An independent practice based in Bangalore — residences, retreats, and cultural spaces drawn in concrete, stone, and light.
Forty completed commissions across residential, hospitality, and cultural — drawn, detailed, and supervised end to end.
Bringing five years of focused practice to every site we step on, from first sketch to final handover.
Every drawing starts with a walk on site, not a brief.
Concrete, stone, timber — left to be themselves.
The principal stays on the project, start to finish.
Joinery, hardware, lighting — never delegated.
Private homes, retreats, and family compounds.
Boutique hotels, retreats, and resorts.
Galleries, libraries, and small institutional buildings.
Studios, offices, and considered retail interiors.
“Asra didn’t design what we asked for. She designed what we should have asked for — and we knew the moment we walked in.”
Common questions clients ask before commissioning the studio.
Asra Khader is a Bangalore-based architectural practice founded in 2020. We work in concrete, stone, and light — quietly, deliberately, and only on projects we can devote ourselves to.
Our work begins with what to leave out. Each site is a structural puzzle solved through the balance of light, material, and gravity — not the addition of ornament. The buildings hold attention by being still, not loud.
Drawn lines that match built lines.
Less, until only the structural decision remains.
Architecture that grows from where it stands.
Buildings that age into the landscape, not against it.
Studio established in Bangalore. First commissions in private residential.
The Slab Residence completes — establishing the studio's vocabulary of horizontal restraint.
Aravali Retreat shortlisted for the Dezeen Awards. Cultural commissions begin.
Six-person studio. Active commissions across Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, and Goa.
Six architects, draughtsmen, and engineers who never inherit a project they didn't shape from the start.
A curated set of residential, hospitality, and cultural commissions. Each project is a record of restraint — material left to be itself.
Our process is rooted in the engineering of the invisible. The most powerful architectural statements are the ones that do not announce themselves.
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First conversations are free, no obligation, and held with the principal — never an account manager.
