This apartment for a friend, a diamontaire, started with a simple idea of exploring the various kind of stones available in India. The residence is a very modern house with an overlay of Indian character. The values of simplicity and responsible design have been explored to a great extent. The wife, also a painter, has virtually owned up the space converting the house into her art gallery. Her passion has also led to growing of lot of vegetables in their garden in the peripheral planters provided by the developer.