Before & After: Trees Grow Right Through the Roof of This Revived Farmhouse in India

The founders of the firm D’Well turn a crumbling dwelling into a serene architecture studio where nature takes center stage.

During India’s monsoon season, there’s one desk in the office of the architecture studio D’Well where you can feel a light rain drift down beside you while you work. For firm founders Jhanvi Mehta Shah and Rakshit Shah, that was the point.

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Melissa Dalton
Dwell Contributor
Melissa Dalton is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, who has been writing for Dwell since 2017. Read more of her work about design and architecture at melissadalton.net.