An architectural studio does not develop an identity simply by repeating a visual style. Its character emerges more gradually, through the decisions it makes, the people it nurtures, the constraints it accepts and the principles it refuses to abandon.

That idea shaped the seventh episode of M-Connect Season 2, presented by Forbes India and powered by Marmo Solutions. The conversation brought together Kiran Gala, founder and principal architect of Kiran Gala and Associates; Arun Sharma, founder, principal architect and director of Atrey and Associates; and Meena Murthy Kakkar, design head and founding partner at Envisage Architects.

For Gala, a studio is closer to a family than a business. Younger architects absorb not only what they are formally taught, but........

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