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Architecture is a collaboration with people, ideas and attitudes: Shimul Javeri Kadri

Be it industrial and institutional buildings or office interiors and bungalows, architect Shimul Javeri Kadri has been changing the way we view design since 1990, when she set up SJK Architects.

The SJK Architects office in Mumbai perfectly resonates with their design policy-contextual, contemporary and crafted. Shimul Javeri Kadri's work space is minimalistic and contemporary with a dash of colour thrown in through the vibrant table cover and a pink swing-seat. As she sits down for a chat, the 55-year-old rolls up the window blinds to reveal a row of balcony plants, vistas of the old tiled roofs and towering buildings in the Byculla

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