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April 07, 2025

Architecture Discipline's Akshat Bhatt on mentorship and being a metalhead

- Shail Desai

'Hate your heroes to change for the better'

Before he donned the architect's hat, Akshat Bhatt played the guitar, which made him a metal-head for life. Today, he's found a link between his architecture practice and his love for the progressive metal genre, djent.

"This form of music is intense and honest. It requires rigour and you cannot fake it. I believe those fundamentals are also true for architecture," says Delhi-based Bhatt, 45, principal architect and founder of Architecture Discipline, a multi-disciplinary practice behind projects like Mana Hotel in Rajasthan, the Discovery Centre in Bengaluru, and the Make in India Pavilion at the Hannover Messe in Germany.

In an interview with Lounge, he talks about mentorship and why he encourages collaboration on all his projects. Edited excerpts:

Who do you consider your mentor?

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