A V Associates Architects & Designers

We started out in Palavakkam at No A/128, Balgalai Nagar. It’s not a huge office, just a place where we sit and work on our designs. Being A V Associates Architects & Designers means we handle a bit of everything, from the main structure to the small interior details. The neighborhood here is pretty quiet, which helps when we need to concentrate on blueprints. Sometimes the phone doesn't stop ringing and other times it's just us and the sound of the fans. We aren't some big city firm with hundreds of employees. It is just a handful of us who know how to draw and plan. We spend a lot of time on-site, too. You can't really get a feel for a building just by looking at a screen. We have to be there to see how the light hits and where the pipes go. A lot of people from around here come to us because they’ve seen our work on other houses in the area. We don't do much advertising. Most of our projects come from neighbors talking to each other. We try to keep our drawings simple so the builders don't get confused. It’s a lot of back and forth with the local authorities too. That part isn't very fun, but it has to be done. We’ve been here at Balgalai Nagar long enough to know the local rhythms and what people expect when they want to build something new.