Minimi · The Forest Cabin in monsoon mist, Wayanad
Minimi · The Forest Cabin Wayanad · 2024
Hillside residence · 1,840 sqft
Forty-two homes
Fourteen Kerala districts
Practising since 2017
The NHgreen studio in Thirumala — green shutter and bird-of-paradise courtyard
The studio, Thirumala Where every project begins
A site walk, a sketch, a long conversation

Homes that breathe with
the land they stand on.

NHgreen began with a quiet conviction — that Kerala already knows what good shelter looks like. The sloped tile, the jali shadow, the deep verandah, the green shutter against a noon sun. Our work is to listen to that vocabulary, then thread it through the way a modern family actually wants to live.

A kitchen that opens to the garden. A study that catches the morning. A courtyard that holds the rain. Every project starts with a site walk, a long conversation, and a sketch drawn by hand.

Hijaz Khan, principal architect and founder of NHgreen Architects
Hijaz Khan
Principal architect · founder
— Inside the studio · 01a

The people
behind the work.

Six in the studio
Thirumala · Thiruvananthapuram
Open weekdays, Saturdays by appointment
Inside the studio Thirumala · Architecture, Interior, Landscape, Project Management, Construction
Hijaz Khan, principal architect, on site
Hijaz Khan Principal architect · founder
Nidhaa Ameer, co-founder, sketching in a Kerala tharavadu courtyard
Nidhaa Ameer Co-founder · designer · artist
A hand-drawn sketch of a Kerala house from the studio's sketchbook
From the sketchbook Every project drawn by hand before any software opens
The NHgreen team at the long studio table — CAD drawings open on laptops
At the long table Plan, section, hand sketch — daily studio practice
— Featured project · 02

Prakrti.
A house at Medical College.

Thiruvananthapuram
Built · 2023
3,200 sqft

A 3,200 sqft family home planned around an internal courtyard that pulls daylight and monsoon air into every room. Brick left honest, jali screens for privacy without darkness, and a pitched tile roof that argues with nothing around it.

  • Type3 BHK residence
  • Built3,200 sqft · 2023
  • MaterialsBrick · jali · terracotta
  • WhereMedical College · TVM
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Prakrti residence at Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
Prakrti Medical College · TVM
Brick, jali and pitched tile
Inner Courtyard House — render
— On the table now

The Inner Courtyard House.

A 4-bedroom family home in Kollam, under construction. Designed around an internal aangan that catches the monsoon, the courtyard threads daylight into every room. Brick walls, terracotta tile, custom teak shutters.

Handover planned for August 2026.

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The Garden House at night
"We had spoken to four firms. NHgreen was the only studio that asked where the morning sun would hit before they asked our budget."
Anish & Reshma Pillai Homeowners · Kazhakuttam
— Plates · 03

Rooms we have made.

Interior, joinery,
custom carpentry
2022 — 2025

A patient process. Built around you.

A first conversation. A site walk in your shoes. Three concepts on paper, hand-drawn. A photoreal walkthrough. A full drawing set. Twelve to eighteen months of build, with a weekly video tour. Then keys.

Eight phases. One principal on every project. No marketing speak.

Read the full process
The signature green shutters of the Verandah House, Kazhakuttam
The Verandah House Kazhakuttam · 2024
The signature green shutter
— Plates · 05

From the archive.

Commercial, heritage,
landscape, retail
— Begin

Let's draw your home.

Tell us about your site, your family, your timeline. We reply within two working days. The first 90-minute conversation is on us.

Studio Thirumala
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala · 695006
Phone +91 9747 440 429
+91 7907 123 836
Hours Mon – Fri · 10am – 7pm
Sat · By appointment