about the practice

Varun Thautam & Associates,LLP is founded by its principle architect, Ar. Varun Thautam. He is a graduate of IIT Roorkee and has a Masters degree in urban design and housing from Mcgill University, Canada. He runs a humble ‘design build’ practice in Yelahanka, the North of Bangalore. The practice solely adheres towards natural building techniques and ecological building principles such as ‘Permaculture’ I was fortunate enough to be introduced to various of these aspects and widen my exposure towards sustainable buidling practices.

Interning here for 6 months has given me so much eperience with materiality and techniques of construction and execution. I was involved in almost every stage of the process from start to finish. It was a wholesome experience as I got to see what happens in a professional practice and how things are handled. The firm relys on freshers and begginers in the feild because it has a teaching side to it too. They call it - Vanamu. An educational, research and outreach initiative which focuses on documentation and researching on such ecological practices. I did have an opportunity to work on that side of the spectrum too.

architectural practice

01 02 03 04 02 03 04 05 bhaskar’s weekend house mukund’s residence

Sathankal | Hosur

Rampalya | Bengaluru sreeram ramamoorthy’s farmhouse

Anjanapura | Bengaluru office interiors + brick oven

Vanamu | Yelahanka | Bengaluru workshops & curations

01 rammed & poured earth workshop

Vanamu | Yelahanka | Bengaluru natural plasters & techniques workshop

Vanamu | Yelahanka | Bengaluru catenary dome building

Mayavadi | Nandi Hills timbrel vaulting natural paints exploration

Suratkal | Mangalore

Malleshwaram | Bengaluru