Who are the top architects in Chandigarh? This guide profiles 30 architects and architecture firms working in India’s only city master-planned by a legendary architect, Le Corbusier, from long-established consultancies to younger design studios, with practices that build across the tricity of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. The list is alphabetical rather than ranked, and the quick facts below will help you read it.
Architects in Chandigarh: Quick Facts (2026)
| Firms covered | 30 profiled alphabetically, from senior consultancies to young studios |
| The city’s pedigree | Master plan by Le Corbusier, developed with Pierre Jeanneret, Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew; the Capitol Complex joined the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2016 |
| The tricity | Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula function as one market, but approvals run through different authorities: Chandigarh’s UT building bylaws, GMADA in Mohali, HSVP in Panchkula |
| Range of work | Sector kothis and plotted houses, commercial and institutional buildings, interiors and projects across Punjab, Haryana and Himachal |
| How to read the list | Not a ranking. Shortlist firms whose recent built work matches your project type and plot location |
| Last reviewed | Profiles reviewed and updated in 2026 |
Here’s the list of the top 30 architecture firms/ architects in Chandigarh for people seeking the best architects in the city of Chandigarh. Each of the mentioned firms is involved in producing the best architectural projects. Please note that the names are arranged in alphabetical order and NOT ranked in any manner. There’s a chance we might have missed a few, if you feel there are more firms that need to be included in the list, do write to us. Cheers!
RTF has previously published a city-wise list of Architecture Firms covering 26 cities across India. Please visit the following links for city-wise lists of Architecture firms:
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- Calicut
- Chandigarh
- Coimbatore
- Dehradun
- Goa
- Gurugram
- Hyderabad
- Indore
- Jaipur
- Jodhpur
- Kerala
- Kolkata
- Lucknow
- Nagpur
- Noida
- Pune
- Puducherry & Auroville
- Raipur
- Trivandrum
- Udaipur
- Vadodara
The firms are listed in alphabetical order and NOT ranked in any manner. That said, here is the list:
An Architects Group
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Landscaping, Urban Design
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Hospitality, Institutional, Hospitality
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects are completed in Chandigarh. There are some ongoing projects that will be completed in Delhi.
Style of work: Simple modernistic approach
Website: anarchitectsgroup.com
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, Healthcare
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects can be seen in Chandigarh. Some of their projects are completed in Panchkula.
Style of work: Their design approach includes a thorough study of the site, climate, physical requirements, social commitments, materials, and finance
Website: abarchitecture.in
Arc d Architects
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Civil, Landscaping
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Institutional, Corporate
Locations of Built Projects: They have projects all over Punjab.
Style of work: They like to retain a contemporary outlook while preserving Indian values. They tend to incorporate Vastu in their designs.
Website: arcdarchitects.com
Architects Consortium
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Urban Design, Civil
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Hospitality, Institutional, Industrial, Retail, Healthcare
Locations of Built Projects: Their projects are all over Punjab.
Style of work: They combine international styles of work with the tradition and context of the building.
Website: sudvivek.com
Architect Suri and Associates
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Civil
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects are completed in Chandigarh, New Delhi, and Bhopal.
Style of work: Contemporary
Website: architect-suri-and-associates.business.site
ASDeS- Anish Sharma Design Studio
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Landscaping, Sustainability
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Healthcare, Commercial, Housing
Locations of Built Projects: Their projects are located in Chandigarh. Some of the projects are completed in Delhi.
Style of work: Aesthetic appeal along with Environmental-conscious design decisions.
Website: facebook.com/AnishSharmaDesignStudio/
Bachitter Singh Associates
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Township, Civil
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Sports Complexes, Institutional
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects can be seen in Chandigarh. Some of their projects are completed in Mohali, Delhi, and Shimla.
Style of work: Their style is a simple blend of modernism with traditional keeping in mind about the context of the site.
Website: bachittersinghassociates.com
Beyond Space Design Studio
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: Their projects are completed in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, and various other places in Punjab.
Style of work: Integration of traditional materials with contemporary techniques of building.
Website: beyondspacedesign.com
Chandokhe & Associates
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Furniture
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Hospitality, Institutional
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects can be seen in Chandigarh and Mohali.
Style of work: Detail-oriented, decorative, client-specific
Website: caplonline.com
Charged Voids
Scope of services: Architecture
Types of Built Projects: Residential
Locations of Built Projects: Multiple cities in Punjab
Style of work: Hi-end residential, Contemporary, Play in vertical and horizontal planes
Website: –
Design Studio
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Civil
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: Their projects are completed all over North India.
