30 Best Architecture and Design Firms in India

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India is a massive country with a long, complex history, and its architectural heritage reflects this varied past. With decolonization and independence in the mid-20th century, the country’s architects and politicians embraced modernist architecture as a symbolic move away from the past. In 1947, the country’s population totaled about 330 million, yet, there were just 300 trained architects. Today, the population of 1.38 billion consists of over 90,000 registered architects.

Rapidly growing urban centers and an influx of wealth continue to fuel architectural commissions, and even as skyscrapers go up, landscape designs are paid increasing attention. While many stories of the country’s design history have begun with outsiders like Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, today, Indian architects have taken control of the narrative and are cultivating an incredible design culture within their country and beyond. When it comes to contemporary Indian design, the incredible work of Pritzker-prize and RIBA Gold medal winner B.V. Doshi is just the tip of the iceberg.

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in India based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

How are these architecture firms ranked?

The following ranking has been created according to key statistics that demonstrate each firm’s level of architectural excellence. The following metrics have been accumulated to establish each architecture firm’s ranking, in order of priority:

• The number of A+Awards won (2013 to 2024)
• The number of A+Awards finalists (2013 to 2024)
• The number of projects selected as “Project of the Day” (2009 to 2024)
• The number of projects selected as “Featured Project” (2009 to 2024)
• The number of projects uploaded to Architizer (2009 to 2024)

Each of these metrics is explained in more detail at the foot of this article. This ranking list will be updated annually, taking into account new achievements of India architecture firms throughout the year.

Without further ado, here are the 30 best architecture firms in India:

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30. RENESA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INTERIORS STUDIO

Most of the projects that RENESA takes on are quite unique in India. We have worked on residential, industrial, institutional, corporate as well as commercial projects. Almost all the projects are distinct and required a great deal of study of the clients’ expectations. We would characterize this as the primary reason of our success. It is our effort to focus the client on the visualization of their expectations, and the review of the presented options. The middle part is our core business. Whether it be the study of newer architectural concepts, creation of visualizations, electrical, fire fighting, plumbing, HVAC, interiors, landscape design etc, Renesa handles all aspects of the project. RENESA works with eminent consultants on need basis to address local construction requirements so that the client has a single point of contact, but the benefit of an integrated consultancy streams.

Some of RENESA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INTERIORS STUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

• The Pink Zebra, Kanpur, India
• INSTAPIZZA, New Delhi, India
• The White Habitat Farmhouse, Gurgaon, India

The following statistics helped RENESA ARCHITECTURE DESIGN INTERIORS STUDIO achieve 30th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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29. 42mm Architecture

A multi-disciplinary practice established in 2005, 42mm has been since specializing in architecture, interiors and urban design. With a keen desire to depart from conventional models, the 42mm team comprising of twenty-five plus architects and designers led by Rudraksh Charan and Priyanka Khanna strive constantly to create projects that stand out in design and construction. The firm is constantly at work on research, development and implementation of innovative and efficient design strategies. Additionally the firm maintains a strong commitment to create design solutions that are individually tailored to suit the specific criteria for each project.

42mm has chosen to make a difference in the world by looking at reducing fossil fuel energy demands in its buildings.

Some of 42mm Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• Pool House, New Delhi, India
• Crystal Crop , New Delhi, India
• Jewellery Store, New Delhi, India
• Classical Villa, Lucknow, India

The following statistics helped 42mm Architecture achieve 29th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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28. STUDIOARO

We design. We build. Spaces that uplift and inspire. Through our ancestral knowledge and techniques, we transform materials from nature into modern contemporary structures.

Some of STUDIOARO’s most prominent projects include:

• The Great Hornbill Gate, AR, India
• Meditation Gazebo, TN, India

The following statistics helped STUDIOARO achieve 28th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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27. Studio Course

We believe that architecture and design have a direct relationship with the way we inhabit a space and, in-return the space and atmosphere eventually shape us.

Some of Studio Course’s most prominent projects include:

• Veranda on a Roof, Sopan Baug Road, Ghorpadi, Pune, India
• T House, GJ, India

The following statistics helped Studio Course achieve 27th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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26. treelight design

Treelight is an aesthetic practice in architecture, interior and product design. We believe that design is a creative reaction to interesting stimuli. This stimuli may be a beautiful location, unique material, form, function or simply a classic line. The eventual design is a synthesis of both, the subjective and the objective analysis of an idea.

