My name is Priya Venkataraman. I'm a 38-year-old architect by training, which means I have spent nearly two decades professionally judging spaces. I know when a building is designed with intention and when it is just built to sell. So when colleagues began whispering about a new Godrej project in Rajendra Nagar, I was curious, but not convinced.
We arrived at the project site on a Sunday at 11 AM. The first thing I noticed — and I say this as someone trained to notice these things — was the land. The sheer scale of the open space between the towers. In a city where every developer is squeezing every square foot, here was a project where someone had deliberately said: leave room to breathe.
"In a city where every developer squeezes every square foot, here was a project where someone had deliberately said — leave room to breathe."
— Priya Venkataraman, HomeownerAs an architect, I walked in with my critical eye fully engaged. I was looking for the compromises. The awkward column in the living room. The bathroom that is really a glorified cupboard. The balcony you can't actually stand in. But they were not here. The living room had genuine width. The master bedroom had a walk-in wardrobe that was actually a walk-in. The kitchen was designed for a person who actually cooks. Even the 10-foot ceiling height was generous without being theatrical.
We had been in the apartment for about 25 minutes when the sales executive led us to the master bedroom balcony. The view that morning was remarkable — an expanse of green, the manicured landscaping below, and beyond it, the skyline of a city that has suddenly remembered how to dream big. I turned to Vikram and said: "we're not going home without booking this."