Telugu Medium, a Hyderabad restaurant by local practitioner Sona Reddy Studio, “celebrates the essence” of south Indian architecture via the use of traditional materials and building techniques.
The studio is built in a vaulted structure of exposed brick and concrete in the Jubilee Hills neighbourhood. The construction was created to complement the area’s arid climate and pay homage to its indigenous architecture. The dining area is spread over two stories and revolves around a skylit atrium that is double-height and has a small pool and landscaping at its base that is framed by thin concrete columns.
The atrium is flanked by a central staircase that features arched openings that are completed with fluted glass panes. A pink granite bar on its other side faces the southernmost portion of the ground level. Sona Reddy Studio said, “[The atrium] provides for a moment of pause to surrender and take in the immersive design vocabulary. The ceiling becomes a canvas of the crafted brick domes and vaults, interacting with silhouette lighting to create an ever-changing atmospheric ambience.”
The interiors of Telugu Medium are completed with pastel pink walls washed with lime, Tandoori stone flooring, and dark wood window frames that contrast with the exposed load-bearing brick walls and concrete construction. The studio’s selection of “timeless, simple and evocative” dark wood furniture pairs well with these finishes.
A brick-paved terrace envelops the northeastern end of the property, offering a waiting room and outdoor dining space for the restaurant. The area is partially shaded by the first floor’s vaulted soffit. The exterior’s textured brick walls are complemented with areas of projecting brickwork, curving brick fins and protruding concrete planters. Long concrete benches with pots lie next to the walls.
Telugu Medium Studio faces the road to the west, where there is a parking lot and a back service entrance that goes straight to the kitchen. Play Architecture’s lakeside restaurant in Karnataka with a wavy tiled ceiling and Otherworlds’ Terttulia, which was designed in a 1980s mansion in Panjim, are two more newly finished restaurants in India.
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