[{"slug": "achayans-cafe", "heroIndex": 0, "blurb": "A café in Alappuzha where a covered side passage carries a large hand-painted portrait mural and Malayalam lettering in warm ochre tones, lit by wall lanterns above brick paving. Inside, teak tables sit against patterned encaustic-tile wainscoting and doodle-covered walls under a web of exposed-bulb industrial fittings, with arched steel windows and a white jali screen framing the space.", "heroAlt": "A covered café side passage at dusk with a large hand-painted portrait mural and Malayalam calligraphy, potted saplings and brick paving.", "tileLabel": "Achayan's Café", "flags": ["hero (img 0) has a small parked car at the far end of the passage", "img 5 (Achayans 16) has a staff member standing mid-frame"]},
{"slug": "artn-studio", "heroIndex": 9, "hiddenIndices": [0], "blurb": "Our studio occupies a two-storey building in Changanacherry of exposed brick and white plaster, screened by terracotta jali. Inside, glass-partitioned cabins open off an entrance hall where a folded white staircase climbs against a brick feature wall over a polished terrazzo floor, daylit through full-height glazing.", "heroAlt": "Our studio's daylit entrance hall with glass-walled cabins, a folded white staircase against an exposed-brick wall and a polished terrazzo floor.", "tileLabel": "Art.n Studio", "flags": ["img 0 is the WRONG image — it shows Achayan's Café, not the studio; hidden from gallery", "img 1 (Art.n Architects 1) has a parked white car and people on the road"]},
{"slug": "baby-john-residence", "heroIndex": 7, "blurb": "A two-storey family home organised around a double-height living hall, where a black steel-and-timber floating stair rises past a glass-railed gallery beneath a bank of sliding windows. Pale polished floors and grey upholstery keep the interiors calm, offset by teak joinery in the dining area and bedrooms; outside, white walls and a terracotta-toned accent block sit under low grey-tiled roofs.", "heroAlt": "A bright double-height living hall with grey sofas, a black floating staircase and a glass-railed upper gallery under tall sliding windows.", "tileLabel": "Baby John Residence", "flags": ["exteriors (img 0, 1, 2) have a motorbike parked dead-centre in the forecourt and a car under the carport", "img 0 has a blown-out white sky", "img 1 is a dark night shot", "img 21 (baby john 25) has a person seated mid-frame"]},
{"slug": "bar-council", "heroIndex": 0, "blurb": "A design for the Bar Council of Kerala in Ernakulam, presented as renders: a slim multi-storey block in white, with slender vertical fins framing recessed window bays and a flag court at the entrance. Inside, curved timber reception desks and a wood-slatted feature column stand against pale terrazzo, with simple twin-bedded rooms on the upper floors.", "heroAlt": "Render of a slim multi-storey white institutional building with vertical fins, an entrance canopy and an Indian flag at the front court.", "tileLabel": "Bar Council of Kerala", "flags": ["all images are 3D renders (not photographs)", "hero (img 0) has staged cars parked across the foreground"]},
{"slug": "biju-cherian-residence", "heroIndex": 5, "blurb": "An ongoing residence at Pathanadu, shown in render: a two-storey house in a contemporary Kerala idiom, its white and exposed-brick walls sheltered under layered clay-tile gables. Deep timber-framed openings and a double-height glazed stair volume face a landscaped garden set behind a brick-pier boundary wall.", "heroAlt": "Dusk render of a two-storey Kerala-style house with layered clay-tile gables and exposed-brick walls behind a landscaped garden.", "tileLabel": "Biju Cherian Residence", "flags": ["all images are 3D renders (not photographs)", "img 6 (Biju Cherian (7).jpg) is missing from disk / broken path", "ground-level renders include staffage figures and staged vehicles"]},
{"slug": "chamathil-resort", "heroIndex": 3, "blurb": "An upcoming resort in Thiruvananthapuram, shown in render: a multi-level building that steps down a wooded coastal slope behind an angular white portal-frame roof, its glazed facade broken by diamond-shaped vertical-garden panels. A linked stair tower is capped by a circular rooftop deck, while guest rooms open through full-height glass to the trees and an infinity-pool terrace looks out to the sea.", "heroAlt": "Render of a multi-storey hillside resort with an angular white portal-frame roof and diamond-shaped green living-wall panels across a glazed facade.", "tileLabel": "Chamathil Resort", "flags": ["all images are 3D renders (not photographs)", "img 0 (Chamathil 13) has a blurred plant across the foreground", "pool and balcony renders (img 12, 15) include staffage figures"]}]
