VASTUKALA

About Us

Living room with cane furniture and terracotta accents
Jaali screen casting shadow on a plastered wall
Dining nook with a solid wood table
18Years
Who We Are

A Bengaluru studio designing for the way Indian families actually live

Vastukala began in 2006 in a two-room office off Cunningham Road. Aditya Rao had just left a large architecture practice, convinced that the interiors being built across Indian cities were being borrowed wholesale from European catalogues — and then failing, quietly, in their first monsoon.

Eighteen years on we are 42 people across three cities, with our own joinery workshop in Peenya and a materials library that runs from Athangudi tiles to Channapatna lacquerwork. What has not changed is the working method: the designer who draws a detail is the one who walks the site to check it got built that way.

We have delivered over 640 projects — apartments in Koramangala, villas in Whitefield, a boutique hotel in Jaipur, workplaces in Cyber City. Roughly two in five come from a client we have already worked with, or someone they sent.

  • Registered under the Karnataka Shops Act, GST-compliant invoicing
  • Empanelled with Prestige, Sobha and Brigade for handover fit-outs
  • Ten-year warranty on modular carcass and civil work
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Years In Practice
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From a two-room office off Cunningham Road in 2006

Projects Delivered
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Over 640 homes, offices and hotels handed over to date

City Offices
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Studios in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Gurugram

On-Time Handover
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Nearly every project handed over on or before the promised date

What We Stand For

Four things we refuse to compromise on

01 — Honesty

The quote is the bill

Our BOQ shows every line, every rate and the GST on top. If scope changes mid-project, you sign a written variation before we buy a single sheet of ply.

02 — Climate

Designed for Indian weather

BWP-grade ply in wet zones, cross-ventilation studied before layout is frozen, and finishes chosen to survive humidity, hard water and dust.

03 — Craft

Karigars we know by name

Our joinery team has been with the studio an average of nine years. Sourcing trips take us to Jodhpur, Karaikudi, Moradabad and Channapatna.

04 — Restraint

We will tell you what not to spend on

Imported hardware in a guest bedroom rarely earns its cost. We would rather put that budget into the kitchen you use three times a day.

How We Work

Four steps from first call to key handover

01

Consultation

A site visit, a measure-up and an honest budget conversation — including what we would not spend money on.

02

Concept & Layout

Mood boards, material samples in hand, and two layout options priced against the same BOQ.

03

Design Development

Working drawings, 3D walkthroughs and services coordination signed off before demolition begins.

04

Execution & Handover

Weekly site photos, a snag list you sign, and a maintenance folder handed over with the keys.

Recognition

Awards & features

2025

Best Residential Interior — South India

IIID Design Excellence Awards
2024

Hospitality Project of the Year

Architecture+Design & Spectrum
2024

Cover feature — “The New Indian Home”

Elle Decor India, September issue
2023

Sustainable Materials Citation

IGBC Green Interiors, Bengaluru chapter
2022

Workplace Design — Runner Up

NDTV Design & Architecture Awards
2020

Emerging Studio of the Year

Trends Excellence Awards, Karnataka
Free Estimate

Tell us the carpet area. We will tell you the number.

Send us your floor plan and we will come back with an indicative BOQ within two working days — inclusive of GST, with nothing hidden below the fold.

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