Samira Rathod

Samira Rathod (born Samira Mehta in 1963 ) is an Indian architect, furniture designer, writer, and teacher based in Mumbai. She is a Principal of Samira Rathod Design Associates.

Biography Samira Rathod attended the Sir J. J. College of Architecture in Mumbai

Samira Rathod worked for the California firm of Don Wald and Associates on various projects including some for Clint Eastwood. Returning to India, she worked for Ratan Batliboi

In 2008, she founded SPADE, a critical architectural publication with a focus on Indian architecture.

Rathod is an adjunct faculty member at the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies (KRVIA) in Mumbai.

Work Samira Rathod worked on residential architecture, offices, schools and factories. 2012: The Camera House 2016: The Acid test (Apartment design), Mumbai 2017: The Shadow House, Mumbai, India The Bangalore House The Mariwalla House Mumbai office of retailer Hometown 2019 : School of Dancing Arches (with asymmetrical arches ), Bhadran, India 2022: Dismantling Building: A Kit of Parts at Chemould Prescott Road

The style of Samira Rathod is characterized by playful shapes and eclectic designs. She works with a cohesive approach of interior/exterior, which explains some of her architectural choices.

Exhibitions in which she has participated include a contemporary architecture exhibition at the Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur (February–April 2018), where she exhibited 'A Wall as a Room', and a travelling exhibition, 'The Death of Architecture Circa 2000' (2018), featuring 13 leading Indian architects, in which Rathod's piece 'In the Presence of Absence' explores an almost abandoned town near Vadodara.

Publications Samira Rathod, Museum of Trees (2018): a documentation of the 3000 trees of the Byculla Zoo in Mumbai.

Awards

2015: Honorable mention for the arcVision Prize - Women and Architecture by the Italcementi Group. The Habitat Award for Single Residence Winner's Trophy for The Karjat House