Dinesh Chander Bhagat Architect

Dinesh Chander Bhagat has his workspace at House Number 285 in Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar. It’s a well-known part of the neighborhood, and we’ve been here long enough that most of the locals recognize the address. The office is really just a functional area where we sit down to figure out how to turn ideas into actual structures. It’s not a big firm with hundreds of employees. It’s more of a personal setup where Dinesh handles the bulk of the planning himself. The rooms are filled with the smell of old paper and the sound of keyboards. We spend a lot of time looking at site photos and trying to solve problems that pop up during the planning stages. Every project has its own set of issues, whether it's a tight plot of land or some specific local rule we have to follow. We don't go in for much fluff here. If you come by, you’ll probably find us mid-conversation about a structural beam or a window placement. The neighborhood is fairly busy, but inside the house, it’s mostly just focused work. We take pride in the fact that we know this area well. We’ve seen how the buildings around Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar have changed over the years and we try to make sure our work fits in properly. It’s a basic, honest way to run an architecture practice. It’s a long day sometimes, but seeing a building finally go up in Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar makes the long hours worth the effort.