Kabini Villa
Kabini, Karnataka · 2024
An alpine-chalet style lakeside villa in Kabini wrapped in deep walnut wood-grain Woodminium windows, sliders and French doors that open to the pool deck and backwaters.
Set on a sloping plot beside the Kabini backwaters, this two-storey chalet pairs steep timber-clad gables with a continuous run of walnut wood-grain aluminium openings. Woodminium delivered the full envelope - large two-panel sliders to balconies and pool deck, slim French doors, fixed picture windows in the gables, and small ventilators in service areas - all matched to the cedar cladding and stone plinth.
The story
The brief was a holiday villa that felt like a Swiss chalet but performed for the Karnataka backwaters - high humidity, monsoon downpours and harsh afternoon sun off the water. Powder-coated aluminium in a deep walnut wood-grain finish gave the architects the warmth of timber with none of the maintenance.
On the lake-facing elevation, full-height two-panel sliders open the living rooms and master suites onto cantilevered balconies that step down towards the pool. Cream-coloured stone surrounds frame each opening, echoing the rusticated stone plinth and giving the windows a punched, almost European look.
In the gable ends, fixed glazing follows the pitch of the roof to flood the upper rooms with daylight while the deep timber eaves shade the glass. Pool-side suites get protected balconies behind dark metal railings, and back-of-house elevations use smaller casement windows and top-hung ventilators in the same wood-grain finish for a fully unified facade.
Project highlights
- ◉ Walnut wood-grain powder coat across every opening
- ◉ Full-height two-panel sliders to balconies and pool deck
- ◉ Fixed gable glazing tracing the chalet roofline
- ◉ Stone-framed punched windows on lakeside elevations
- ◉ Sealed for monsoon-grade weather and lakeside humidity
- ◉ Coordinated French doors and ventilators in matching finish
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