Arun Nalapat Architects

Arun Nalapat Architects is located in Ghatkopar East, over in Kubernagar 65. It’s a solid, busy neighborhood where people are always on the move. Our office is a pretty simple setup. We don't have a big sign out front or a fancy waiting area. Most of the time, the office is a bit of a mess with rolls of yellow tracing paper and boxes of samples from various vendors. We have a few desks that are basically covered in notes, pens, and empty water bottles. Ghatkopar can get quite loud, but we’ve got used to the sound of the trains and the traffic. We spend most of our time staring at screens or talking to people on the phone about plumbing or electrical layouts. There’s no marketing fluff here. We’re just a group of people who know how to put a building together. The coffee is usually too strong, and the AC is either too cold or not working at all. We have a bookshelf that’s sagging under the weight of old building manuals. It’s not the kind of place you’d see in a movie about architects. It’s a real place where we do real work, sometimes staying late to finish a set of drawings or just trying to get the filing done. It’s practical, it’s a bit unorganized, and it’s where we are every day. That is basically the whole story.