Sj Architects & Interiors

Our workspace is tucked away at No. 24/1 on the 1st Cross in Malleswaram. If you are familiar with the area, we are quite close to the Al Bek restaurant, so the smell of food often drifts over in the afternoons. Malleswaram has these narrow streets and old trees that make it feel different from the rest of Bangalore. Our office is usually covered in rolls of blueprints and little samples of wood or laminate. It is a bit of a mess most of the time because we are always in the middle of three different things. We spend half our time here drawing and the other half out at construction sites getting our shoes dusty. The 1st Cross is a busy little street, so finding parking for visitors can be a bit of a nightmare. We have been here for a while and know the local shopkeepers well. We usually grab a quick coffee from the place around the corner when the afternoon slump hits. The ceiling fans in the office hum all day long. It is a small team and we just sit around the big central table to discuss designs. Sometimes the internet goes out when it rains heavy, which happens a lot in Bangalore, so we just switch to sketching by hand. It is a simple way of working, but it suits us and the neighborhood perfectly.