In Faridabad, Lane 7’s Kaze House transforms a 6,000 sq ft penthouse into a flowing family home where openness, intimacy, and spectacle are balanced with care.
Curated by: Rupali Sebastian
Photographs: Vaibhav Bhatia
The project
Suspended high above the bustle of the city, Kaze House redefines what it means to live in a penthouse. Spread across 6,000 sq ft on the 18th floor, it was envisioned less as an apartment and more as a sanctuary in the sky. Crafted for a family that values openness, rhythm, and pause, the home takes its name from kaze—Japanese for wind—as a metaphor for spaces that flow fluidly between light and shadow, intimacy and grandeur.
The site
The penthouse enjoys a rare vantage point. Three sides are embraced by greenery, while the fourth opens to uninterrupted horizons—a shifting canvas of sky. Yet the apartment, as inherited, was less than harmonious: a soaring double-height lounge felt cavernous rather than communal, the kitchen was undersized, and several rooms lacked intimacy. The site was rich in potential but demanded careful rearticulation to ground its dramatic scale in warmth and coherence.
The brief
The family envisioned a home that could gracefully host guests in formal settings while also supporting the rhythms of daily life. They sought multiple lounges, an expanded kitchen at the heart of the home, and bedrooms with distinct personalities. Beyond function, they wanted atmosphere—interiors where the outdoors felt continuous with the indoors, and where materials could speak in tones both soft and striking.The design intent
Led by architect Aashima Mittal of Lane 7, the design philosophy distilled into one word: kaze. Like the wind, the interiors were conceived as dynamic yet composed, shaping spaces that flow effortlessly without losing structure. Boundaries dissolve, light plays across tactile finishes, and each room transitions smoothly into the next. “Our aim was to orchestrate openness and intimacy with equal weight, so that a dramatic penthouse could still feel deeply personal,” says Mittal.
The civil intervention
Two key interventions unlocked the potential of the site. The dramatic but overwhelming double-height lounge was restructured to accommodate an additional upper-level family lounge, introducing intimacy without losing scale. The compact kitchen was expanded into an ancillary room and reorganised around a dual-aspect island that works as both utility hub and design statement. These moves transformed the home from impressive but impractical into a residence aligned with lived realities.
The spatial flow
The reorganised plan establishes a clear hierarchy, moving from formality at the entrance to informality at the core and then into the private quarters. The formal living room greets with a symmetrical seating arrangement around a nested coffee table, creating a gallery-like setting for guests. Adjoining it, the informal lounge—originally a double-height void—now balances drama with intimacy through a lower family zone of curved sofas and accent chairs and an upper lounge with a sliding-shutter library wall.
The dining area is the home’s most theatrical gesture. A double-height fluted wall with botanical-inspired covering directs the eye upward, while a black Marquina stone table and blush chairs anchor the space. Pendants suspended at varying heights stitch the vertical volume together. The expanded kitchen, adjoining dining, is centred on a dual-aspect island designed for efficiency yet visually tied to the social spaces. Vertical circulation is marked by a staircase with a fluted glass railing, introducing translucency and lightness.
The upper floor houses the new lounge along with private quarters: the mother’s suite, guest rooms, and master suite, each conceived as a distinct environment yet unified through material continuity.
The material palette
Materials were chosen to balance refinement with warmth while giving each zone identity. In the formal living, fluted wall panels and timber detailing establish rhythm, complemented by artwork and patterned upholstery. The informal lounge introduces sculptural furniture with a curved white sofa and lime-green armchairs. The dining zone pairs boldness with elegance: a black Marquina table, blush chairs, and a soaring fluted wall softened by botanical motifs.
The kitchen continues the vocabulary of fluted finishes, balancing black shutters on the island with beige cabinetry and timber accents. Upstairs, the family lounge integrates adaptability with a deep-blue sofa and sliding-shutter wall. The mother’s suite remains restrained with timber furniture and rattan accents, while guest rooms employ textile-clad wardrobes and textured walls. The master suite is the boldest: its bed wall combines flutes, timber, and integrated lighting into a sculptural backdrop, complemented by a curved console and moody black-glass shutters.
The challenges
The greatest challenge was recalibrating proportion. Transforming the double-height lounge into layered living required both structural and aesthetic precision. Expanding the kitchen while maintaining circulation also demanded careful planning. More broadly, weaving contrasts into cohesion—formality with ease, restraint with exuberance—was essential to the project’s success.
The highlights
The dining space, where wall, lighting, and furniture converge into a sculptural composition, is a defining centerpiece. The new upper-level lounge demonstrates how design can reshape not just architecture but daily life. In the private realm, the master suite’s bed wall, reading as both furniture and artwork, embodies the house’s ethos of fluidity and composure.
The takeaway
For Lane 7, Kaze House demonstrates how even dramatic scale can be grounded in intimacy. By orchestrating movement, light, and material with care, a penthouse can become less about spectacle and more about rhythm, pause, and connection.
Fact file
Project: Kaze House
Location: Faridabad
Area: 6,000 sq ft
Principal architect: Ar. Aashima Mittal
Design firm: Lane 7
Stylist: Sheenam Pahwa
Contractor: ARK Interiors and Design
Furniture vendor: Remax Furnitures
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