Aranya Kapoor
Founding Principal, Architecture
Trained at CEPT and ETH Zürich. Believes every plan should begin with a sun-path diagram.
The studio · Est. 2016
A small studio that takes rooms seriously.
Roomantic began in 2016 with two drawing boards, one borrowed workshop, and a conviction that Indian homes deserved quieter, better-made rooms.
Nine years later we are a team of twenty-two architects, interior designers and project managers working across the country — but the method hasn’t changed. We take on few projects, draw everything ourselves, and stay on site until the last shelf is styled.
The studio keeps a materials library of over 400 samples, a workshop for furniture prototypes, and a long memory of which craftsman lays the straightest chevron floor in every city we build in.
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How we think
Quiet luxury is a discipline, not a style.
We believe the best rooms are the ones you stop noticing — where light, proportion and material are so well resolved that the space simply feels inevitable. That takes fewer gestures, chosen harder.
01
Light before layout
We study the sun on every site before drawing a single wall. Rooms are placed where their hours of light are.
02
Material honesty
Lime plaster, stone, timber and brass — materials that weather into character instead of wearing out.
03
Made nearby
We draw everything and make most of it within reach of the site, working with master craftspeople we've known for years.
04
Built to be lived in
No showpiece rooms. Every space earns its keep in daily life — or it doesn't make the plan.
120+
Projects delivered
across nine cities
14
Design awards
national & international
9
Years of practice
founded 2016
92%
Repeat & referral
clients who return
The people
Led by hands that still draw
Ishaan Verma
Founding Principal, Interiors
Former furniture maker. Still details every staircase in the studio by hand.
Leah D'Cruz
Director, Projects
Runs the site teams and the weekly reports our clients quote back at us.
Rohan Iyer
Lead, Furniture & Styling
Curates the studio's materials library and its long friendships with craftspeople.
The journey
From first walk-through to final styling
A fixed sequence with fixed deliverables — so you always know where the project stands, what you're approving, and what happens next.
- 01
Listen
Week 1–2We start with your life, not our portfolio: how you wake, cook, gather, work, rest. Site study, measured survey and a brief we write together.
- 02
Imagine
Week 3–6Concept design — plans, volumes, palettes and reference imagery. We present two directions and refine one until it feels inevitable.
- 03
Resolve
Week 7–14Every drawing needed to build: joinery details, lighting layouts, stone schedules, and a transparent bill of quantities.
- 04
Build
Month 4–10Our site team runs weekly reviews with photographic documentation, so you always know what happened, what's next and what it costs.
- 05
Style
Final monthFurniture lands, art goes up, shelves are dressed. We hand over a home — then come back at six months to see how it's living.
Begin
Every good room starts with a conversation.
Tell us about your site, your rhythms and your ambitions. We'll reply within two working days with honest thoughts on scope, budget and timing.