Architect and Interior Designer
SNK is a multi-disciplinary architecture and design practice offering a combination of design expertise across a diverse typology of projects. Areas of expertise include Architecture, Master planning, Urban Design, Conservation, Graphics and Interior Design. This combined with resources in engineering services enables SNK to ensure high-quality, innovative and functional solutions are delivered on time and within budget. The design process is propelled by extensive research, site and cultural context. It is inspired by innovative and vernacular methods of construction and use of indigenous local materials and arts and crafts , while evolving steadily within the parameters of sustainable design principles.
SNK was founded in Mumbai as Somaya & Kalappa Consultants in 1978. Spanning over four decades, this multi-award winning practice is currently led by founder and principal architect Brinda Somaya and her lawyer turned architect daughter, Nandini Sampat. SNK continues to build upon its inclusive mode of practice enabling it to take on diverse projects at all scales.
The Qi To Wellness
view_headline<p>Qi, the gym and fitness centre in Mumbai, has combined ancient Chinese architectural principles like Feng Shui with modern aesthetics, to enhance its Zen like appeal. Sleek lines, elegant curves and comfort combine together in Qi, the gym in Mumbai’s Churchgate area. In a location where even a s</p> more...
Wild Flowers
view_headline<p>Brinda Somaya of Somaya and Kalappa Consultants Pvt. Ltd. infuses contemporary warmth in a corporate guest house without compromising on its basic footprint. Colonial-styled diagonal patterns, with a conventional border, anoint the flooring in the same natural stone; and window treatments are appeal</p> more...
<p>A dedicated textile gallery namely “The Indian Textile And Costume Gallery, a permanent collection at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya returns to the museum after a 15-year hiatus, and it is of particular significance in the Mumbai city, whose contours were once defined by its te</p> more...
<p>A dedicated textile gallery namely “The Indian Textile And Costume Gallery, a permanent collection at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya returns to the museum after a 15-year hiatus, and it is of particular significance in the Mumbai city, whose contours were once defined by its te</p> more...
House on a Hill
view_headline<p>A curved driveway leads one to the steps that head down to the entrance of this house. The downward slope of the hill ensures that the house is not visible from the driveway. A strong North-South axis passes through the entrance hall, the courtyard, the living room and its deck, ending in a panorami</p> more...
<p>A dedicated textile gallery namely “The Indian Textile And Costume Gallery, a permanent collection at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, returns to the museum after a 15-year hiatus. It is of particular significance to Mumbai city, whose contours were once defined by its textile mi</p> more...
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