About
The people behind the work
D+R DESIGN was founded by Deepak Gupta and Rashmi Gupta in Bangalore in 2004, after practising in Mumbai and Seattle. Together they bring more than four decades of combined experience across homes, precision facilities, hotels, schools, and cultural spaces.
Architecture, like all creative work, is a collective effort. Every member of our studio brings unique strengths that shape the success of our projects.
We are a small, deliberate practice. Every project is led by a founding partner from first meeting to final handover. That is not a tagline. It is how we work.
Deepak Gupta
Founding Partner / Principal Architect
Deepak began in Charles Correa’s studio in Mumbai, then studied and worked in the United States for nearly a decade, before coming home in 2004 to practise the way he believes: sun and air first. He loves spending time on site, checking details and how light moves during the day. He also writes regularly on LinkedIn about architecture, practice and the act of making. More than twenty years of thinking, distilled into regular writing.
Rashmi Gupta
Founding Partner / Principal Architect
Rashmi leads design and runs the studio. She began in Mumbai on custom homes and hotels, then worked in Seattle with Johnston Architects and Stephen Sullivan Architects before co-founding D+R DESIGN in 2004. Her interiors begin with where a family comes from and how they want to feel at home, so every room carries their fingerprints. She also manages daily design delivery.
Giriraj M
Architect
Giriraj is drawn to vernacular, climate-responsive design, and just as much to how things get built. An RV College of Architecture graduate, he is happiest where drawings meet site and project management. His competition design for an open-air theatre in Ukraine was planned around its old pine trees. Away from the studio, he travels and practises martial arts.
M V Tejaswini
Architect
Tejaswini grew up in Udupi and studied at RV College of Architecture. She joined us for sustainable design and a studio where you learn by doing. She loves bamboo and natural plasters, documents heritage buildings, and draws in pen and ink. Her portfolio includes a village community centre. Practical and detail-minded, she believes great design comes from solving real problems.
With thanks to our former teammates
Since 2004 we have been fortunate to work with many talented architects who have contributed their skills and creativity to D+R DESIGN. Special mention to Krishna Telkar, Andrew Russin, Siddardha Chalamala, Lahari B P, Rekha B R, Lakshmi Priya, Susan Williams, Vidya Narayanan, Tanvi Paliwal, and Divya Batra.