Architect Arjun Joshy, by his own admission, is a connoisseur of design—and of mangoes, in roughly equal measure. For this bungalow in Thrissur, his latest project spanning 6,250 square feet, it is then clear why his first order of business was to save the mango tree at the centre of the site. “Arjun and the workers would happily collect mangoes, and site visits slowly took on a life of their own.” Evidently, they weren’t the only thing being given a new lease of life. An ancestral home, built 65 years ago—now small and stooping—was to be demolished to make way for its successor, but not before its timber and relics were carefully salvaged and set aside for reuse.