Minhas Amit Singh Architect

Working out of H.No.A-5 on the Guru Nanak Dev University Campus gives things a bit of a different feel. It is quieter than being in the middle of a commercial district, which is nice for when you need to focus on the fine details of a project. Amit Singh started this practice here, and it has stayed a fairly small, personal operation. The office is basically a converted part of the house, so it feels more like a home than a workplace sometimes. There are books everywhere, mostly about building codes and old architecture styles that nobody uses anymore but are good to look at. We spend our days going back and forth between the computer and the drawing board. On a typical afternoon, you might hear the sounds of the campus outside while we are trying to figure out why a particular wall shouldn't be moved. We do our own site visits, often walking or taking a quick drive to check on things. It is not a place with fancy glass partitions or a secretary at the front. If you come by, you’ll probably find us with ink on our hands or squinting at a site plan. We take our time with things and try not to rush, mostly because mistakes in this line of work are hard to fix once the concrete is poured. It is just about doing a decent job and staying busy with the next set of drawings.