Bangalore · Full-home interiors
Interior designers in Bangalore who plan a home like architects.
Aalekh is an architect-led interior design studio in Bangalore. We design full homes to the way your family lives. Light, storage and circulation are resolved first. Finishes are chosen to last. Twenty interior projects delivered, every one reviewed by our Principal Architect before it ships.
Bangalore interiors
What we design
A home that reads as one idea, not a catalogue of rooms.
- Full-home interiors
Living, dining, kitchen, bedrooms and utility planned as one language.
- Bespoke joinery and storage
Wardrobes, TV units and kitchens are detailed to your walls. Not a standard shutter grid.
- Material and finish palettes
Stone, veneer, laminate, paint and fabric are chosen to sit together. They age well too.
- Lighting and electrical layouts
Layered light plans so each room works morning, evening and night.
Why architect-led
The plan is fixed before a single shutter is quoted.
Most interior problems in a Bangalore flat are planning problems wearing a finish. A dark passage, a kitchen with no working triangle, a bedroom that loses its cross-breeze the day you close the wardrobe. We solve those on paper first.
- ALight and air before looks. We map how sun and breeze move through your unit, and plan around them. That keeps the home comfortable through Bangalore's long mild season, with less reliance on air conditioning.
- BStorage that disappears. Indian homes carry more than most. So we plan generous, concealed storage into the architecture. We do not bolt on cupboards at the end.
- COne founder-reviewed set. Pooja Kothari signs off the design before it leaves the studio. Judgement travels with the drawings.
How it works
From an empty handover to a home you move into.
Brief and measure
We learn how your family lives. Then we survey the space, so the design is drawn to real dimensions.
Design and 3D
Layouts, materials and 3D walkthroughs. You see and approve the home before any spend is committed.
Founder review
The Principal Architect reviews the full set: planning, comfort and detail. Then it goes to site.
Execute or hand over
We can stay on through the build, with site checks. Or we hand you a build-ready set for your own contractor.
Selected homes
Bangalore homes we have delivered.
A few of the twenty interior projects we have delivered across Bangalore. Full case studies are on our work page.
Is this a fit?
A studio that designs one home at a time.
A good fit if…
- You want a home designed to your family, not fitted to a factory catalogue.
- You value planning, light and storage as much as the surface finish.
- You want a named architect accountable for the result.
Probably not, if…
- You only want the cheapest per-square-foot modular quote.
- You need a full home fitted and handed over inside a few weeks.
Owning from abroad
Most of this runs without you in the room.
Plenty of the homes we design are owned by families living abroad. The interior is approved in 3D before anything is bought, so you are not spending on a room you have never seen.
- See it before you spend
The design is visualised in 3D and approved before money is committed.
- Weekly eyes on site
A site report every week, in one format, so nothing goes quiet.
- A call window that suits you
IST overlap for the Americas, UK, EU, the Gulf, Australia and Singapore.
- Founder on the design
Ar. Pooja Kothari reviews each stage before it moves.
Questions
Before you brief us.
Are you interior designers or an architecture studio? +
Both. Aalekh is an architect-led studio. Your interiors are planned with the same discipline as a building. Light, ventilation, storage and circulation come first. Finishes come second. Pooja Kothari, our Principal Architect, reviews every home before it ships.
Do you take on the full home or only a few rooms? +
We prefer the full home. That way the language stays consistent from the entrance to the last bedroom. We do take single spaces too, such as a living room, kitchen or a parent's room, when that is the real need.
How are you different from a modular factory chain? +
Chains sell you a catalogue and a factory line. We design to your family, your plot and your light. Then we detail bespoke joinery and source materials to suit. You are not fitted into a standard shutter size.
Can you work with our existing furniture and pieces? +
Yes. Heirloom pieces, art and furniture you already own are often the best anchor for a room. We design around what matters to you rather than asking you to start from zero.
Do you handle the build or only drawings? +
We can hand you a documented design set, to build with your own contractor. Or we stay on through the build, with site visits, vendor management and quality checks. You choose the boundary on the brief call.
Can NRIs run a Bangalore interior project through you remotely? +
Yes. We run projects over video, with 3D walkthroughs before any spend. You also get weekly photo and video reports, and couriered material samples. See our remote interior design page for how that works.
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Let us plan your home before you furnish it.
Book a video consultation with our Principal Architect and see how we would approach your space.