Kohinoor Hotel @ Chennai

(The project)

Kohinoor Hotel @ Chennai.

Grey textured cladding covers the upper volume, cut by narrow vertical slots and set over a timber-clad band at first floor. At the corner a glazed box tilts out from the frontage and holds a cafe at street level. The building stands four storeys over the pavement, with a white rendered wing of square punched windows turning the side road. The views are taken from the kerb, by day and at dusk.