26/07/2026
THE CREATIVE ROOM .
The Creative Room was built the way good things usually are: with the founders fully in it. Akshay and Saili were present through every phase, their energy and optimism becoming as much a part of the finished space as the materials they selected”, remarks the client. The final two weeks saw the entire Hoot At Sight team on-site, pushing to meet the promised handover date sustained by what the architects describe simply as endless rounds of chai, vada pav, and pizza boxes. The deadline was met. The project was delivered in four months flat.
That spirit, collaborative, generous, and urgently attentive to quality, is perceptible in the finished space in ways that resist easy description. Visitors to the studio consistently remark on something that cannot be written into a brief or measured in a drawing: a warmth, a sense of welcome, a feeling that the people who built this space genuinely wanted to be here. The positivity of the founders is, quite simply, felt.
FACT FILE:
Project’s name: The Creative Room
Project’s Typology: Commercial Project [Workspace Interiors]
Location: Law College Road, Pune, Maharashtra [India]
Area: 2200 sqft
Date of Completion: February 2026
CREDITS:
Design Firm: Hoot At Sight H O O T A T S I G H T
Founders: Akshay Gadkari, Saili Gadkari Akshay Ar. Saili Phadnis Gadkari
Firm’s Location: Pune, Maharashtra [India]
Photographer: apstudioworks [Anish Padalkar] Ar. Anish Padalkar | Interior-Architectural Photographer
Stylist: The Soul Concept The Soul Concept
Text: Tanushree Saluja Tanushree Saluja
List of Brands: Nexion Tiles , BenQ India, Yellow Furniture Store, Artkoat Surfaces, Merino Laminates, Hafele India
