2025 Winner
Category - Interior Design - Residential Apartment (more than 1000 sq.ft.)
Rishab Manghwani
Pill Design Studio
In Bandra, where sea breezes drift through quiet, tree-lined streets, O’Runa is envisioned as a sanctuary — a home shaped for permanence, softness, and ease. From the very first step inside, the space offers an immediate sense of belonging. Rooms feel gentle and unforced, with light that softens every edge and textures that quietly invite touch. A warm, restrained palette sets the emotional tone of the home, while thoughtful details reflect the family’s personality, allowing the space to embrace its inhabitants just as much as it expresses them.
The entrance establishes this philosophy with a distressed veneer console paired with a bone-inlay mirror — a pairing that subtly signals the home’s priorities. Here, comfort outweighs convention, and beauty is grounded in tactility rather than ornamentation. As one moves further, the home opens into an expansive communal core where living and dining merge without boundaries. The spatial planning ensures that formal and informal zones coexist organically, anchored by inviting seating clusters, crafted accents, and refined architectural gestures that transform spatial constraints into opportunities for warmth and detail.
The Japan-inspired dining area becomes a moment of pause — a space that draws from the tranquillity of wabi-sabi ideals, celebrating simplicity, proportion, and the quiet poetry of everyday rituals. The cocoon-like den offers a contrasting mood: intimate, low-lit, and designed for unwinding, it becomes the emotional retreat of the home. The master suite continues this narrative of calm through tonal layering, soft materials, and thoughtfully framed views that create a sense of retreat within the city.
The children’s and guest rooms are designed with adaptability in mind, allowing them to evolve naturally with time. Each maintains the home’s foundational serenity while integrating personal touches that reflect the individuality of its occupants. Even compact spaces, like the powder room, are shaped with care — treated not as leftover areas but as opportunities for intimate expression through materiality, lighting, and detail.
In its entirety, O’Runa becomes a portrait of the people who inhabit it — a home defined by lightness, craft, and quiet grace. It is a space where comfort is intentional, beauty is understated, and life is allowed to unfold gently.
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