A modern take on an otherwise ancient model of Ottoman house, this riverfront bungalow revolves around internal central courtyard; resembles that to the Ottoman empire and splendid palaces during the heydays.

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The house is designed for an Indian-Singaporean businessman—whose lineage traced back to the northern part of India—who wants a replica of a courtyard house as typically found in north India using the internal courtyard as an organizing element, around which all the spaces of the house revolves.

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Skewing the standard practice in Singapore of placing the formal living spaces at the front of the house, the front house adopted a model whereby the formal living room is at the end of the house which frees up the view of the river.

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All in all and elegant solution to an otherwise traditional planning model that is possibly more suited to the tropical climate of Singapore.