Some of treelight design’s most prominent projects include:

• MAGARI, Hyderabad, India
• aqua, Bengaluru, India

The following statistics helped treelight design achieve 26th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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25. EGO DESIGN STUDIO

The Trivandrum based architecture and design studio was founded in 2009 by a group of like-minded architects who did their graduation from TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala. Their works are a reflection of the questions they ask themselves and the confusion they confront. Beyond the necessary performative approach, the practice aligns itself to the boundaries between the philosophical and phenomenological approach

Some of EGO DESIGN STUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

• An average city transmute (001), Thiruvananthapuram, India
• A HOME LEFTOVER, Chathannoor, India
• A HOME IN BETWEEN, Chathannoor, India
• HOME OF BLENDED PLURALITIES, Thiruvananthapuram, India

The following statistics helped EGO DESIGN STUDIO achieve 25th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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24. Shanmugam Associates

Shanmugam Associates (SA) is a professionally managed architecture and design firm having its offices in Trichy and Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The firm had its inception in 1982 under Ar. A. Shanmugam, who was the pioneer in creating awareness of architecture as a profession in Trichy, India. With a huge clientele, rich experience in the field and exploration into various typologies, SA has its growth laid on strong foundation.

The architecture at Shanmugam Associates is simple, rational, powerful, experimental and pragmatic. The essence is to deliver minimal and timeless solutions taking into consideration nature’s sensitivity, economic barriers and client’s requirement. Immense focus has always given to sustainability and sensitivity to nature in SA even before the emergence of green buildings concepts.

Some of Shanmugam Associates’s most prominent projects include:

• The Northstar School, Rajkot, India
• Raga Svara, Rajkot, India
• Rane Vidyalaya, Theerampalayam, India
• Vijay Cafe, Tiruchirappalli, India

The following statistics helped Shanmugam Associates achieve 24th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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23. Srijit Srinivas Architects

Srijit Srinivas Architects is a multiple International Award winning architecture studio based in Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Founded by its namesake, the firm is known for creating buildings with timeless value. They have won the Jury award at the coveted 34 th World Architecture Community Awards 2020, for the Benziger Hospice Home, Trivandrum and is also a winner of the 40th World Architecture Awards for the Brick Lattice House, among other regional awards. Their portfolio consists of apartments, residential homes, healthcare buildings, commercial buildings, institutional, convention centers, resorts and so on.

Some of Srijit Srinivas Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• The Kenz House, India
• Resort at Panchalimedu, Panchalimedu, India
• Benziger Hospice Home, Thiruvananthapuram, India
• White Skube House, Thiruvananthapuram, India
• BRICK LATTICE HOUSE, Thiruvananthapuram, India

The following statistics helped Srijit Srinivas Architects achieve 23rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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22. blocher partners India

blocher partners India Pvt. Ltd. in New Delhi is the perfect contact for holistic project developments at the highest of standards. In interlocking architecture with interior design the international renowned company plans, develops and realizes projects for the event-orientated retail market as well as high-quality residential areas, private houses, hotels, offices and all kinds of commercial buildings. Besides architecture and interior design the office also offers corporate design, graphic and visual merchandising.

Our work begins by the observer’s curiosity. We imagine things both from the outside to the inside and the inside to the outside.

Some of blocher partners India Pvt Ltd’s most prominent projects include:

• Mondeal Heights, Ahmedabad, India
• The Architectural Tale of a Private Residential Villa, Ahmedabad, India
• Mondeal Retail Park
• Mondeal Square
• Reid & Taylor, Road, Hennur Gardens, Bengaluru, India

The following statistics helped blocher partners India Pvt Ltd achieve 22nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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21. Moriq

With the collective professional experience that encompasses a wide array of design types including residential, commercial, institutional and educational facilities, Mr.Riyaz Quraishi and Mrs. Simeen Quraishi, the designer couple, have completed more than a couple of hundred projects. Currently have on-going projects all over the country including Delhi, Bangalore, Rajasthan, Chennai. Our international projects are mostly luxury homes and hotels in the Middle East.

