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This 20,000-square-foot Alibag home feels like a resort straight out of The White Lotus
Ishita Sitwala
Materially, Casaviva stays disciplined. The family’s references were homes in Los Angeles with pale surfaces, travertine, light veneers, and blue sky, and that preference is translated here into a quiet palette of travertine, veneer, white-painted surfaces, wooden louvres, and darker accents used with care. “The material palette also shaped the architecture of the space,” says León. “There is a certain formality to it, but the architecture was, in many ways, a response to the materials.” There are departures, but only a few. Blue metal enters the children’s room, green marble slips into the smaller kitchen, and a black granite volume sharpens one edge of the composition. “When you’re inside the home, it feels extremely generous. Not luxurious, but generous,” says Shroff.
