Commercial building architects in India
A commercial building has to earn its keep and be a good place to spend a day. We design offices, shops and mixed-use buildings, new or retrofitted, so that the numbers work and the people inside feel well.
Our work ranges from a low-cost office conversion in Pune and a modular shop in Navi Mumbai to an Honourable Mention retrofit proposal for a landmark in Kochi.
What we pay attention to
Offices people choose to stay in
Most offices give everyone the same desk and chair, nine to five. Variety, choice and a place to withdraw ease fatigue over a long day, so we plan different ways to work, rest and talk: a welcome corner, a standing workstation, a low table for meals, a quiet corner, a formal table for meetings that need focus.
Shops that sell by feeling familiar
People trust what feels familiar. For a sound shop in Navi Mumbai we built a living room instead of a showroom: warm materials, soft light and a deep sofa did the persuading.
Short leases and tight budgets
Modular pieces that can be lifted and carried to a new address when a lease ends, and low-cost conversions that make a limited budget go further.
Retrofit before rebuild
Our retrofit proposal for Mather Square in Kochi keeps the structure and adds a solar-powered timber façade that shades the glass and lets air through, food courts that serve breakfast, lunch and dinner from the same tables, and a rooftop rented to urban farms.
Conversions
A house can become an office. We converted a three-bedroom home in Pune into a workplace where people think better because they can choose where to sit.
Daylight, fresh air and green
For the people who work in a building, daylight, fresh air and green are known to lift mood and ease stress. We plan them in from the start.
How we work
We offer full service across India: design, drawings, approvals and site supervision. See how a project runs, from brief to site.
Related work
Direct Dialogue Initiatives
Interior · Pune
A low-cost conversion of a three-bedroom home in Pune into an office of seven small spaces.
Aesthetics
Interior · Vashi, New Bombay · 2016
A long, narrow shop in Navi Mumbai that feels like a living room, made of modular pieces that leave when the lease ends.
Mather Square
Competition · Kochi
A retrofit proposal for a Kochi landmark. Honourable Mention, Mather Square Design Competition 2023.
Questions
Do you design commercial interiors as well as buildings?
Yes. Our interiors include an office in Pune and a shop in Navi Mumbai.
Can you convert a house or an existing building for commercial use?
Yes. We converted a three-bedroom home in Pune into an office, and our Kochi proposal retrofits an existing landmark.
Can you design for a short lease or a small budget?
Yes. The Navi Mumbai shop was made of modular pieces so that it could move when the lease ended, and the Pune office was a low-cost conversion.
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