Sawhney Surinder Architect

The office at House No.571, Sector 18/B is where I’ve been doing my work for quite a while. Sawhney Surinder Architect is a small, personal practice. I don’t have a team of junior designers or a secretary to answer my calls. If the phone rings, I’m the one who picks it up, unless I’m out at a building site or stuck in traffic. Working from a house in Sector 18/B gives the whole business a different feel. It’s not stiff or formal. Clients usually sit at the same table where I have my lunch. There are books and magazines about building tucked into every corner of the room. I’ve always preferred this way of working over a big corporate office. It’s more direct. I don't have a mission statement or a set of core values printed on my business cards. I just try to be honest about what can be done and how much it will cost. Some days I spend hours just staring at a screen, and other days I’m out in the sun checking on foundations. The pace varies, but I’ve learned to go with the flow over the years. My neighbors know me, and I know them. It’s a local business in the truest sense. I don’t need much more than my drawing tools and a decent cup of tea to get through the day. It’s a simple, steady life here in the sector.