Some of Moriq’s most prominent projects include:

• Amwaj Villa, Bahrain
• Twin Sloped Modern Hut in Bahrain, Bahrain
• VILLA @ BAHRAIN, Bahrain
• AAK Villa, Bahrain
• Apartment @ 11, India

The following statistics helped Moriq achieve 21st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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20. JDAP Design – Architecture – Planning

JDAP is a design, architecture and planning firm based in Mumbai, India. Founded by Jude D’Souza, the firm is known for design at high quality, well researched and meticulously detailed. The firm works on a variety of projects across scales and disciplines covering residential, cultural, commercial and hospitality sectors and has been published and awarded nationally and internationally. The firm works with the principle “Design that is closer to Nature”. This emphasizes a wide range of ensuing approaches, key among which is developing the ability through design, to do “More with Less”. It sees the architectural project at its core as an idea-based one, and seeks to constantly invent.

Some of JDAP Design – Architecture – Planning’s most prominent projects include:

• Dental Clinic, Mumbai, India
• Songdo Central Library, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, South Korea
• UNDER WINGS OF CARE – Traveling Healthcare Centre in South East Asia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• A LIGHT PRESENCE – Micro-Housing in NC, USA, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
• THE CITY-EMBRACE – Crafting a New Relationship with the Land, the City, and its People

The following statistics helped JDAP Design - Architecture - Planning achieve 20th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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19. Quirk Studio

Quirk Studio is an Interior Design Company founded by Disha Bhavsar and Shivani Ajmera in 2013. Their design philosophy is finding simplicity in clutter and to create in order to inspire. Quirk Studio’s goal is for its designs to have the power to transport you into another world, allow you to dream and most importantly, evoke an emotional response. Disha graduated from the Winchester School of Arts, University of Southampton, UK and went on to work with Milind Pai Architects, Beyond Design and ELLE DECOR. Shivani graduated from Florence Design Academy, Italy. She went on to work with Talati & Panthaky, Red Architects, Better Interiors, ELLE DECOR and Restoration Hardware (USA), before coming together to start Quirk Studio.

Some of Quirk Studio’s most prominent projects include:

• The Expand Loft, Mumbai, India
• Fancy Pants Store, Mumbai, India
• HOUSE NO.12, Mumbai, India
• Office with a View, Mumbai, India
• The Jardin Home, Juhu, Mumbai, India

The following statistics helped Quirk Studio achieve 19th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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18. M9 Design Studio

We strive to impact people through spaces. No matter what project we’re designing, we always aim to make a difference in the city’s landscape. We envision spaces that will inspire people, help them connect with one another, and enrich the human experience. We do this by embracing the life, love, and diversity of the city. Recognizing that every great design is the result of a combination of ideas, we’re inspired by the dynamism of urban life.

Some of M9 Design Studio’s most prominent projects include:

• The Courtyard, Bengaluru, India
• CMRU Admin and Academic Block, Bengaluru, India
• Sunrise Garden Restaurant, Bengaluru, India
• House amongst the trees, Bengaluru, India
• Dr.Vishnuvardhan Memorial Complex, Mysuru, India

The following statistics helped M9 Design Studio achieve 18th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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17. Morphogenesis

Morphogenesis is one of India’s leading award-winning architecture and urban design practices with offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Pune and New Delhi. Morphogenesis reinterprets India’s architectural roots and consistently employs passive design solutions for a unique contextual language. Its work encompasses a range of typologies across architecture, interiors and landscape urbanism. Morphogenesis is the only firm in the WA100 list of the world’s largest Architecture firms which is gender neutral, with over 50% women across all levels. With a global portfolio, 150 international and national awards and 1000 plus publications globally, it is the first Indian firm to be awarded the Singapore Institute of Architects Getz Award for their vision and commitment in making a significant contribution in shaping the changing landscape of Asia.

Some of Morphogenesis’s most prominent projects include:

• Corporate Office for India Glycols, Greater Noida, India
• Pearl Academy of Fashion, Jaipur, Kukas, India
• GYS Vision, Gurgaon, India
• Campus for Infosys Ltd, Nagpur, India
• Marble Arch, Chandigarh, India

The following statistics helped Morphogenesis achieve 17th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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16. Samira Rathod Design Associates

Every building endeavor must be a responsible solution in structure, services infrastructure, cost and function. It must have a purpose, and above all, dare its own consequences in the environment; but in all of the above, if there is poetry, then perhaps it becomes architecture.

SRDA is a firm that investigates design with a passionate and critical eye grounded in modesty and a thirst for imaginative adventures. At SRDA every project is treated with fervor for exploration and innovation and tested for relevance in physical and social contexts against the land which will cradle it and against the man it is meant for.

SRDA subscribes to the philosophy of the architecture of BLIRS — beautiful, local, indigenous, recycle and small.

