Genesis Of A Contemporary Indian Architecture Practice

ARCHITECTS: MANIT RASTOGI & SONALI RASTOGI, MORPHOGENESIS

It’s been over two decades now that the creators and their creations are standing tall, continually expanding, and adding to the definition of contemporary Indian architecture using the best blend of local-global design – that’s MORPHOGENESIS – an innovative practice at the forefront of thought leadership in design.

A unified vision of the architect-duo Sonali and Manit Rastogi to define the emerging Indian architecture led to the inception of Morphogenesis in 1996. Since then the firm has evolved into a cross-disciplinary team comprising of Architects, Interior Designers, Landscape Architects, Urban Designers, and Researchers with diverse backgrounds and specializations. With offices in New Delhi and Bengaluru, their work spans across India, SAARC Nations and South Africa, taking brand India global.

After completing their Architecture studies from School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi, Sonali and Manit proceeded to spend a long stint at The Architectural Association, London where Manit pursued his interest in the study of nature, evolution and design processes in association with John Frazer. He also acquired a degree in energy and Environment Studies with Simos yannas. Sonali studied Housing and Urbanism with George Fiori and at ‘The Design Lab’ with JeffKipnis. Bringing together their bouquet of interests Morphogenesis was born with a vision to contribute to the definition of sustainable architecture for modern India.