Eleven Degrees
The building sits eleven degrees off the grid. Three designers had proposed straightening it. We took the eleven degrees as true north instead.
- Scope
- Interiors only
- Place
- Beach Road, Visakhapatnam
- Type
- Apartment
- Area
- 2,150 sq ft
- Programme
- 11 months quoted, 11 taken
- Completed
- 2025
Materials
- Fumed oak
- Lime plaster
- Bronze mirror
- Jaisalmer stone
- Linen
Credits
- InteriorsStudio
- JoineryIn-house
- LightingIn collaboration
A 1970s sea-facing flat with a plan that had been corrected, extended and corrected again until nothing met at ninety degrees. Three previous designers had proposed straightening it.
We measured the whole apartment and found the deviation was consistent: eleven degrees, everywhere. So the joinery, the ceiling coffers and the stone joints all take the eleven degrees as true north. The building stopped feeling broken and started feeling deliberate.
It photographs strangely and lives very well. Sightlines open toward the water from places you would not expect.
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