As one enters, an encounter with a large entrance veranda immediately shuts out the view of the outside, leaving behind bamboo, water and shafts of light on the rough walls overflowing into the house from the low height openings. The formal living-dining space as well as the adjoining pavilion overlooking a line of almond trees can be accessed from here. The formal entrance is across the passage from the family entrance, both in close proximity to the kitchen which is placed on corner assuming an important position in this type where the lady of the home supervises the cooking. The staircase next to the living space and kitchen takes us to the private areas and a study above those on the ground floor, a patio and another pavilion overlooking the courtyard below........
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