Render of a residential tower with projecting brick jaali screens among palms
Render of The Grove House, with a stone-clad double-height volume under sloping tiled roofs
Aerial view of The Stepped Haven with its planted terraces among tiled-roof houses
Garden court with a lawn, a boulder and a slatted pavilion lounge Dining space beneath glass pendants, with a timber staircase against a travertine wall
Top-down render of a house with sloping tiled roofs, a pool, a timber deck and landscaped gardens

A narrative between the tangible & intangible.

Studio Here&About is a multidisciplinary design practice rooted in architecture, interiors and the making of space.

atStudio Here & About,

We believe that any experience, spatial or emotional, is a by-product of the conversation between different scales of design.

01people
02spaces
03memories

Design happens in the space between what exists physically, and everything that makes it meaningful.

Portrait of Khushboo Nihalani, founder of Studio Here & About

Khushboo Nihalani

Principal, Studio Here & About

Having done her B.Arch. from Institute of Environmental Design (A.P.I.E.D), Gujarat, Khushboo went on to practice with Stapati Architects, Bangalore, where she was able to touch base with various scales and realms of design.

Studio Here & About is her attempt to practice meaningful design and make small changes that have deliberate impacts on the lives of the people it touches — and, as a byproduct, on society at large — one micro step at a time.

Side quests: Amateur athlete with big dreams who thinks her words can really make a difference.

Practice

01
Exterior view of The Grove House, Mangalore

The Grove House

Architecture + Interiors + Landscape Mangalore

A weekend home with a beach front that doubles as a rental — juxtaposing contemporary form with traditional sloping roofs.

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02
Aerial view of The Stepped Haven, Bangalore

The Stepped Haven

Architecture + Interiors Bangalore

A four-storey home for a family of four, built from natural stones, marble and wood, wrapped in a metal louvered screen that plays with light and shadow.

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Designed at Stapati Architects, Bangalore · Project Lead

03
Elevation render of The Loom, a residential tower in Vadodara

The Loom

Architecture Vadodara

A residential tower of Vastu-compliant 3-BHK apartments, its façade woven from brick jaalis and concrete fins that do away with traditional chajjas.

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04
Exterior view of Regal Corporate Office, Thrissur

Regal Corporate Office

Architecture + Interiors Thrissur

An office re-imagined beyond a place of work — landscape threaded through the built space, with a private glass box holding the executive cabins.

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Designed at Stapati Architects, Bangalore · Project Lead

05
Desk nook and wardrobe with cane doors, The Hideout

The Hideout

Interiors Vadodara

A small, private room for a couple, where every corner — a fold-out dresser, an oversized mirror, a niche bookshelf — earns its keep.

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06
Aerial view of the roof canopy pattern, The Garden Grub

The Garden Grub

Architecture Kochi

A modular food plaza built from customizable, stackable units, wrapped in detached green screens and threaded through with amphitheatre and play spaces.

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Designed at Stapati Architects, Bangalore · Project Lead

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Front elevation of 111, showing the restored upper balcony and arched ground-floor openings

111

Architecture + Interiors Kochi

A dilapidated cluster of structures given new life as an event space and café, old fabric kept raw and functional against new Corten steel interventions.

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Designed at Stapati Architects, Bangalore · Project Lead

Let's talk.

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  • Email
    studiohere.about@gmail.com
  • Phone
    +91 94094 01628
    +91 87805 27569
  • Studio
    4F, 25-A, Keshav Kunj, Sidhu Park Society, Warasia
    Vadodara, Gujarat. 390006
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