Design Without Limits: THE ARCHOHM STORY

A deep dive into the studio that’s reshaping India’s built environment with spontaneity, diplomacy, and a people-first’ spirit. Sourabh Gupta, Mridu Sahai Patnaik, and Kunal Savarkar reflect on a legacy that refuses categorisation and tackles everything—from urban planning and cultural institutions, to transportation hubs and private residences with equal enthusiasm—and what's next!

- KASHISH KAUSHAL

Established by Sourabh Gupta at the dawn of the new millennium, Archohm isn’t your typical architecture firm. This multidisciplinary studio is a force that rebels against convention, keeps challenging the boundaries of what design can achieve in India, and has grown from a bold idea into a high-spirited force with over 100 staff across offices in Noida, Mumbai, and Shillong. With principals Mridu Sahai Patnaik and Kunal Savarkar by his side, Sourabh has guided Archohm through 25 years of transformation and evolution, looping cultural sensitivity into projects that spread across urban planning, cultural institutions, and private residences. As they commemorate this milestone in 2025, it transpires as a movement—one that diversifies India’s built environment with optimism and valour.

“‘Spontaneously’ is the word that best describes this,” they remark while explaining how Archohm grew from Delhi’s quirky ‘caterpillar’ pedestrian subways to a practice that refuses to fit in a box. From the sculptural Mumbai Metro stations to the heritage-driven Hussainabad Masterplan in Lucknow, Archohm’s work is an exemplification of their mantra—“We will design everything. Period.” This refusal to be pigeonholed comes from a founding ethos Sourabh instilled early on; “A guiding thought behind Archohm from its inception has been a desire to be larger than the founder.” It’s a vision that has nurtured a collective of dreamers (architects, engineers, and creatives) who see design as a tool to solve society’s myriad challenges.