Some of Samira Rathod Design Associates’s most prominent projects include:

• Cool House, Bharuch, India
• The Shadow House, Alibag, India

The following statistics helped Samira Rathod Design Associates achieve 16th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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15. tHE gRID Architects

tHE gRID is an architecture firm based in the bustling city of Ahmedabad Gujarat India. It is a multidisciplinary design firm which incorporates an array of design combinations and experiences, qualification and skills and deeply committed to excellence. The firm aims at providing complete and high-level design services for the full range of projects. We have created a team of passionate professionals under this firm and we currently employ from various respected design schools across the country. We comprise of civil engineers and architects and Interior designers who are dedicated to the satisfaction of the client and design philosophy. The team works towards design strategies and awards client interaction and satisfaction.

Some of tHE gRID Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• TARANG (means waves in Hindi language) fluid like water, Gandhinagar, India
• BETON BRUT, Ahmedabad, India
• SCREEN HOUSE, Ahmedabad, India

The following statistics helped tHE gRID Architects achieve 15th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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14. Sfuurrna Akrriitt

Our mission is to reach the world community and render the richness that underlies in the wisdom of India. The word ‘Sfurna’ means ‘that which comes from within’. Respecting ‘the intuition’, we strive to design and build original, inspirational and timeless environs believing that it is our responsibility to glorify our profession by professing and implementing values, idealism and ideologies. As designers, it’s our prerogative to have ‘art’ as an utmost integral part of design with innovation in approach to the design, material and space realized through the use of natural resources of natural light, wind & views valuing local material, culture, art and craft and amalgamating it with the present.

Some of Sfuurrna Akrriitt’s most prominent projects include:

• Hammer Anvil Stirrup Studio, Rajkot, India
• Tile House, Morbi, India
• Paper Tube Office, Bharuch, India
• Shakti Marble & Bath Exclusive, Bharuch, India
• Get Fit Gym, Bharuch, India

The following statistics helped Sfuurrna Akrriitt achieve 14th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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13. Multitude Of Sins

Multitude of Sins (MOS) is a creative design studio identified by its experimental take on design, that lets creative possibilities run riot against the celebration of colors and graphics while striving to unveil the potential a space can bear if one remembers to dismiss the notions of familiarity.

Some of Multitude Of Sins’s most prominent projects include:

• Project Big Top, Bengaluru, India
• Project Sin City, Bengaluru, India
• Project Iron Man, Mumbai, India
• Sandpaper & Silk, Bengaluru, India

The following statistics helped Multitude Of Sins achieve 13th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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12. Abin Design Studio

Abin Design Studio was founded in October 2005 by Abin Chaudhuri, and architecture graduate from Jadavpur University with a specialization in industrial design from Domus Academy, Milan. Juli Mallick, also an architecture graduate from JU joined ADS in 2006 and today is a business partner to Abin. What started off as a small three person firm is now a frontline organization rendering complete design and management solutions right from conceptualization to realization of the space, object or visual in the market, keeping in mind the synergy of execution of design solution through extensive research and innovation. We are into architecture, interior design, design of exhibition spaces, industrial design and graphic design.

Some of Abin Design Studio’s most prominent projects include:

• International Management Institute, Kolkata, India
• Wall House, Bansberia, Mithapukur More, India
• Gallery House, Bansberia, Mithapukur More, India
• Bonochhaya Experience Centre, Santiniketan, India

The following statistics helped Abin Design Studio achieve 12th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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11. MANOJ PATEL DESIGN STUDIO

Our practice believes in redefining of vernacular materials transformed into contemporary applications for building designs. We have completed more than 150 projects includes residential, commercial, schools, hospitals and some renovation projects.

Some of MANOJ PATEL DESIGN STUDIO’s most prominent projects include:

• Architect Office, Vadodara, India
• 85 SQMT HOUSE, Vadodara, India
• The courtyard house, Vadodara, India
• THE HI-HATS ( discotheque ), Vadodara, India
• DESIGN STUDIO, Vadodara, India

The following statistics helped MANOJ PATEL DESIGN STUDIO achieve 11th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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10. IMK Architects

Founded in 1957, IMK Architects is an architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Mumbai with another office in Bengaluru. It is led by the father-son duo of I. M. Kadri and Rahul Kadri who are supported by a 35-strong multidisciplinary team of architects, designers, planners, engineers and visualisation artists. The practice’s early journey is intrinsically tied to that of independent India, and more specifically, to that of the country’s financial capital of Mumbai, its diverse work a reflection of changing times and imaginations as a young nation and its first metropolis navigated questions of tradition and modernity and business and politics on its way to a self-sufficient and economically-secure future.

