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Books from Re:Room

The book on clean,
modern interiors.

Dehansh Rathi's upcoming guide to minimalist construction techniques — and curated reads from the Re:Room library.

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The Modern Clean Interior Design Bible — book cover by Dehansh Rathi, Re:Room Interior

New Release · Interior Design

The Modern Clean
Interior Design Bible

A Complete Guide to Minimalist Construction Techniques

Written by Dehansh Rathi, Architect & Designer at Re:Room Interior, this is the definitive technical manual for achieving the clean, seamless interiors you see in world-class projects — shadow gaps, recessed lighting details, frameless doors, hidden door assemblies, and every minimalist construction technique explained from first principles.

From concept to completion — every technique, every detail, every measurement. Written for designers, architects, and serious homeowners who want to understand how the clean look is actually built.

Shadow Gap Detailing Recessed Lighting Frameless Door Systems Hidden Door Assembly Minimalist Construction
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Dehansh Rathi
Architect & Designer · Re:Room Interior · Since 2012
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Our Bookshelf

Books we return to.

Curated reads on design, architecture, and the craft of building beautiful spaces.

Architecture: Form, Space & Order by Francis D.K. Ching — book cover Staff Pick
Architecture · Reference

Architecture: Form, Space & Order

by Francis D.K. Ching

★★★★★

The visual dictionary every designer keeps on their desk. Ching's meticulous drawings break down the grammar of space — how proportion, scale, light, and form work together to make architecture.

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture by Robert Venturi — book cover
Theory

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture

by Robert Venturi

★★★★★

A manifesto against the tyranny of boring modernism. Venturi argues that richness in design comes from embracing tension and contradiction — not resolving them away.

A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander — book cover Staff Pick
Architecture

A Pattern Language

by Christopher Alexander

★★★★★

253 patterns for designing spaces that feel humane. From the placement of a window seat to the scale of a neighbourhood — this is the blueprint for designing around how people actually live.

The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard — book cover
Philosophy

The Poetics of Space

by Gaston Bachelard

★★★★★

A philosopher's meditation on the meaning of home — drawers, corners, nests, and attics as repositories of memory and imagination. Required reading before designing any dwelling.

The Timeless Way of Building by Christopher Alexander — book cover
Architecture

The Timeless Way of Building

by Christopher Alexander

★★★★★

The philosophical companion to A Pattern Language. Alexander asks: why do certain buildings feel alive while others feel dead? The answer changes how you approach every design decision.

The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton — book cover Favourite
Philosophy

The Architecture of Happiness

by Alain de Botton

★★★★★

How buildings shape who we are. De Botton makes the case — beautifully — that the spaces we inhabit have a profound effect on our wellbeing. The most accessible philosophy of interior space ever written.

Delirious New York by Rem Koolhaas — book cover
Urbanism

Delirious New York

by Rem Koolhaas

★★★★☆

A retroactive manifesto for Manhattan. Koolhaas dissects the architecture of desire, density, and spectacle — and in doing so, reframes what ambition in design can look like.

Towards a New Architecture by Le Corbusier — book cover
Architecture · Classic

Towards a New Architecture

by Le Corbusier

★★★★☆

The text that defined the 20th century. Still radical, still argued about, still essential. Read it to understand where the obsession with function, light, and the machine aesthetic began.

Thinking Architecture by Peter Zumthor — book cover Staff Pick
Architecture

Thinking Architecture

by Peter Zumthor

★★★★★

Short, quiet, and precise. Zumthor's meditations on atmosphere, material, and silence are the closest thing to a designer's prayer. We return to this one constantly.

The Eyes of the Skin by Juhani Pallasmaa — book cover
Theory

The Eyes of the Skin

by Juhani Pallasmaa

★★★★★

Architecture is not just visual. Pallasmaa argues powerfully that great spaces must be experienced through touch, sound, and smell — not just the eye. It changed how we think about material choices.

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