Nishi Shah
Interior Architect · Surat, Mumbai, Singapore
I design homes, workplaces and retail spaces that feel calm, considered and personal — shaped by light, by material, and by the way people actually live in them.
“Every space holds a story. My role is to listen — to the architecture, the client, the light — and let that story emerge.”
Every project begins with listening. Before any drawing, I spend time understanding how a space will be lived in — the routines, the light at different hours, the things that matter to the people who will use it.
From there the studio takes a project all the way through: concept, detailed drawings, material selection and site supervision, working closely with craftspeople so that what is drawn is what gets built.
- Years in practice
- 10+
- Projects completed
- 80+
- Studio cities
- 3
What guides the work
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Materiality
Stone, timber and textile chosen for how they age and how they feel to the hand.
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Light
Rooms planned around daylight first, with artificial light layered in to follow it.
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Restraint
Fewer, better things — the confident edit is what makes a space feel effortless.