Some of IMK Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• IIT Bombay Student Housing, Mumbai, India
• Malabar Hill Forest Trail, Mumbai, India
• Symbiosis Hospital and Research Center (SUHRC), Lavale, Pune , Lavale, India
• Sona Vistaas, Begur, Bengaluru, India
• Symbiosis University Hospital and Research Center, Lavale, India

The following statistics helped IMK Architects achieve 10th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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9. Anagram Architects

Anagram Architects is a design consultancy firm established by Vaibhav Dimri and Madhav Raman in New Delhi in 2001. The partners are graduate architects from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. The firm’s practice is diverse and encompasses public infrastructure planning, urban design, architecture, sceneography broadcast design, furniture design and interior design.

Our young and dynamic firm has very rapidly garnered national and international acclaim for designs that span a wide array, from modest residences to large public infrastructure facilities. Through our work we attempt to enrich elemental modernity with intensive research into traditional as well as non-conventional practices, evolving culturally relevant, contextually responsive and resource efficient design solutions. We, at Anagram Architects, enthusiastically explore these as opportunities to investigate spatial design and endeavor to provide innovative and fresh design solutions by delving into our rich experience in various fields.

Some of Anagram Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre
• Kindred House, India
• Artrovert: Conversations in Grey, Greater Noida, India
• Gairola House, Gurgaon, India
• The Digit, New Delhi, India

The following statistics helped Anagram Architects achieve 9th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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8. StudioPOD

StudioPOD is an international multi-disciplinary planning and urban design practice, with their headquarters in Mumbai, India, and an office in Dallas, USA. POD stands for People Oriented Design, which is the main philosophy of the firm. Since 2013, StudioPOD has worked extensively in multiple regions across India and in UAE. Our projects are of varying scales that include strategic and regional plans, transportation and campus plans, landscape urbanism, placemaking and streetscapes.

Our firm philosophy is people centric design. Our urban design practice pushes the conventional design boundaries with ideas and principles that focus on people-centric design. We plan for cities and social spaces that foster resilience, vitality, ecology and community.

Some of StudioPOD’s most prominent projects include:

• One Green Mile – Public Space and Streetscape Design, Lower Parel, Mumbai, India
• Ravine Park: Godrej Rivergreens, Pune, India
• Bada Danda Streetscape : Puri

The following statistics helped StudioPOD achieve 8th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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7. SpaceMatters

SpaceMatters is an integrated design practice with architecture, interior, urban design and habitat research capabilities founded in 2005. Based out of New Delhi the award winning design practice has been consistently recognized as one of the leading design firms in India.

Some of SpaceMatters’s most prominent projects include:

• Temple in Stone and Light, Barmer, India
• The Bonjour India Experience, DL, India
• Patna Museum, Patna, India
• ‘O’ House
• INHWA Business Center , Gurgaon, India

The following statistics helped SpaceMatters achieve 7th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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6. CollectiveProject

CollectiveProject is a young international design studio founded in Bangalore, India by partners Cyrus Patell and Eliza Higgins in 2013. The studio’s investigations occur at multiple scales; from furniture and interiors to residential and institutional buildings. Recently completed projects include a Montessori school on a 2 acre site, Cafe/Bakery in Koramangala and garden landscape/reading room.

As a studio, we consider the entire architectural experience — combining spatial narratives, landscape and materials. Our approach is open and fluid — drawing inspiration from site, culture, environment and technology. Our work mediates between multiple scales and is both detail and conceptually driven.

Some of CollectiveProject’s most prominent projects include:

• Lakehouse, Hyderabad, India
• Ekya Early Years : Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru, India
• Garden Folly, Bengaluru, India
• Brick House, Bengaluru, India
• Spoonful of Sugar, Bengaluru, India

The following statistics helped CollectiveProject achieve 6th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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5. KSM Architecture

KSM was formed in the year 1990 with a team of highly professional and experienced architects and engineers with exposure to international standards of design and detailing. Recent years have seen immense change in technology and lifestyle in India. Changes that have had a profound effect on the buildings in which we live, work and play. Today’s designs must be innovative and the buildings, practical and viable. We are sensitive to these issues and it has been the objective of the firm to maintain a high standard of design and technical competence with a great emphasis on climatically relevant and sustainable design.

