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Hiren Patel among flowering plants, his hands in the green.

At the centre of the studio

Hiren Patel

Principal and Director. He founded the practice in 1989.

In the garden

Hiren Patel, black and white portrait, arms folded against a concrete wall.

“For me, designing a building is like creating a painting on a canvas.”

Hiren Patel

The story

He grew up in Ahmedabad, studied at CEPT, spent time in Switzerland and started the practice in 1989. He paints, and it shapes how he builds.

Hiren Patel walking into an orchard, seen from behind.
In the orchard

The way of working

Architecture, interiors and landscape as one idea. The planting and the lighting are drawn with the plan, never after it.

Ink and wash sketch of a garden with handwritten notes.
A garden, in ink and wash
Line sketch of a verandah with plants and furniture.
A verandah, in ink

Recognition

Forbes India. The AD100. Dezeen. And a long run of national design awards.

Red tiled roofs in the fields at sunset, from the air.
A farmhouse from the air

His paintings

Watercolours and sketches of plants, interiors and everyday corners.

See the art

Oxygen, the studio: its curved roof and glass walls above the garden.

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Oxygen, our studio, Ahmedabad