bangalore-based CollectiveProject. A narrow glass passage between two densely planted courtyards leads you into the heart of the 350-square-metre home. Clad in slabs of ribbed grey granite, the four-metre-high facade appears heavy and imposing, but all that changes once the massive teak door swings open. ![]() At first glance, the Lakehouse in Hyderabad, India, evokes a dramatic, impenetrable fortress emerging from a rocky hilltop. ![]()
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