The Rock House near Ahmedabad, India by tHE gRID Architects

Read more: The Ahmedabad-based multispecialty architecture firm tHE gRID Architects led by Snehal Suthar and Bhadri Suthar has recently completed ’’Rock House’’, a unique project which is sustainable and made from all local labour and local tradition craft of stone masonry, situated near Ahmedabad, India. Architect’s statement: A small, intimate weekend home situated near Ahmedabad that celebrates materiality and the relationship between the manmade and the natural - reducing carbon footprints. We used earthy, local materials, shaped and worked by local hands, to build this modest, private retreat. The surroundings were left largely undisturbed while building this ecologically sensitive accommodation.