New Delhi practice Studio Lotus has used stone lattices and frescoes depicting regional architecture to embellish the Museum of Meenakari Heritage and Sunita Shekhawat jewellery store in India.

Designed as the flagship store for Sunita Shekhawat's eponymous jewellery brand in Jaipur, the building contains a museum focused on the craft of Meenakari on its ground floor.

Studio Lotus designed the museum-cum-store for the brand

According to Studio Lotus, it aimed to "foster an environment where the act of purchasing jewellery is not the primary goal", but instead becomes a "natural conclusion of a transformative experience".

"The underlying emotion behind the Meenakari museum – the first of its kind – becomes the client's way of paying homage to the city that has given her so much, while also establishing a novel paradigm in luxury retail design," the team explained.

Multiple historic influences shape the design language of the building

Working within the structure of a partially complete building on the site, Studio Lotus created bevelled balconies to produce a form that "intricately layers patterns and details and draw from different periods, woven together into one cohesive image".

The details and lattices take cues from historic influences such as Rajputana, Mughal, and Art Deco – as a nod to the city's architecture and Shekhawat's approach to jewellery design.