Institutional
Mass Paramedical College
Institutional, Amrauli, Aligarh, 25,000 sq ft over 2 floors on a 10,000 sq yd plot, 2021
Design Aesthetics: architecture and interiors in continuous practice since 1996
Est. 1996
Aligarh / Noida
Selected work
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DESIGNAESTHETICS
Architecture and interiors in continuous practice since 1996
Selected work
Buildings the practice has delivered, labelled by type, place and year. The photographs are of the buildings themselves.
Healthcare
Hiralal Hospital, Dr. Sudesh Vashney
Healthcare, GT Road, Aligarh, 1,800 sq ft per floor, 5 floors, 2020
Clients the practice has built for
Schools, manufacturers and infrastructure firms in Aligarh and Delhi.
How the work runs
Eight stages, in this order, on every project. The sequence is the same whether you are building a house or extending a factory.
The fee depends on the scope of your project, so it is settled with you rather than published here. What is published is the structure: what you receive at each stage, and what triggers the next payment.
The full stage terms, and what each payment triggersConsultation
We look at the site, hear what you want to build and what it is for. You get a clear view of what is possible on the plot and what the work involves.
No payment. This stage is how we both decide whether to proceed.
Presentation drawings
The design put on paper: plans, elevations and the layout as we propose to build it. This is the drawing set you react to.
An advance is taken against this stage. It is what covers the drawing work before it is done.
Working drawings
The drawings the contractor builds from: dimensions, levels, sections, details and the specification.
Released once the presentation drawings are signed off and the stage payment is made.
Structural drawings
Coordination of the structural design with our architectural drawings, prepared with our structural partner where the structure requires it.
Where the project needs it. Not every project does.
MEP services drawings
Electrical, plumbing and services layouts coordinated against the structural and architectural drawings, so the services do not fight the building.
Released before services work starts on site.
Site supervision
The principal supervises the site through construction, checks the work against the drawings, and meets you at the site as the build progresses. In the district that is twice a week; for a project further out the visit schedule is agreed before work starts.
Staged through the construction period. Site visits are built into the fee for the supervision window the engagement defines; site-visit charges apply after it ends.
Closure
A final review against the drawings, a record of the finished building, and the handover file for your own records.
The final stage payment settles the engagement.
What you can verify
Nothing here needs to be taken on trust. The buildings are standing across Aligarh, and the principal is on site twice a week.
1996
Practising since
Architecture, interiors and site supervision in Aligarh
30+
Years of built work
Continuous practice under one principal architect
2x
Site visits every week
Per project, by the principal himself, not a stand-in
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Principal, no middlemen
The person who draws it is the person who supervises it
Notes from the practice
How decisions get made on our projects, written between site visits.
· 6 min
What a Factory Floor Asks of a Building
Machinery first, walls second. Thirty years of factories in the Aligarh brass hardware belt have made that the only honest order.
· 6 min
The Hotel He Talked His Client Into
A lease building on Marris Road was supposed to be shops and offices. Five years and one argument later it was a hotel, and the road got a landmark.
Begin your project
Tell us what you are planning. Rakesh reads every enquiry himself and replies within 48 hours. The first conversation costs nothing.
Send the enquiry
Five questions, about a minute. What you write here is what gets read.
What happens next
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Rakesh reads it himself
Enquiries are not triaged by anyone else. There is no queue and no assistant. If the project is a fit you hear back within two working days.
02
A first conversation, at no cost
Usually a short call, then a look at the site or the premises. This is where the scope and the site are settled together, before anything is drawn.
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Terms in writing before drawings
The stage sequence and what triggers each payment are agreed in writing first. An advance covers the presentation drawings. Nothing is drawn before that is settled.
Reach the studio directly
The direct phone, email and WhatsApp details are not published yet. Send the form and the enquiry still reaches Rakesh. Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Working outside Aligarh?
Drawings, structural and MEP coordination and site supervision are offered for projects outside the district. Supervision follows the project: site visits are built into the fee for the supervision period, with site-visit charges after the window ends. The fee accounts for distance and duration; it is not used to refuse the work.
See what each stage includes