Architecture & Interiors · Spaces + Partners Architects
Photography · Bharat Aggarwal
Branding · 18 Percent Wolf
Client · SANA Enterprises
Timeline · 16 Months
Site Area · 10,225 sq. ft.
Built-Up Area · 15,000 sq. ft.
Rooms · 15
Nestled in the hills of Bhimtal, The Samai is a 15-room boutique retreat designed around a single idea: that architecture should not compete with nature, but frame it.
The property deliberately caps its room count to preserve what matters most: space, quiet, and an unhurried sense of place.
Natural wood runs through the interiors, raw, warm, and deliberately unfinished, dissolving the line between inside and out. Seating is oriented toward the landscape. Light is borrowed, not imposed. The result is a stay that begins the moment you arrive.
A mountain retreat where stillness is the design.