In recent years, KSM is being recognized as one of the leading firms that design sustainable and eco-friendly buildings.

Some of KSM Architecture’s most prominent projects include:

• The Learning Center at Quest, Chennai, India
• Metallic Bellows Factory Office, Chennai, India
• Srikanth and Gita House, Chennai, India
• Vishranthi Office, Chennai, India
• SPS Office, Chennai, India

The following statistics helped KSM Architecture achieve 5th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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4. The Purple Ink Studio

Established in 2011 in Bengaluru, The Purple Ink Studiois a multifaceted architecture practice that is young, experimental and ambitious. Conceived by Aditi Pai and Akshay Heranjal, as the principals along with Nishita Bhatia and Arpita Pai, the studio has now grown into a highly collaborative practice, with a core group of design associates who come from different architectural backgrounds.

The practice passionately believes in an approach that is layered, contextual and experimental in nature. The studio is exploring various scales and typologies with a constant search to engineer new ways of blurring the boundaries between architecture and landscape. In less than a decade, the studio has gained recognition worldwide by winning numerous national and international awards.

Some of The Purple Ink Studio’s most prominent projects include:

• The Courtyard House, Bengaluru, India
• KINGS HOUSE APARTMENTS, Bengaluru, India
• Shreyas Retreat, Bengaluru, India
• BRICK HOUSE, India
• MSAP – Manipal School of Architecture & Planning, Manipal, India

The following statistics helped The Purple Ink Studio achieve 4th place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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3. Gaurav Roy Choudhury Architects

GRCA is a young firm headed by architect Gaurav Roy Choudhury, with experience in architecture, interior design, graphic design, urban design and housing projects, mainly in and around Bangalore. Its main aim has always been to articulate the various movements that assimilate context, taking the project brief from the “said” to the “unsaid”. GRCA strives to absorb all domains of influence and exposure, with the hopes of redefining honest architecture through a process of re-invention and storytelling. Its path lies in the understood, and its eyes on the unexplored.

Some of Gaurav Roy Choudhury Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• Bellary House, Ballari, India
• Inside Out House, Bengaluru, India
• Lateral House, Bangalore, India
• R.K. Fabrics Office, Bangalore, India
• Aadyam, Bengaluru, India

The following statistics helped Gaurav Roy Choudhury Architects achieve 3rd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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2. Architecture BRIO

Architecture BRIO is an award winning architecture and interior design studio actively engaged in the creation of contextually appropriate, sustainable design solutions within an increasingly changing world.

The work of the studio addresses new ways of understanding the often contradictory interrelations between the city, architecture, landscape and the world of interiors. There is a growing need for our built environment to re-establish healthy relationships with the natural world. Similarly there is an urgency to address the never before seen growth in urban and rural areas in India and globally. Within this context the work searches for a delicate balance between architecture as the act of disappearance, and creating characterful, responsive and experiential environments.

Some of Architecture BRIO’s most prominent projects include:

• The Riparian House, Karjat, India
• Etania Green School, Beaufort, Malaysia
• House in a Beach Garden, Alibag, India
• House on a Stream, Mumbai, India
• Himalayan Mountain Retreat, Mukteshwar, India

The following statistics helped Architecture BRIO achieve 2nd place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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1. Sanjay Puri Architects

Sanjay Puri Architects has been widely recognized as one of the best architecture firms of the past thirty years. Since it’s founding in 1992, the firm has spearheaded dozens of award-winning projects, including everything from townships, schools, hotels, retail and office buildings, and has been at the forefront of creating innovative design solutions that are sustainable on a large scale.

With a current firm strength of ninety, led by founding partners Sanjay and Nina Puri, evolving design solutions that are contextual and sustainable and creating spaces that explore spatial perception with new design directions form the essence of the firm’s design philosophy. Sanjay Puri Architects strives for design approaches that are environmentally and culturally contextual, while also finding innovative new ways for people to experience these spaces.

Some of Sanjay Puri Architects’s most prominent projects include:

• 72 Screens, Jaipur, India
• MIRAI HOUSE OF ARCHES, Bhilwara, India
• Top image: STUDIOS 90, Kodla, India
• RAS HOUSES, Ras, India
• THE STREET, Mathura, India

The following statistics helped Sanjay Puri Architects achieve 1st place in the 30 Best Architecture Firms in India:

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