# Collaborative Architecture

> Collaborative Architecture is an internationally award-winning studio headquartered in Mumbai, India, with a satellite studio in Riyadh, KSA. Our projects evolve out of a meaningful convergence of people, places, culture, climate, ecology and economics.

## Key facts

- Founded: 2004, in Mumbai
- Principals: Lalita Tharani and Mujib Ahmed, co-founders
- Studios: Mumbai Studio, Mumbai, India; Riyadh Studio, Riyadh, KSA
- Disciplines: Architecture, interior architecture, urban design and infrastructure, narrative environments and installations, products and objects, design and behavioral mapping
- Recognition: 60 awards, honors and international shortlists, 30 of them international
- Exhibitions: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York; Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco; The National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai
- Research: Collaborative Lab: design research, policy advocacy, epistemologies and architectural cartographies
- Contact: For new projects and collaborations: enquiry@collaborativearchitecture.com; Vendors and suppliers, kindly use the contact form

## Expertise

- [Architecture](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/expertise/architecture/): Designed for enduring relevance
- [Interior Architecture](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/expertise/interior-architecture/): Architecture at the human scale
- [Urban Design and Infrastructure](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/expertise/urban-design-and-infrastructure/): Infrastructure as a framework for urban life
- [Narrative Environments and Installations](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/expertise/narrative-environments-and-installations/): Space as a medium for storytelling
- [Products and Objects](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/expertise/products-and-objects/): Objects emerging from architectural inquiry
- [Design and Behavioral Mapping](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/expertise/design-and-behavioral-mapping/): Human behavior as a generator of space

## Projects

- [Bearys Wafira](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/bearys-wafira/): Residences, Dubai Healthcare City
- [Cascadia](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/cascadia/): BCDA Iconic Tower, Manila, with J. MAYER H., 2017
- [Project Alpha](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/project-alpha/): ICON Initiative 99, Texas, 2025
- [Iconic Mosque](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/iconic-mosque/): Dubai, for Emaar, 2018
- [The Souk](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/the-souk/): Dubai Design Week, 2019
- [The Iconic Gateway](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/iconic-gateway/): Diyar Al Muharraq, Bahrain, 2023
- [National Unity Pavilion](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/national-unity-pavilion/): Notions of India, 2021
- [The Legend](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/the-legend/): Skyline Builders, Kochi, 2018
- [50th Cross Road](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/50th-cross-road/): Show apartment, PVS Developers, Kerala, 2020
- [Apartment by the Bay](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/apartment-by-the-bay/): Private residence, Mumbai, 2014
- [House of Cantilevers](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/house-of-cantilevers/): Private residence, Kerala
- [Reflected Topography](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/reflected-topography/): Bearys Global Research Triangle, Bengaluru, 2014
- [MillerKnoll Experience Center](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/miller-knoll-experience-center/): Experience center, Bengaluru, 2025
- [Stacked Tectonics](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/stacked-tectonics/): JDT Primary School, Kozhikode, 2012
- [Inverted Topography](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/inverted-topography/): Mezban restaurant, Kozhikode, 2010
- [Rasa Totem](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/rasa-totem/): With Riyas Komu, Bengaluru
- [Sandy Hook Memorial](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/sandy-hook-memorial/): Competition entry, Newtown, Connecticut, 2017
- [The Spline | Stack 2](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/the-spline/): Pavilion for Concéntrico, Logroño
- [Stanley Lifestyle Store](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/stanley-lifestyle-store/): Anchor store for Stanley, Delhi NCR, 2009
- [Urnes Stave Heritage Center](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/urnes-stave-heritage-center/): Urnesløven Gavl, Norway
- [Wedge-1](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/wedge-1/): Stanley, Mumbai, 2009
- [Wrap-4](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/wrap-4/): KTC Hyundai Showroom, Kerala, 2007
- [Material Cartographies](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/material-cartographies/): 1 × 1 · Bahrain Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2027, 2026
- [The Measured City](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/the-measured-city/): National Pavilion of the UAE, Venice Biennale 2027, 2026
- [BGRT Mumbai](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/bgrt-mumbai/): R&D campus, Navi Mumbai
- [Wrap-3](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/wrap-3/): Computer learning center for an orphanage, Kozhikode, 2006
- [Prototype N[ON]](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/prototype-non/): Retail concept for Moroso, Mumbai, 2008
- [Tree of Life](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/tree-of-life/): Shoah Memorial competition entry, Lyon, 2023
- [The Barn](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/the-barn/): Suretech House, Navi Mumbai, 2026
- [The Vessel](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/the-vessel/): Jellyfish Water Sports Club, Kerala
- [Peace Pavilion](https://collaborativearchitecture.com/work/peace-pavilion/): Indian National War (Peace) Museum, New Delhi, 2017