Style of work: They combine contemporary aesthetics with functionality and develop creative solutions.
Website: designstudiochd.com
Design Three Sixty
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Office, Retail, Hospitality
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects can be seen in Chandigarh. Some of their projects are completed in various places of Punjab and Haryana.
Style of work: They practice international style and draw inspiration from traditional concepts, craft as well as local material.
Website: d360.in
Devra Architects
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Civil
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Hospitality, Institutional
Locations of Built Projects: Multiple cities across North India
Style of work: Contemporary, Contextual, Market-driven
Website: www.devra.in
Dimensions
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects are completed in Chandigarh.
Style of work: They combine sophisticated colors with quirky colors in their interiors to give it a fresh look.
Website: facebook.com/dimensionschandigarh/
DNA Studioz
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Institutional
Locations of Built Projects: They have many projects in North India.
Style of work: They employ natural materials in an understated aesthetic guided by one principle- simplify.
Website: www.dnastudioz.com
Garg Architects
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Restoration
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects can be seen in Chandigarh and Panchkula.
Style of work: They are strongly focused on geometric designs.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/GARGINDIA/
Inner Value Architects
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Urban Design
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Healthcare, Institutions
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects are completed in Chandigarh. It also has projects in various places in Punjab and Haryana.
Style of work: Their design scheme widens the scope of sustainability to include socio cultural and economic feasibility.
Website: ivarchitects.in
KMA Architecture
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Civil, Town Planning, Sustainability, Landscaping
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Hospitality, Institutional
Locations of Built Projects: Their projects are completed all over north India.
Style of work: Their designs have a sustainable approach still incorporating the aesthetic appeal.
Website: kma.im
Metamorphosis Architecture
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Conservation, Landscaping, Sustainable Design
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Exhibition, Hospitality, Healthcare, Institutional
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects are completed in Chandigarh. Some projects are done in New Delhi.
Style of work: Their design style is minimalism architecture with blend of modernism.
Website: www.metamorphosisdesign.org/
Noor Architects
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Urban Design, Photography, Product Design
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Hospitality, Institutional
Locations of Built Projects: Their projects are completed all over Punjab.
Style of work: They pursue design by challenging convention and innovate on materiality by combining vernacular crafts with evolving technology
Website: noorarchitects.com/
Planners Group
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Civil, landscaping, Sustainability
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Institutional, Corporate, Hospitality, Healthcare, Industrial
Locations of Built Projects: All over India as well as abroad.
Style of work: They use engineering strength and environmental wisdom as the key principles of their designs.
Website: www.plannersgroup.net
Renu Khanna and Associates
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Corporate, Healthcare, Institutional, Housing
Locations of Built Projects: Pan India.
Style of work: Their designs strive from a strong sense of contextual site and functionality of the building.
Website: architectsrenukhanna.com
Sarabh Architect and Consultants
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Civil, Landscaping
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Corporate
Locations of Built Projects: Their projects are in various locations of Punjab
Style of work: Research-driven design decisions. Analysis of pragmatic and theoretical issues.
Website: sarabarchitects.com
Saakaar Foundation
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Research work, Urban Design, Landscape,
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Religious, Institutional, Healthcare
Locations of Built Projects: Multiple cities across Punjab
Style of work: They have a very sustainable approach as they are focused to improve the living conditions of society in rural, semi-urban areas through the medium of architecture.
Website: facebook.com/saakaarfoundation/
Studio Ardete
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Hospitality, Institutional, Corporate
Locations of Built Projects: They have completed projects in India as well as abroad.
Style of work: They like to transform what is regular and conventional and cross the thin line between art and architecture.
Website: studioardete.com
Studio Built Environment
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Civil, Sustainability
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, Institutional
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their projects are completed in Chandigarh and New Delhi
Style of work: They design with a context-driven sustainable approach
Website: sbearchitects.com
Studio Mohenjodaro
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Hospitality, Institutional
Locations of Built Projects: Mainly Chandigarh. Some of their projects are completed in Panchkula.
Style of work: Eclectic, using traditional material in unorthodox ways
Website: studiomohenjodaro.com
Subhash Associates
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Hospitality, Institutional
Locations of Built Projects: Most of their work can be seen in Chandigarh. Some of their projects are completed in Panchkula.
Style of work: They combine contemporary with practicality to create new ideas and designs fitting into the desirable frames.
