Architecture defined by place, material honesty, and the patience of time.
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Studio Practice
From coastal private estates in Alibaug to high-rise tropical biophilic campuses in Asia — each discipline is handled in-house to ensure unified cohesion between structure, interior, and landscape.
Architectural Design
Site-responsive concept masterplanning, passive solar massing, structural engineering, and full contract administration for residential, commercial, and civic developments.
Interior Craft & Joinery
Custom timber joinery, spatial re-configuration, acoustic paneling, architectural lighting design, and curated material palettes that age with grace.
Landscape & Urbanism
Biodiverse planting schemes, closed-loop stormwater bioswales, civic plazas, and urban public realms designed for human connection and microclimatic cooling.
Consulting & Feasibility
Feasibility studies, yield optimization, heritage conservation strategies, and zero-carbon environmental certifications (LEED, CASBEE, BREEAM).
Creative ARCORA Members
Our founding leadership unites multi-disciplinary practice across passive solar design, historic conservation, advanced timber engineering, and biophilic urbanism.
Ar. Vikram Shah
CEO - Founder & Design Principal
Mumbai & Lisbon
Ar. Meera Iyer
Partner & Heritage Director
Mumbai & Lisbon
Ar. Kabir Sharma
Director of Timber Engineering
Bengaluru & Tokyo
Dr. Ananya Roy
Principal Landscape Urbanist
Bengaluru & Goa
“The exceptional support and structural clarity from ARCORA truly impressed us. We suggested a climate adaptation, and their team implemented it with remarkable speed!”
Where architecture comes to life.
Explore our physical ateliers across Mumbai, Lisbon, and Tokyo — designed as daylight-filled sanctuaries for material experimentation, 1:1 joinery mockups, and collaborative design.
MUMBAI, INDIACentral Drafting Atelier & Light Vault
Daylight-oriented drafting tables & 1:1 joinery prototype mockups in Lower Parel Mill Campus.
MUMBAI, INDIAMaterial Archives & Stone Samples Bay
Curated natural basalt, limestone, and hand-woven silk textile library for material exploration.
LISBON, PORTUGALHistoric Vaulted Joinery Workshop
18th-century stone archways integrated with timber joinery workstations in Chiado district.
LISBON, PORTUGALArchitectural Modelmaking Studio
Laser-cutting & physical basswood massing model bench overlooking the Tagus River.
TOKYO, JAPANCypress Lattice & Microclimate Lab
Aoyama research wing testing timber diagrids, passive air gaps, and seismic glass envelopes.
Trusted by India's leading visionaries.
Read how we collaborate with estate owners, private collectors, and hospitality pioneers across Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Udaipur, Goa, Kolkata, and Hyderabad.
“ARCORA elevated our beachfront property in Alibaug into a sanctuary. Their attention to natural stone joinery, climate-responsive verandas, and light orientation is unmatched across India.”
Vikramaditya Singhania
Managing Director, Singhania Heritage Estates
Coastal Villa & Private Estate
“Restoring a 1930s Lutyens bungalow required extreme sensitivity. ARCORA inserted double-height air gaps and hidden acoustic panels while preserving every historic archway.”
Priya & Rahul Kapoor
Founders, Kapoor Modern Art Foundation
Heritage Bungalow Adaptive Reuse
“Their passive cooling badgir towers and native courtyard plantings reduced our HVAC load by 40%. Our international guests constantly praise the spatial atmosphere.”
Ananya Birla-Mehta
Principal, EcoResorts India
Lakefront Wellness Sanctuary
“ARCORA crafted a multi-tiered indoor garden canopy with rainwater harvesting. Living in this house feels like taking a deep breath of fresh air in the heart of Bengaluru.”
Kabir & Divya Oberoi
Tech Entrepreneurs
Biophilic Courtyard Residence
“Perched on a steep Mussoorie ridge, the cantilevers ARCORA engineered give panoramic Himalayan views without disturbing the pine forest topography.”
Rajesh & Sunita Goenka
Industrialists
Mountain Cliff Retreat
“The brass mesh louvers and granite water features create a microclimate that keeps the courtyard 8°C cooler during peak summer.”
Devika & Siddharth Mittal
Private Collectors
Sculptural Stone Pavilion
Architectural Journal
Perspectives on climate-responsive materiality, passive cooling engineering, and timber joinery from our studio principals.
The Silent Architecture of Light & Shadow
How spatial volume and seasonal sun orientation define the atmosphere of modern Japanese and Mediterranean dwellings.
Biophilic Structural Engineering in High-Rise Campuses
Integrating native microclimate species and passive cooling wind towers into tropical diagrid towers.
Mortise & Tenon: The Craft of Mortarless Joinery
Preserving 18th-century stone shells with floating timber structures that expand without metal fasteners.
Architecture for the way life is lived.
Founded in 2012, ARCORA is an international architecture and design practice based in Mumbai, Lisbon, Tokyo, and San Francisco. We work at the intersection of architecture, interior craft, and ecological landscape — creating buildings that belong entirely to their place.
Studio Founded
ARCORA established in San Francisco by Aoi Yamada with a focus on timber-glass residential architecture.
Lisbon Expansion
Opened Lisbon studio led by Sofia Almeida to spearhead European stone restoration & adaptive reuse projects.
Biophilic Urbanism
Marcus Chen joined as principal to expand into high-rise tropical biophilic campus architecture in Asia.
Global Recognition
Awarded RIBA International Award of Excellence and CASBEE S-Rank certification across multi-continent practice.
Principal Leadership
Aoi Yamada
Design Principal — Tokyo / SF
Former associate at Kengo Kuma & Associates. Specialist in timber joinery, glass envelope engineering, and passive solar design.
Marcus Chen
Managing Partner — Singapore / Mumbai
Pioneered biophilic tower design across Southeast Asia. Master of engineering, structural diagrids, and sustainable urbanism.
Sofia Almeida
Interior & Heritage Lead — Lisbon
Specialist in 18th-century stone restoration, custom mortise-and-tenon joinery, and adaptive reuse.
A building should be more beautiful in twenty years than the day it opens. We design for patina, for weathering, for the slow accumulation of life's evidence on a surface.
Years of Practice
Cities Worldwide
Completed Projects
Design Awards
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