Arpan Shah | |
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Born | Arpan Deepak Shah 21 January 1975 Mumbai, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | St. Xavier's High School, Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad, CEPT - School of Architecture |
Occupation | Architect |
Spouse | Rajal Mehta Shah (m. 2010) |
Website | mododesigns |
Arpan Shah (21 January 1975) is an Indian architect. [1] He is an alumnus of CEPT - School of Architecture
He has worked under B. V. Doshi, at his Ahmedabad office between 1999 and 2000, Following which he grew to open his own firm Modo Designs in 2002. [2] His works have been recipients of multiple awards.
Arpan Shah was born in Mumbai, and grew up in Ahmedabad to parents Deepak and Varsha Shah.
He was schooled at St. Xavier's High School, Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad, following which he completed his Architectural studies from CEPT - School of Architecture, [3] along with an exchange study in RMIT, Melbourne. His formative days at CEPT - School of Architecture were an architectural education under notable teachers including B. V. Doshi, Anant Raje and Kurula Varkey.
Arpan Shah married Rajal Mehta Shah in 2010, and has two children, Ameya and Reya.
Arpan Shah's intent has been to see design as a participatory and an exploratory process, involving research, explorations and refinement. The essential approach has been to develop architectural designs as responsive and which are characteristic of the purpose, place and people. [4]
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