Two Dot Studio is an architecture and interior design practice in Mangalore, Karnataka, designing homes, villas, cultural buildings and quiet civic places. We work slowly with honest materials, so the buildings age well.
Small by choice. Every project is led by a partner from first sketch to handover. We start with the site: where the light falls, how the ground moves, what the neighbours are made of.
Our buildings are shaped by those conditions before they are shaped by style. We prefer a few materials used well: lime plaster, teak, exposed concrete, handmade brick and local stone. We detail them so they weather with dignity rather than fight the years.
Clients in Mangalore and across coastal Karnataka come to us for private houses, villas, interiors, libraries, retreats and small cultural buildings, and for careful work on heritage buildings. We take on a limited number of commissions each year so that each one gets our full attention.
Completed 2026
A car detailing studio in Pandeshwar, Mangaluru, where cars are corrected, coated and protected by hand.
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A weekend house on a hillside near Lonavala, set into the slope and sheltered by deep eaves through the monsoon.
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A public library in Pune under a north-lit sawtooth roof, with reading rooms kept cool behind a screen of brick fins.
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A quiet hall for meditation at the edge of a lake near Nashik, lit by a single slot in its west wall.
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Thirty-two riverside homes in Ahmedabad in three stepped brick blocks, each opening onto a deep, shaded arched verandah.
Architecture, interiors, heritage and landscape are drawn by the same hands, so the building, its rooms and its garden read as one piece.
Houses, libraries, retreats and galleries, designed from site analysis through to construction drawings and site visits.
Interiors drawn alongside the architecture, with bespoke joinery, lighting and furniture made by craftspeople we know well.
Repair, adaptation and sensitive extension of historic buildings, with conservation reports and heritage committee approvals.
Approach, planting and hard landscape treated as part of the building, so the edges between inside and out stay soft.
We walk the site with you, study its light and constraints, and agree a brief, a budget and a programme.
Sketches, models and material samples develop into a scheme you can walk through, ready for municipal approvals.
Every junction is drawn and specified, and we help you choose a contractor through competitive tender.
We inspect the work weekly, administer the contract and stay with the building through its first year.
“They listened through a whole monsoon before drawing a line. The house feels as if it has always been on that hill.”
Leads design at Two Dot Studio, from the first site visit and concept sketches through to planning.
Leads delivery at Two Dot Studio, from technical design and tender to construction and handover.
Prices exclude GST and are a starting guide based on our standard rates. A site visit gives you a firm figure.
Discuss this estimateWe reply to every enquiry within two working days. A first meeting on site is free of charge.