ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Mon, 6 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1043013/shilaya-cottage-meister-varma-architects Sun, 05 Jul 2026 21:00:00 +0000 Miwa Negoro https://www.archdaily.com/1043013/shilaya-cottage-meister-varma-architects Shilaya – from śilā, meaning stone- is a home in Kotagiri, a small town tucked away in the Nilgiris mountains of Tamil Nadu. Kotagiri was the earliest European settlement in this region in colonial times, and that architectural influence is clearly visible in the numerous stone churches, cottages, and missionary schools that dot the landscape. The project was built on the brownfield site of one such cottage that had partially collapsed.

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