Practice / About

Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi, Dubai, Abu Dhabi…

Since 1999 the practice has drawn buildings, the interiors inside them and the approvals that let them start.

Architecture, structure, services, costing and visualisation are all carried in one practice, so a project is drawn, engineered, costed and shown without leaving it.

The practice, on film

Sectors

From residential to interiors.

The practice builds across residential, hotels and resorts, institutions, commercial, government infrastructure, factories and industries, and interiors. The archive on this site carries a selection of that work.

Work runs globally.

Six panels, one for each sector the practice builds in: residential, hotels and resorts, institutions, commercial, government infrastructure and interiors
The sectors, left to right

Studios

Drawn and coordinated in one office.

The practice is organised into specialist studios, one for each building type: schools, offices, hotels, houses, malls and factories. Teams within the practice cover structural design, MEPF, quantity surveying and visualisation, so most of a project is drawn and coordinated in the head office, Chennai.

The drawing office at work: drawings on the board, models on screen, and teams reviewing them together
Inside the head office

Integrated Practice

Structures, MEPF, costing and visualisation, as one integrated practice.

Structural design, MEPF, quantity surveying and 3D visualisation sit inside the practice rather than with outside consultants.

The four disciplines within the practice: structural design, building services, quantity surveying and costing, and 3D visualisation
The disciplines within the practice

Landscapes

Parks, beachfronts and gardens, drawn with the buildings.

The practice designs landscape alongside its architecture: public parks, a beachfront at Cuddalore, an industrial park, mosque grounds, villa gardens and rooftop terraces. Where a site needs it, Ecobloc stormwater tanks and bioswales sit beneath the planting.

Each landscape project has its own page, with a description of every image.

Blue Flag Beach at Cuddalore from above: timber boardwalks, palms, a paved gathering circle and a play area beside the sand
Blue Flag Beach @ Cuddalore

Record

Work completed and under way since 1999.

The record covers completed and ongoing work across all sectors. It runs from single houses to offices, hotels, factories and government infrastructure.

Each project in the archive has its own page. Location, built area and year are listed where the practice has confirmed them. Fees are discussed directly.

Drawings, site survey, construction and archive volumes marked from 1999 to 2024
1999 to the present
The Rayan Architects studio photographed from above in the garden, in grey studio shirts
The Rayan Architects studio seated together on the entrance steps in black studio shirts
The Rayan Architects studio gathered on the front steps of the office in grey studio shirts
The Rayan Architects studio photographed from above on the garden stair in black studio shirts
Two black and white photographs of the full Rayan Architects studio, one in the office reception and one on the lawn

The ledger

as of 2026 · the practice
Founded 1999· Chennai
Reach Global· five offices
Projects 1800+ · completed & ongoing
Built area ≈13.9Msq ft · across all sectors
Sectors ResidentialHotels and ResortsInstitutionsCommercialGovernment InfrastructureIndustries

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