Houzz Ireland

When architect Jude D’Souza – founder and principal architect of JDAP Design – and his wife graduated from being long-time renters to proud homeowners, they knew their new apartment had to be tailored to canine needs as much as human ones.

“The clients wanted a cosy but contemporary aesthetic cocooned in white tones,” says Sunita Yogesh of Sunita Yogesh Studio, based in India. “Their exact words were, ‘We want it to feel like a home and not a hotel.’ The neutral shell gave us ample room to experiment with textures, patterns and colours by way of accents and accessories,” she says. “Yet, with such a brief, we had to tread the line between spartan and sophisticated very carefully.”