Website: subashassociates.com
Thapar and Associates
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Civil
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: Mainly Chandigarh
Style of work: Contemporary, Contextual
Website: facebook.com/Thapar-and-Associates-344102552425955/
The Elements
Scope of services: Architecture, Interior Designing, Sustainability
Types of Built Projects: Residential, Commercial, Housing, Hospitality, Institutional, Corporate
Locations of Built Projects: Multiple cities across North India
Style of work: Sustainable, Contemporary
Website: elements.in
Chandigarh: The City a Master Architect Designed
No other Indian city carries architecture in its identity the way Chandigarh does. The first master plan was drawn by the American planner Albert Mayer with Matthew Nowicki, and after Nowicki’s death in 1950 the project passed to Le Corbusier, who reworked the plan into the sector grid the city still lives by. He designed the Capitol Complex, the High Court, the Secretariat, the Legislative Assembly and the Open Hand Monument, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2016 as part of his transnational body of work. His cousin Pierre Jeanneret stayed on for over a decade as the city’s Chief Architect, working alongside the English architects Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew and a team of pioneering Indian architects who detailed the housing, schools and markets that make up the everyday city. The Chandigarh College of Architecture, set up in 1961 as part of the Capital Project, has trained generations of the region’s practices since, and Nek Chand’s Rock Garden added a self-taught counterpoint to the modernist plan. Working as an architect here means working inside that inheritance, and the firms on this list do it daily.
Where the Tricity Builds Now
Chandigarh’s sectors are governed by strict architectural controls, which is precisely why the city looks the way it does, and why so much new construction has moved next door. Mohali, Zirakpur and New Chandigarh on the Punjab side, and Panchkula on the Haryana side, now carry much of the tricity’s residential and commercial growth, and most firms on this list work across all of it. The approval path depends on the plot: buildings inside Chandigarh follow the Union Territory’s building bylaws and sector-specific controls, Mohali and New Chandigarh projects go through GMADA, and Panchkula falls under HSVP. An architect who regularly files with the authority governing your plot will read the controls correctly the first time, which matters most for sector kothis, where facade and zoning rules are tighter than anywhere else in the region. Ask any shortlisted firm where their last few approvals were taken, and in which authority’s jurisdiction.
How to Choose an Architect in Chandigarh
Start with registration: confirm the architect is registered with the Council of Architecture, which is a legal requirement for practice in India. Then match the firm to the plot. A sector kothi renovation, a Mohali group-housing project, a farmhouse on the city’s edge and a commercial building in an urban estate each reward different experience, so ask for two or three completed projects of your type, with the approval authority and delivery timeline for each. On fees, firms variously charge a percentage of construction cost, a lump sum or staged scope-based billing; request itemised proposals from two or three shortlisted practices for the same clearly defined scope, confirm what is excluded, such as structural design, interiors and authority liaison, and speak to a past client about site supervision before signing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who was the architect of Chandigarh?
Le Corbusier. The first plan was prepared by Albert Mayer with Matthew Nowicki, and after Nowicki’s death in 1950 Le Corbusier redesigned the city on its sector grid and designed the Capitol Complex, now a UNESCO World Heritage site. His cousin Pierre Jeanneret served as the city’s Chief Architect for its formative years, working with Maxwell Fry, Jane Drew and a team of Indian architects who built out the plan.
Do these architects also work in Mohali and Panchkula?
Most do. The tricity operates as a single market, and firms based in Chandigarh routinely deliver projects in Mohali, Zirakpur, New Chandigarh and Panchkula, as well as across Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. The approvals differ, though: GMADA governs Mohali and New Chandigarh, HSVP governs Panchkula, and Chandigarh follows its own UT building bylaws, so confirm the firm’s recent experience with the authority your plot falls under.
How much does an architect charge in Chandigarh?
There is no standard rate. Fees run as a percentage of construction cost, a lump sum or staged scope-based billing, and the number depends on project type, complexity and the firm’s seniority. Request itemised fee proposals from two or three shortlisted firms for the same clearly defined scope and confirm what each excludes, especially structural design and authority-approval work.
How do I verify an architect in Chandigarh?
Check Council of Architecture registration first, since only COA-registered architects may legally practise in India. Then ask which approval authorities the firm has filed with in the past year, whether the UT administration, GMADA or HSVP, and visit one or two completed projects of your type. A conversation with a past client about supervision and budget discipline tells you more than any portfolio.
Is this list a ranking?
No. The firms appear alphabetically, without any order of merit. The selection reflects built work in the tricity and an active practice, and it is reviewed periodically, most recently in 2026.
Building elsewhere in North India? See our guides to the best architects in Delhi NCR and the top interior designers in Gurgaon.
Sources for the 2026 update: the UNESCO World Heritage inscription of Le Corbusier’s work (2016) and published histories of the Chandigarh Capital Project.
