Based in San Francisco with a presence in Los Angeles and New York, the studio operates across regions and scales while remaining deeply responsive to context. Anand’s work is guided by the belief that architecture is not neutral; it reflects personal histories, social structures, and shared values. Design becomes a way of paying attention—revealing how people move, gather, and inhabit space over time.
Licensed in California and New York, Anand leads projects ranging from renovations to ground-up buildings. The studio frequently integrates interiors, furniture, landscape, lighting design, and project management into a single, coordinated process. Clients engage the practice for its ability to navigate complexity with clarity, maintaining continuity from early concept through construction and completion.
Hospitality functions as a guiding approach across the work—not as a typology, but as a way of thinking about generosity, use, and care. Whether designing a home, workplace, or exhibition, the studio prioritizes environments that feel intentional, adaptable, and lived-in, allowing spaces to support daily rituals while remaining open to change.
Alongside client work, the studio maintains a curatorial practice through Salon Anand, an experimental, public-facing platform for exhibitions, installations, and events. Salon Anand creates space for dialogue between objects, makers, and audiences, allowing ideas tested publicly to inform and sharpen the studio’s architectural work.
Anand’s background as a first-generation Indian-American and his education in architecture within an arts institution continue to shape the studio’s ethos. The practice resists rigid hierarchies between disciplines, allowing architecture, interiors, furniture, and art to shift in priority based on the needs of each project. What remains constant is a commitment to collaboration, material intelligence, and thoughtful authorship.
Anand works with a decentralized, in-house design team of long-term collaborators with expertise across architecture, interiors, project management, lighting design, materials research, visualization, and fabrication. This structure allows the studio to operate with flexibility and focus while maintaining clear authorship, accountability, and continuity across projects.
