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Ayati Resort

A resort in Mahabaleshwar.

Location: Mahabaleshwar
Category: Hospitality, resort

The design

The resort is designed around the nature of the site, so that it settles into the hillside it is built on.

The villas follow the hill's natural contours, which gives each one its privacy while keeping it part of the whole site.

Each villa is generously sized, and placed and opened up to frame the surrounding hills.

The resort

Aerial view of grey-roofed villas stepping down a wooded hillside, with the main building and pool at the top

Arrival court under a slatted canopy, with broad steps up to open lattice screens framing the reception

Reception lounge under a pitched roof with exposed rafters, and a long desk against a pale feature wall

Restaurant hall under a wooden pitched ceiling, with full-height glazing open to the valley at sunset

Infinity pool lined with loungers, its far edge meeting the treeline and the hills

Single-storey villa with a private plunge pool, loungers and a lawn in front of its sliding glass doors

Villa bedroom under a hipped ceiling with exposed rafters, opening through sliding doors to a terrace

Bathroom open to the sky through a slatted rooflight, with a planted bed between vanity and shower

Aerial view at dusk over the lit resort, looking toward the valley

More photographs

Infinity pool with a shallow tiled ledge, set into lawns at the edge of the hill

Loungers set into the shallow edge of the infinity pool, with trees and hills beyond

Villas with grey tiled roofs and planted terraces, seen from above against the wooded valley

Meeting room laid out with long tables, with glazing to the lawns at the far end

Open paved terrace with tables beside the restaurant building and its glazed upper floor

Spa treatment room with a timber massage table and full-height curtains

Couple treatment room with two timber massage tables before full-height curtains

Couple treatment room seen along its length, two massage tables side by side

Treatment room with a timber massage table under a framed print

Treatment room with a single massage table below a lit frosted panel on the end wall

Bedroom with a hipped ceiling and full-height sliding doors to a terrace over the valley

Villa room opening straight onto its pool deck through a wall of sliding glass

Building Ayati

The site, the model, the design and the building work, oldest first. The story in News

Oldest first

The site before work began: a grassy slope with scattered trees — The site before construction

Physical site model of the sloping plot, with model trees along its edges — Site model

Close view of the site model, showing the terraced levels and model trees — Site model

The dry hillside before construction, with trees along its crest — The site before construction

Site plan render over an aerial photo, showing the villas, pool and main building on the plot — Site plan over an aerial photo, showing the villas, pool and main building on the plot

Masterplan render: villas around a central pool and main building on the slope — Masterplan: villas around a central pool and main building on the slope

Render of the infinity pool with cabanas along its edge, looking out over the valley — The infinity pool with cabanas along its edge, looking out over the valley

Excavation in red earth on the slope, with a digger loading a tractor trailer — During construction

Foundations under way: concrete footing walls formed in red earth below a line of trees — During construction

Render from above of a villa cluster around a lawn, with a pool villa at the top — A villa cluster around a lawn, with a pool villa at the top, from above

Villa roofs and slabs under construction on the slope, reinforcement laid out in front — During construction

Arrival pavilion under construction: the roof frame up on its columns, walls rising behind — During construction

Restaurant building under construction, its frame and roof in place over the open ground floor — During construction

Restaurant shell nearing completion, with the pool basin cast in front — During construction

Planning a resort? Tell us about it, or call the studio on +91 70280 35858.

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