The Wood Crusader

With Algaari, the Ahmedabad based architect is on a relentless pursuit to champion leftover wood.

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The story of Algaari furniture starts with a book and a neem tree. Rathin Goghari, an architect by profession and visual aesthete by nature, was working in the office of famed architect BV Doshi, when he met Maria Amagasu, who recognised his appreciation for wood and gifted him the book, “The Soul of a Tree”, by George Nakashima, her grandfather. “Algaari’s basic germ is influenced by George’s work. I had been involved in designing buildings and interiors, and got into furniture designing along the way. My wife Falguni is also an architect. We established our studio, and behind it we started a small workshop to make furnit